MSCI Emerg Markets Downtrend Replay (2018-09-21 to 2018-10-29)
Replay a 12.1% MSCI Emerging Markets drawdown across 54 daily bars from August to November. You walk through each session, face 10 decision points, and receive an AI coach review of your simulated choices.
54 daily bars · 10 decision points · 2018-08 to 2018-11 · Stocks
Key facts
This window spans 76 days with a peak-to-trough drawdown of 12.1% and a 9.6% run-up.
- Max drawdown
- −12.1%
- Max run-up
- +9.6%
- Duration
- 76 days
- Largest single-day move
- +3.6%
- Bars
- 54 Daily bars
- Decision points
- 10
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 autumn of 2018, the MSCI Emerging Markets index entered a pronounced correction phase. The replay spans 54 daily bars from August 31 to November 15, placing participants inside one of the decade's most sustained emerging-market pullbacks. At stake was understanding how structural vulnerabilities in cross-market positioning interact with macro headwinds during periods of synchronized selloff.
The index closed the period at 40.82, down from an opening of 43.17, representing a -5.4% decline. The maximum drawdown reached 12.1%, with the largest single daily move hitting 3.6%. These figures capture not merely the depth of the correction but the episodic volatility spikes that punctuated the downturn, moments when selling pressure compressed prices far beyond the trendline average.
The scenario offers 10 decision points, 4 deemed critical, demanding participants act under uncertainty without hindsight clarity. Trainees confront questions of position sizing, risk thresholds, and the psychology of holding through a sustained decline. The core lesson centers on disciplined process over prediction: how one structures entries, sets stop levels, and manages emotional responses determines whether volatility becomes a teacher or a threat.