S&P/BMV IPC Uptrend Replay (1993-06-07 to 1993-09-07)
Replay a 16.4% Mexican IPC uptrend across 134 daily bars from April to October 1993. Walk through each session, face 11 decision points including 4 critical ones, and receive an AI coach review of your simulated trades.
134 daily bars · 11 decision points · 1993-04 to 1993-10 · Stocks
Key facts
This window spans 190 days with a peak-to-trough drawdown of 11.0% and a 30.8% run-up.
- Max drawdown
- −11.0%
- Max run-up
- +30.8%
- Duration
- 190 days
- Largest single-day move
- +3.5%
- Bars
- 134 Daily bars
- Decision points
- 11
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 spring of 1993, Mexico's Bolsa Industrial index was navigating a period of renewed optimism as the country emerged from earlier economic turbulence. The replay begins on April 19, 1993, when the IPC closed at 1745.5 points, and extends through October 26, 1993, encompassing 134 trading sessions across a decade marked by structural reform and volatile growth. For participants, this scenario posed the challenge of capturing a sustained advance while managing the psychological friction of intraday volatility and periodic pullbacks.
The market climbed steadily from 1745.5 to 2031.2 over the 134-bar window, delivering a net gain of 16.4%. Yet the journey was far from linear. The index experienced a maximum drawdown of 11.0% at various points, testing conviction and risk discipline. The largest single-session swing reached 3.5%, a reminder that trend-following during boom periods demands careful position sizing and mental preparation for sudden reversals. With 11 decision points embedded across the replay, four of them marked as critical, traders were repeatedly asked to evaluate entry timing, stop placement, and conviction under uncertainty.
This replay ultimately tests whether participants can stay disciplined when gains accumulate slowly and volatility tempts early exits. The 11.0% drawdown serves as a proxy for real-world resilience: staying invested through pullbacks without abandoning process is what separates trend-followers from reactive traders. The 3.5% single-bar moves underscore that even during broadly bullish regimes, individual sessions can shock the unprepared. For educational purposes, the scenario illustrates that successful navigation of a 16.4% uptrend requires not just directional conviction but rigorous risk management and emotional equilibrium.
Featured in the archive