ISEQ Downtrend Replay (2022-03-18 to 2022-04-06)
Re-live a 30-bar ISEQ correction window where the index still closed 6.7% higher despite an 8.0% drawdown. You'll step through daily decisions, hit 7 branching points, and receive an AI coach debrief on every simulated choice.
30 daily bars · 7 decision points · 2022-03 to 2022-04 · Stocks
Key facts
This window spans 43 days with a peak-to-trough drawdown of 8.0% and a 15.2% run-up.
- Max drawdown
- −8.0%
- Max run-up
- +15.2%
- Duration
- 43 days
- Largest single-day move
- +6.5%
- Bars
- 30 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
The Irish Stock Exchange Index (ISEQ) entered a correction phase during early to mid-March 2022, a period shaped by post-pandemic monetary tightening and mounting geopolitical concerns. This 30-bar window represented a true test of investors' ability to navigate sudden reversals while maintaining a longer-term perspective. The decade of the 2020s had already delivered extraordinary volatility, and this episode offered a stark reminder that corrections arrive without warning.
Despite the 8.0% maximum drawdown and a largest single-day move of 6.5%, the index ultimately closed at 7197.62 from an opening of 6744.33, delivering a 6.7% gain overall. Seven decision points punctuated this journey, with three emerging as critical inflection moments where positioning choices carried heightened consequence. The market's resilience demonstrated how headline fear can mask underlying strength, yet the path between peak pessimism and eventual recovery was neither smooth nor forgiving.
This scenario illuminates the psychological challenge of maintaining conviction during volatile periods. An 8.0% drawdown tests discipline; the largest 6.5% single-day move tests nerve. The three critical decision points reveal how corrections unfold through successive waves, each demanding fresh assessment rather than reflexive reaction. Effective navigation requires distinguishing noise from signal, managing position sizing against drawdown risk, and accepting that short-term turbulence does not necessarily invalidate longer-term thesis. The 2020s have already proven that market character can shift rapidly, making process discipline more valuable than prediction.