Inflation · FTSE 100 Index (2022)
Stagflation anxiety dragged the FTSE 100 through a 9.6% drawdown before a 10.8% recovery to 8004.4. Replay 150 authentic daily bars, tackle 26 decision points, and receive an AI coach review in a fully simulated educational environment.
150 daily bars · 26 decision points · 2022-07 to 2023-02 · Stocks
Key facts
This window spans 214 days with a peak-to-trough drawdown of 9.6% and a 17.4% run-up.
- Max drawdown
- −9.6%
- Max run-up
- +17.4%
- Duration
- 214 days
- Largest single-day move
- +2.6%
- 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
In the summer of 2022, the FTSE 100 faced mounting stagflation anxiety as inflation surged across Europe. This scenario replays 150 authentic daily bars from July 18, 2022 to February 17, 2023, a period when investors navigated the treacherous intersection of rising prices and stagnant growth. The index, denominated in pounds sterling, served as a proxy for broader market sentiment during one of the most challenging economic environments of the decade. Participants entering this replay confronted the fundamental question: how does one maintain conviction when headlines warn of eroding purchasing power?
The market delivered a 10.8% recovery, closing at 8004.4 after touching a 9.6% maximum drawdown. Volatility manifested in moves of up to 2.6% in a single session, creating 26 distinct decision points—9 of them critical. Navigating this landscape required investors to absorb short-term losses while maintaining conviction through the turbulence. The recovery demonstrated that patient positioning could ultimately prevail, but only for those who had pre-defined their risk parameters and stuck to disciplined processes rather than reacting to each daily headline.
This replay trains participants to distinguish between noise and signal during inflationary regimes. The educational value lies not in predicting the next market turn, but in building the psychological resilience to execute a well-reasoned strategy when conditions feel hostile. Decision training here emphasizes pre-commitment to risk limits, objective evaluation of drawdowns, and emotional discipline when a 2.6% single-day move threatens to derail carefully constructed plans. The goal is building traders who can act methodically when anxiety peaks, not reactively when fear peaks.