FTSE 250 Uptrend Replay (2025-04-07 to 2025-10-24)
Replay the FTSE 250's powerful 12.1% climb across 150 daily bars from late March to October 2025. Step through 11 decision points, with 4 critical, and get an AI coach review of your choices in this simulated, educational market-training scenario.
150 daily bars · 11 decision points · 2025-03 to 2025-10 · Stocks
Key facts
This window spans 216 days with a peak-to-trough drawdown of 10.6% and a 26.8% run-up.
- Max drawdown
- −10.6%
- Max run-up
- +26.8%
- Duration
- 216 days
- Largest single-day move
- −4.4%
- 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, Britain's benchmark for mid-sized companies, entered a sustained uptrend phase from late March through October 2025. This 150-trading-day window tested every trader's ability to capture directional momentum while managing the inevitable pullbacks that accompany any meaningful advance. Eleven decision points were embedded throughout the replay, with four marked as critical junctions where directional conviction would be most severely examined.
The index climbed from 19,865 to 22,276.3, delivering a 12.1% total return. Yet the journey proved turbulent: the maximum drawdown reached 10.6%, meaning participants who entered positions near local peaks faced paper losses exceeding one-tenth of their capital. The largest single-day swing hit 4.4%, a magnitude sufficient to test emotional discipline even for those positioned correctly. These statistics underscore that profitable trends never move in straight lines.
This replay emphasizes three core training dimensions. First, process discipline: adhering to entry and exit rules when volatility threatens conviction. Second, risk calibration: the 10.6% drawdown illustrates why position sizing and stop-loss logic matter even within winning trends. Third, psychological resilience: absorbing a 4.4% intraday reversal while holding a long position separates disciplined practitioners from reactive ones. The 150 bars offer a classroom in managing the tension between trend following and capital preservation, all within a simulated environment where mistakes become lessons rather than losses.
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