PSI 20 Downtrend Replay (2013-05-07 to 2013-06-24)
Replay the PSI 20's 2013 correction across 70 daily bars, from 6248.52 to a closing drawdown of 8.8%. Walk through each market day, tackle decision points, and receive an AI coach review in a fully simulated educational environment.
70 daily bars · 11 decision points · 2013-04 to 2013-08 · Stocks
Key facts
This window spans 98 days with a peak-to-trough drawdown of 17.6% and a 10.5% run-up.
- Max drawdown
- −17.6%
- Max run-up
- +10.5%
- Duration
- 98 days
- Largest single-day move
- −5.3%
- Bars
- 70 Daily bars
- Decision points
- 11
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 PSI 20, Portugal's benchmark equity index, entered a significant correction phase in spring 2013. The market had been recovering from the European debt crisis, but by May the index faced headwinds. This replay covers 70 daily bars from late April through early August, challenging traders to navigate a sustained downtrend with 11 decision points, including 4 critical moments where positioning and risk management were put to the test.
The index declined from 6248.52 to 5696.64, an 8.8% retreat. Yet the full picture was harsher: the market experienced a maximum drawdown of 17.6% before attempting a recovery. Volatility was pronounced, with the largest single-bar move reaching 5.3%. These statistics capture a market caught between lingering eurozone uncertainty and improving domestic fundamentals—a tension that produced the kind of choppy, emotionally charged environment that separates disciplined traders from reactive ones.
This replay teaches that drawdowns rarely follow a straight line. The gap between the 17.6% peak drawdown and the final 8.8% loss highlights how quickly sentiment can shift, making it essential to maintain process discipline even when the market moves against you. The 5.3% single-bar swings demand strict position sizing and pre-defined exit levels—decisions made before a trade, not during one. With 11 decision points and 4 critical junctures, the scenario forces participants to confront fear, second-guessing, and the temptation to average down or exit prematurely. Success here is measured not by predicting the bottom, but by executing a risk framework consistently across a difficult period.
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