FTSE 250 Downtrend Replay (2023-05-05 to 2023-07-06)
Replay a 7.9% max drawdown across 86 daily bars of a 2023 FTSE 250 correction. Walk through 11 decision points, four critical, with an AI coach reviewing each simulated choice.
86 daily bars · 11 decision points · 2023-03 to 2023-08 · Stocks
Key facts
This window spans 126 days with a peak-to-trough drawdown of 7.9% and a 7.8% run-up.
- Max drawdown
- −7.9%
- Max run-up
- +7.8%
- Duration
- 126 days
- Largest single-day move
- +3.8%
- Bars
- 86 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 mid-cap index entered a pronounced correction phase during the spring and early summer of 2023. This scenario replays 86 daily bars of authentic price action from that period, inviting participants to navigate a challenging downtrend environment where capital preservation was paramount. With 11 decision points embedded across the timeline—four flagged as critical nodes—traders face repeated tests of judgment without the clarity of hindsight. The index's sensitivity to shifting sentiment made this a period where process discipline could mean the difference between controlled risk and compounding losses.
The numbers reveal the deceptive nature of this move: the FTSE 250 opened the period near 18928.3 and closed near 18934.6, translating to an overall change of just 0.0%. Yet the journey told a different story. The market experienced a max drawdown of 7.9% from peak to trough, with the largest single-bar move reaching 3.8%. These figures capture genuine volatility—not a straight line decline but an erratic descent with sharp reversals that could easily trap overconfident or underprepared participants.
For decision training, this scenario excels at exposing flawed assumptions about recovery. The flat net result fools observers into dismissing the period as uneventful, while the 7.9% drawdown tells a more cautionary tale. Participants must practice sizing positions to survive drawdowns, setting stop-loss levels that account for intraday spikes, and managing the psychological temptation to average down into a declining market. The 11 decision points, especially the four critical ones, become rehearsals for maintaining process discipline when emotions run high and outcomes remain uncertain.