S&P/BMV IPC Downtrend Replay (2013-08-08 to 2013-08-29)
Replay a Mexican IPC correction spanning 32 daily bars from July 26 to September 9, 2013, with an 8.3% peak drawdown. You move bar by bar through 7 decision points and receive an AI coach review of your simulated choices.
32 daily bars · 7 decision points · 2013-07 to 2013-09 · Stocks
Key facts
This window spans 45 days with a peak-to-trough drawdown of 8.3% and a 6.2% run-up.
- Max drawdown
- −8.3%
- Max run-up
- +6.2%
- Duration
- 45 days
- Largest single-day move
- +2.6%
- Bars
- 32 Daily bars
- Decision points
- 7
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 mid-2013, the Mexican IPC entered a correction phase that tested both positioning and nerve. This replay spans 32 daily bars from July 26 to September 9, 2013, capturing the full arc of a decline that pulled the index from 41,064.58 down to 40,953.85, representing a net loss of just 0.3% but featuring far more dramatic interim moves. Participants face an 8.3% peak drawdown scenario where patience and process discipline become as important as directional judgment.
The market delivered its harshest single-day swings reaching 2.6%, while the overall 8.3% peak-to-trough decline masked the underlying volatility participants had to navigate. With seven decision points embedded throughout—three flagged as critical—this scenario strips away the comfort of hindsight and forces real-time choices under uncertainty, mirroring what traders actually face during live corrections.
What makes this replay valuable for decision training is its focus on the psychological dimension of weathering drawdowns. The 8.3% figure is not merely a statistic; it represents the maximum capital stress participants must endure while maintaining rational decision-making. Successful navigation requires managing position size as drawdown builds, resisting the urge to abandon strategy near lows, and maintaining conviction when interim losses feel overwhelming. This scenario teaches that corrections are not failures to be avoided but training grounds where discipline separates durable performance from one-time luck.
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