FTSE 250 Downtrend Replay (2022-09-12 to 2022-09-29)
Replay the FTSE 250's 14.0% max drawdown across 30 daily bars from 2022-08-30 to 2022-10-11 in this educational market-replay scenario. Walk through each session, face 7 decision points, and receive an AI coach review based on simulated capital only.
30 daily bars · 7 decision points · 2022-08 to 2022-10 · Stocks
Key facts
This window spans 42 days with a peak-to-trough drawdown of 14.0% and a 6.1% run-up.
- Max drawdown
- −14.0%
- Max run-up
- +6.1%
- Duration
- 42 days
- Largest single-day move
- +3.1%
- 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, London's benchmark for mid-cap equities, faced a stern test during the late summer and early autumn of 2022. The 30-bar dataset spanning 2022-08-30 to 2022-10-11 captures a pivotal stretch of the 2020s when markets were adjusting to post-pandemic realities, mounting inflation pressures, and shifting central bank expectations. This period placed portfolio discipline and risk awareness squarely in focus for anyone tracking UK equities.
What unfolded was a sustained pullback: the index closed at 19149.7 at the start and surrendered to 16904.1 by the end, representing an 11.7% decline. The max drawdown reached 14.0%, with individual sessions producing moves as large as 3.1%. Seven decision points were embedded across the 30 days, three of them deemed critical junctures where positioning choices carried heightened consequence. Navigating this landscape required continuous reassessment rather than passive holding.
This replay teaches the value of process over prediction. The drawdown magnitude reminded traders that tail risks materialize even in developed markets, while the frequency of critical points reinforced the need for pre-planned responses. The 3.1% single-bar volatility episodes tested emotional discipline, showing how anxiety can distort judgment when portfolios drift into loss. Training through this scenario builds the habit of sizing positions before volatility arrives and sticking to rules when the market challenges conviction.