Collapse · FTSE 100 Index (2016)
The FTSE 100 swung through a 14.1% drawdown across 144 trading days from late 2015 into spring 2016. Replay each session in this educational market-replay, face 25 policy-driven decision points, and receive an AI coach review using simulated capital only.
144 daily bars · 25 decision points · 2015-09 to 2016-04 · Stocks
Key facts
This window spans 206 days with a peak-to-trough drawdown of 14.1% and a 15.8% run-up.
- Max drawdown
- −14.1%
- Max run-up
- +15.8%
- Duration
- 206 days
- Largest single-day move
- −3.5%
- Bars
- 144 Daily bars
- Decision points
- 25
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 swung through a demanding period from late 2015 into spring 2016, a time marked by heightened policy uncertainty and global economic anxieties. Central bank communications, shifting interest rate expectations, and geopolitical tensions created an environment where conventional market assumptions were regularly challenged. For traders and investors, this era represented a test of conviction and adaptability as traditional relationships between assets were disrupted.
Over the 144 trading days from 2015-09-28 to 2016-04-21, the index moved from 5958.9 to 6381.4, delivering a 7.1% return. Yet this aggregate figure obscures considerable turbulence beneath the surface. The maximum drawdown reached 14.1%, while the largest single-day move hit 3.5%, illustrating how volatility could compress and expand within the same period. Those who fixated on headline endpoints alone would have missed the psychological strain of navigating such swings.
This scenario offers a rigorous training ground for decision-makers facing 25 policy-driven decision points, 9 of which proved critical. The episode underscores how process discipline matters more than outcome prediction. Managing risk through a 14.1% drawdown without abandoning sound methodology distinguishes practiced judgment from reactive panic. Participants learn to separate signal from noise, maintain position integrity under stress, and recognize that survival during drawdowns creates the foundation for capturing eventual recovery.