Inflation · FTSE 100 Index (2010)
Replay 150 daily bars of the FTSE 100 from August 2010 to March 2011, when emerging-demand inflation pushed the index from 5234.8 to 5880.9. Step through each trading day, face 26 policy-driven decision points, and review your choices with an AI coach in a simulated environment.
150 daily bars · 26 decision points · 2010-08 to 2011-03 · Stocks
Key facts
This window spans 213 days with a peak-to-trough drawdown of 8.1% and a 19.2% run-up.
- Max drawdown
- −8.1%
- Max run-up
- +19.2%
- Duration
- 213 days
- Largest single-day move
- +2.7%
- Bars
- 150 Daily bars
- Decision points
- 26
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 100 entering the second half of 2010 faced a complex macroeconomic backdrop. Emerging-market demand was driving imported inflation concerns across developed economies, forcing investors to reassess policy trajectories and corporate earnings outlooks. This seven-month window tested the ability to navigate a market environment shaped by shifting central bank expectations and global growth imbalances.
Over 150 trading days, the index advanced from 5234.8 to 5880.9, delivering a 12.3% return. Beneath that headline gain lay meaningful turbulence: an 8.1% maximum drawdown tested portfolio discipline, while the largest single-day move of 2.7% demonstrated how quickly sentiment could swing on policy headlines. Participants encountered 26 decision points, nine of which were flagged as critical junctures where positioning would materially affect outcomes.
This replay ultimately measures not P&L but process. Managing risk through an 8.1% drawdown requires adhering to sizing rules when emotions push toward flight. Seizing the 2.7% intraday opportunities demands patience to wait for high-conviction setups rather than reacting to noise. The 26 decision points train pattern recognition across policy cycles. For decision training, the lesson is clear: in environments defined by macro uncertainty, the disciplined application of a reproducible process outperforms impulsive reaction.