Inflation · FTSE 100 Index (2024)
Across 150 daily bars of the FTSE 100 from October 2023 to May 2024, the index climbed from 7374.8 to 8254.2 as inflation expectations swung. You replay each session, weigh 9 critical decision points, and receive AI coach feedback—simulated capital, purely educational.
150 daily bars · 26 decision points · 2023-10 to 2024-05 · Stocks
Key facts
This window spans 218 days with a peak-to-trough drawdown of 3.7% and a 15.8% run-up.
- Max drawdown
- −3.7%
- Max run-up
- +15.8%
- Duration
- 218 days
- Largest single-day move
- +1.9%
- 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
Between October 2023 and May 2024, the FTSE 100 confronted a complex environment where inflation expectations veered between deflationary anxiety and reflationary optimism. This 150-session replay across the 2020s placed participants inside the mind of an investor navigating shifting central bank signals, inconsistent economic data, and a market that refused to move in a straight line. The stakes were clear: understanding how to position when the dominant narrative could flip with each new data release or policy comment.
The index rose from 7374.8 to 8254.2, a gain of 11.9%—but the journey tested every assumption. A maximum drawdown of 3.7% reminded participants that advances come with setbacks, while the largest single-bar move of 1.9% demonstrated how quickly sentiment can reverse within a session. Across the period, 26 decision points emerged, with 9 crystallizing as critical junctures where positioning choices proved decisive for outcomes.
This scenario sharpens three essential muscles for any market practitioner. First, volatility management: navigating a 1.9% single-session swing demands emotional discipline and clear pre-commitment to risk parameters. Second, narrative flexibility: the inflation debate swung repeatedly, requiring participants to update views systematically rather than anchor to prior convictions. Third, risk awareness: the 3.7% drawdown illustrates how quickly paper profits can erode, teaching that position sizing and drawdown tolerance must be established before volatility arrives, not during it.