FTSE 250 Uptrend Replay (2020-10-29 to 2021-09-01)
Replay the FTSE 250's powerful 13.7% climb across 150 daily bars of a post-pandemic boom era. You step through each trading day, face 11 decision points including 4 critical ones, and receive an AI coach review, simulated capital only.
150 daily bars · 11 decision points · 2020-12 to 2021-07 · Stocks
Key facts
This window spans 218 days with a peak-to-trough drawdown of 4.0% and a 17.3% run-up.
- Max drawdown
- −4.0%
- Max run-up
- +17.3%
- Duration
- 218 days
- Largest single-day move
- −2.3%
- 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
The FTSE 250 entered a pivotal phase in late 2020 as markets absorbed the twin forces of vaccine rollout optimism and lingering economic uncertainty. The period from December 2020 through mid-July 2021 placed traders at the intersection of recovery hopes and the reality of volatile corporate earnings. This 150-bar daily replay captures a market navigating unprecedented post-pandemic dynamics, where positioning decisions carried significant capital implications.
Over the 150 trading days, the index advanced from 19,756.1 to 22,467, delivering a 13.7% gain. The journey proved measured rather than meteoric, with a maximum drawdown of just 4.0% and the largest single-bar move reaching 2.3%. Traders confronted 11 decision points across this stretch, with 4 critical moments demanding the sharpest judgment.
This replay sharpens the ability to act decisively within constrained drawdown environments. The modest pullback ceiling rewards disciplined risk management while the periodic volatility spikes test emotional composure. Participants learn to separate signal from noise in a sustained but uneven advance, building the psychological stamina required when gains arrive gradually rather than dramatically.