FTSE 250 Downtrend Replay (2018-06-14 to 2018-10-23)
Replay the FTSE 250’s 9.9% slide from 20506.3 to 18480.8 across 150 daily bars and confront 11 decision points, including 4 critical ones. Make choices bar by bar, then receive an AI coach review in this simulated, educational market-replay scenario.
150 daily bars · 11 decision points · 2018-05 to 2018-11 · Stocks
Key facts
This window spans 212 days with a peak-to-trough drawdown of 13.9% and a 5.3% run-up.
- Max drawdown
- −13.9%
- Max run-up
- +5.3%
- Duration
- 212 days
- Largest single-day move
- −2.2%
- Bars
- 150 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
In the summer of 2018 the FTSE 250 entered a sustained correction that tested investors across 150 daily bars from May to November. The index had been riding a multiyear bull trend through the 2010s, but macro headwinds and shifting sentiment began to weigh on mid‑cap valuations. Eleven decision points were embedded in the replay, four of them flagged as critical moments where positioning choices carried heightened consequence for portfolio outcomes.
What unfolded was a -9.9% slide from 20506.3 down to 18480.8. The maximum drawdown reached 13.9%, with the largest single-bar move spiking 2.2% on a particularly volatile session. These numbers define the corridor of the exercise: not a crash but a grinding pullback that erased roughly one‑tenth of the index while cycling through periods of panic and false recovery. Every bar presented a fresh test of whether to hold, reduce, or adapt.
For decision training this replay isolates the psychological trap of loss aversion. Participants must practice sizing positions before drawdown deepens, sticking to process when headlines amplify fear, and resisting the urge to call a bottom prematurely. The 2.2% intraday shock is a reminder that volatility clusters, while the 13.9% trough tests whether risk limits built in calmer conditions actually hold. Mastering this scenario cultivates the discipline needed to survive corrections without abandoning a sound strategy.