FTSE 250 Downtrend Replay (2011-07-07 to 2011-08-08)
Replay a brutal 19.8% drawdown as the FTSE 250 slides from 11,654.9 to 9,922.1 across 46 turbulent daily bars. Step through each authentic 2011 session, make your calls at 9 decision points, and let the AI coach review every simulated trade.
46 daily bars · 9 decision points · 2011-06 to 2011-08 · Stocks
Key facts
This window spans 63 days with a peak-to-trough drawdown of 19.8% and a 6.8% run-up.
- Max drawdown
- −19.8%
- Max run-up
- +6.8%
- Duration
- 63 days
- Largest single-day move
- −4.9%
- Bars
- 46 Daily bars
- Decision points
- 9
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 summer of 2011 brought mounting anxiety to European markets. The FTSE 250, a benchmark index of mid-cap British companies, began showing cracks as sovereign debt concerns spread across the continent. Investors faced a market environment where sentiment could shift rapidly, and the stakes were high for anyone managing positions through this period of structural uncertainty.
What unfolded over 46 daily bars was a sustained descent. The index fell from 11,654.9 to 9,922.1, a decline of 14.9%. More striking was the maximum drawdown of 19.8%, meaning any investor who bought near the highs experienced nearly a fifth of their capital eroded at the lowest point. The largest single-day move of 4.9% demonstrated that volatility was not gradual but came in sharp, unpredictable spikes. Nine decision points punctuated this period, with three marked as critical junctures where positioning choices carried amplified consequences.
This replay scenario strips away hindsight and forces participants to confront ambiguity in real time. The value lies not in predicting the bottom but in examining how one responds to adverse price action, manages position size against maximum drawdown scenarios, and maintains discipline when the largest single-bar moves can feel like the market is moving against you. The 2011 FTSE 250 correction offers a laboratory for testing whether your process can hold when the mathematics of a 19.8% drawdown challenge your convictions.