War · FTSE 100 Index (2023)
Replay 144 daily bars of the FTSE 100 from June 2023 to January 2024, navigating a 5.7% drawdown amid renewed Middle East conflict headlines. Step through 25 decision points, including 9 critical ones, and receive an AI coach review of your choices in this simulated, educational environment.
144 daily bars · 25 decision points · 2023-06 to 2024-01 · Stocks
Key facts
This window spans 207 days with a peak-to-trough drawdown of 5.7% and a 6.6% run-up.
- Max drawdown
- −5.7%
- Max run-up
- +6.6%
- Duration
- 207 days
- Largest single-day move
- −2.2%
- 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 entered the second half of 2023 carrying the weight of Middle East tensions that had reignited, threatening to destabilize a market already wrestling with post-pandemic recalibration. This replay spans 144 daily bars from June 2023 through January 2024, inviting traders to inhabit the shoes of an investor who needed to navigate geopolitical risk without the benefit of hindsight. The index began near 7531.5, and the central question was how to position when conflict headlines arrive without clear resolution timelines.
What unfolded was a study in volatility masquerading as stability. The index ultimately closed at 7485.7, a seemingly benign -0.6% decline over the full period. But that aggregate figure concealed a 5.7% maximum drawdown as risk-off sentiment periodically gripped markets. The largest single session moved 2.2%, a reminder of how quickly geopolitical escalation can cascade into price action. Across this seven-month window, traders faced 25 decision points, with 9 flagged as critical moments where positioning choices could meaningfully alter risk exposure.
This scenario distills several lessons for decision training. First, the gap between peak drawdown and final outcome illustrates how geopolitical uncertainty, while noisy, often resolves without the catastrophic scenarios headlines suggest. Second, the presence of nine critical nodes underscores that volatility creates concentrated moments of choice; process discipline matters more than prediction. Third, the emotional pull of war-related headlines tests a trader's ability to separate signal from noise. Navigating this replay is less about forecasting Middle East developments and more about maintaining systematic risk management when the outside world feels urgent.