PSI 20 Downtrend Replay (2015-12-24 to 2016-01-20)
Portugal's PSI 20 dropped 1.7% to 5082.29 across a 36-bar correction window ending in early 2016. Replay each trading day, navigate 3 critical decision points, and receive an AI coach review — simulated capital only, purely educational.
36 daily bars · 7 decision points · 2015-12 to 2016-02 · Stocks
Key facts
This window spans 53 days with a peak-to-trough drawdown of 14.8% and a 11.5% run-up.
- Max drawdown
- −14.8%
- Max run-up
- +11.5%
- Duration
- 53 days
- Largest single-day move
- −3.8%
- Bars
- 36 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 late 2015, the Portuguese PSI 20 entered a correction phase that would test investors through early 2016. Against a backdrop of post-debt crisis recovery and lingering European economic uncertainty, the market faced pressure as traders navigated the transition between calendar years. This 36-bar window represented a critical test of risk management discipline and decision-making under deteriorating conditions.
The index declined from 5172.14 to 5082.29, a cumulative drop of -1.7%, but the headline figure masks the true market stress. A maximum drawdown of 14.8% revealed the depth of sentiment deterioration, while the largest single-bar move of 3.8% demonstrated the volatility spikes that challenged position management. Seven decision points punctuated this period, with three critical junctures demanding trader responses.
This replay emphasizes process over prediction. The gap between modest headline decline and substantial drawdown illustrates how averages conceal volatility extremes. Navigating 7 decision points across this correction hones the ability to maintain methodology when positions move against expectations. The psychological dimension emerges most sharply when a -1.7% closing outcome contains 14.8% interim adversity. Trainees learn that surviving drawdowns requires both sound position sizing and emotional discipline.