FTSE 250 Downtrend Replay (2021-09-01 to 2021-10-06)
Replay a 52-bar FTSE 250 correction sliding 3.5% from 23,756.8 to 22,931.7, with a 7.7% drawdown along the way. Step through each daily decision point in this simulated historical scenario and receive an AI coach review of your choices.
52 daily bars · 9 decision points · 2021-08 to 2021-10 · Stocks
Key facts
This window spans 72 days with a peak-to-trough drawdown of 7.7% and a 3.0% run-up.
- Max drawdown
- −7.7%
- Max run-up
- +3.0%
- Duration
- 72 days
- Largest single-day move
- −2.0%
- Bars
- 52 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
In the late summer of 2021, the FTSE 250 entered a period of sustained weakness that would test the resolve of any investor following the mid-cap index. The scenario spans 52 trading days from August to October, encompassing nine distinct decision points where market participants had to choose between holding positions, reducing exposure, or seeking opportunities amid the slide. What was at stake was not just capital preservation but the ability to maintain discipline when the broader trend was working against you.
The index declined from 23,756.8 to 22,931.7, a net fall of 3.5%. However, the journey was far more turbulent than the headline figure suggests. The maximum drawdown reached 7.7%, meaning anyone holding throughout experienced significant unrealized losses at various points. The largest single-day move hit 2.0%, illustrating how corrections often unfold in sudden bursts rather than gradual slides. By the end of the data window in late October, the market had not recovered, leaving participants to reckon with the psychological weight of a position underwater for weeks.
This replay is designed to train your decision process under pressure. The 7.7% drawdown is a reminder that tail risks and extended pullbacks are normal features of any market, and no position is immune to temporary impairment. The critical lesson is about managing risk incrementally at each of the nine decision points rather than reacting after the fact. Psychology matters as much as analysis here: the ability to distinguish between a healthy correction and a structural breakdown determines whether you hold your process or abandon it. By stepping through this scenario historically, you practice calibrating conviction without letting losses erode judgment.