S&P/BMV IPC Downtrend Replay (2006-05-09 to 2006-06-13)
Step into a 23.7% drawdown on Mexico's S&P/BMV IPC across 52 daily bars. Replay the 2006-05-09 to 2006-06-13 slide bar by bar, face nine decision points, and receive an AI coach review in this simulated training environment.
52 daily bars · 9 decision points · 2006-04 to 2006-06 · Stocks
Key facts
This window spans 72 days with a peak-to-trough drawdown of 23.7% and a 13.5% run-up.
- Max drawdown
- −23.7%
- Max run-up
- +13.5%
- Duration
- 72 days
- Largest single-day move
- +6.7%
- Bars
- 52 Daily bars
- Decision points
- 9
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
Mexico's S&P/BMV IPC index presents a compelling case study for traders seeking to understand sustained downside pressure in an emerging market. Between April and June 2006, the IPC experienced a pronounced downtrend that tested the resolve of every participant. For traders training in this environment, the period from May 9 to June 13, 2006 represents a critical window where position management and emotional discipline were put to the ultimate test.
The closing value fell from 19820.07 to 18908.33, representing a net decline of -4.6% over the full data span of 52 daily bars. Yet the headline number obscures the true severity of this move: the maximum drawdown reached 23.7%, with the largest single-bar decline hitting 6.7%. These figures reveal that the index did not move in a steady slide but rather experienced concentrated selling pressure that punished late entries and inadequate risk buffers. Nine decision points punctuated this descent, including three critical junctures where participants faced the choice to hold, reduce, or exit.
This replay trains traders to confront several fundamental challenges: maintaining disciplined risk sizing when drawdowns exceed expectations, resisting the psychological pull to average down into accelerating losses, and recognizing when structural support levels fail. The scenario's value lies not in predicting reversals but in building the decision-making framework needed to navigate environments where the trend is your enemy and the math works against recovery.
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