Merval Downtrend Replay (2017-07-05 to 2017-08-09)
Replay Argentina's Merval correction across 52 daily bars from June to August 2017, where the index climbed 10.9% despite a 6.7% drawdown. You step through day-by-day decisions, weigh nine branching points, and receive an AI coach review of each call — all simulated for education.
52 daily bars · 9 decision points · 2017-06 to 2017-08 · Stocks
Key facts
This window spans 75 days with a peak-to-trough drawdown of 6.7% and a 14.0% run-up.
- Max drawdown
- −6.7%
- Max run-up
- +14.0%
- Duration
- 75 days
- Largest single-day move
- −4.8%
- 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
Argentina's Merval entered a volatile summer in 2017, a period when emerging-market equities faced shifting sentiment and regional economic signals created uncertainty. The replay covers 52 daily bars from June 14 to August 28, 2017 — a stretch that tested conviction and discipline across the 2010s decade. Nine decision points were embedded in this stretch, three of them critical branches where positioning choices carried heightened consequence.
Against a backdrop of intermittent stress, the index navigated a 6.7% maximum drawdown while enduring a largest single-bar move of 4.8%. Those moves could have shaken resolve, yet the period closed with the Merval at 23482, up 10.9% from its opening level of 21178. The trajectory was uneven; the path upward was not straight, and every session demanded fresh assessment.
This replay sharpens decision training by forcing participants to act without certainty about what comes next. Process discipline — sizing, stop-loss logic, and conviction management — matters more than prediction. The psychological dimension is equally central: volatility of 4.8% in a single day tests emotional regulation, and the 6.7% drawdown reminds us that temporary losses are not failures but inevitable features of market participation. Navigating such periods shapes the judgment that separates reactive traders from principled operators.