FTSE 250 Uptrend Replay (2020-09-24 to 2020-10-12)
Replay 30 daily bars of the FTSE 250 from September to October 2020, capturing a 5.7% drawdown within a broader 1.9% climb. Step through each session, face 7 decision points with 3 critical, and receive an AI coach review of your simulated choices.
30 daily bars · 7 decision points · 2020-09 to 2020-10 · Stocks
Key facts
This window spans 41 days with a peak-to-trough drawdown of 5.7% and a 8.1% run-up.
- Max drawdown
- −5.7%
- Max run-up
- +8.1%
- Duration
- 41 days
- Largest single-day move
- −4.0%
- Bars
- 30 Daily bars
- Decision points
- 7
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, Britain's benchmark for mid-cap equities, entered a volatile autumn in September 2020. With the pandemic's economic fallout still rippling through markets and global uncertainty elevated, traders faced a complex environment where momentum could reverse with little warning. This replay covers 30 daily bars spanning September 11 to October 22, 2020, placing participants inside the daily grind of a market caught between recovery hopes and lingering anxiety.
Over this roughly six-week window, the index closed at 17555.9 and ultimately finished at 17894.4, delivering a modest 1.9% gain. Beneath that tepid net advance lay considerably more turbulence—the market endured a maximum drawdown of 5.7% and experienced its largest single daily swing of 4.0%. Navigating these sharp intraday and interday reversals tested the resolve of any participant attempting to maintain directional exposure during the period.
This replay sharpens decision training by presenting seven distinct decision points, three of them critical, against authentic price action. The gap between the headline 1.9% return and the deeper 5.7% drawdown illustrates how narrative outcomes can obscure the volatility required to achieve them. Participants must grapple with position sizing, emotional discipline under drawdown pressure, and the temptation to exit prematurely after sharp reversals—all essential skills for any market practitioner in the 2020s.