FTSE 250 Uptrend Replay (2016-06-27 to 2016-10-04)
Replay the FTSE 250's 6.1% climb across 142 daily bars from May to November 2016 and feel the boom firsthand. Make decisions at each of the 11 critical decision points, then review your choices with an AI coach in this simulated, educational market-replay.
142 daily bars · 11 decision points · 2016-05 to 2016-11 · Stocks
Key facts
This window spans 201 days with a peak-to-trough drawdown of 13.6% and a 22.5% run-up.
- Max drawdown
- −13.6%
- Max run-up
- +22.5%
- Duration
- 201 days
- Largest single-day move
- −7.2%
- Bars
- 142 Daily bars
- Decision points
- 11
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 entered May 2016 in a uncertain post-referendum landscape, with traders and investors bracing for significant volatility. This replay scenario spans 142 daily bars from May 5 to November 22, 2016, placing participants directly into the shoes of market participants facing eleven decision points, four of which proved critical to outcomes. The task was straightforward yet challenging: navigate a boom period while managing risk and avoiding behavioral traps that catch most investors during trending markets.
The index closed the period at 17679.1, up from 16661.7, delivering a 6.1% cumulative gain. Beneath this seemingly modest return lay a more complex picture: a maximum drawdown of 13.6% tested conviction, while the largest single-day move of 7.2% demanded disciplined risk management. Participants who exited during the drawdown phase or over-traded in response to sharp reversals would have significantly underperformed or faced losses, while those who maintained process discipline captured the eventual upside.
This replay illuminates the psychological warfare of trending markets. Holding through a 13.6% drawdown requires emotional regulation that contradicts survival instincts. The 7.2% single-bar volatility creates FOMO and panic simultaneously, tempting premature exits and reactive entries. With four critical decision points embedded in the 142-bar sequence, participants practice the core skill of separating noise from signal, maintaining position sizing discipline, and trusting probabilistic processes over certainty. Boom markets reward the prepared mind more than the confident one.