FTSE 250 Uptrend Replay (2010-07-01 to 2010-08-09)
Replay 56 daily bars of the FTSE 250 from June to August 2010, navigating an 8.6% drawdown and a sharp 2.9% single-day swing. Make your calls at 10 decision points, then receive an AI coach review — simulated capital, purely educational.
56 daily bars · 10 decision points · 2010-06 to 2010-08 · Stocks
Key facts
This window spans 77 days with a peak-to-trough drawdown of 8.6% and a 11.7% run-up.
- Max drawdown
- −8.6%
- Max run-up
- +11.7%
- Duration
- 77 days
- Largest single-day move
- −2.9%
- Bars
- 56 Daily bars
- Decision points
- 10
Every figure above is computed programmatically from this replay’s own candle series — no editorial input, no LLM. Methodology: Methodology
The market advances day by day. You only see candles up to the current day — as if you were really there.
At key decision points choose Buy / Trim / Exit / Hold. Each decision advances the timeline by one day.
After settlement you get a six-dimension score and an AI coach review. Your result enters the scenario leaderboard.
Event Replay
What happened — and what it teaches
The FTSE 250, London's benchmark for mid-cap equities, entered a complex phase in the summer of 2010. As post-crisis recovery wound down and global macro uncertainty lingered, traders faced the challenge of navigating a market caught between lingering caution and nascent optimism. This replay places you in the captain's seat across 56 daily bars spanning June to August 2010, demanding decisions at 10 pivotal moments where conviction met volatility.
The period delivered measured net gains—closing at 9677.9 from an opening near 9609.7, a modest 0.7% advance—but only after weathering an 8.6% equity curve drawdown. The journey included a single-day swing of 2.9%, the kind of intraday violence that tests position sizing and conviction. Navigating the trough without capitulating, then capturing the subsequent recovery, separated disciplined traders from reactive ones.
This scenario sharpens three core competencies. First, position management: surviving an 8.6% drawdown without blowing up requires disciplined sizing and risk budgeting. Second, process over prediction: the 2.9% single-bar moves underscore that short-term direction is unpredictable, making rule-based responses more reliable than intuition. Third, psychological resilience: holding through extended drawdowns while maintaining conviction requires emotional discipline that only deliberate practice cultivates. The goal isn't calling tops and bottoms—it's building the muscle memory to execute sound process under pressure.
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