PSI 20 Uptrend Replay (2016-06-27 to 2016-08-12)
Replay the 2016 PSI 20 uptrend across 70 daily bars with a 12.3% max drawdown shaping every decision. Move through the session day by day, tackle four critical decision points, and receive an AI coach review in a simulated, educational environment.
70 daily bars · 11 decision points · 2016-06 to 2016-09 · Stocks
Key facts
This window spans 97 days with a peak-to-trough drawdown of 12.3% and a 13.3% run-up.
- Max drawdown
- −12.3%
- Max run-up
- +13.3%
- Duration
- 97 days
- Largest single-day move
- −7.0%
- 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 Portuguese PSI 20 index entered a complex phase in the summer of 2016, spanning June through early September across 70 daily bars. European markets were navigating post-Brexit uncertainty while Portugal's benchmark index faced both domestic pressures and regional volatility. This replay challenges participants to navigate an uptrend that concealed significant intraperiod risk, with a 12.3% max drawdown testing conviction at every turn.
What unfolded was a net decline of 2.2% over the period, with the index closing at 4742.1 from an opening near 4850.38. Yet the journey mattered more than the destination: a single session produced moves of up to 7.0%, while the cumulative drawdown reached 12.3%. Participants faced 11 decision points, four of them critical inflection moments where directional bias and risk management collided. The volatility was real, the signals ambiguous, and the cost of hesitation measurable.
For decision training, this scenario illuminates how uptrends are not linear profit streams but dynamic tests of process discipline. The 12.3% drawdown forces confrontation with loss aversion and the temptation to abandon sound strategies during drawdown. The 7.0% single-bar volatility challenges position sizing and stop discipline. Ultimately, the PSI 20 replay teaches that outcomes are less revealing than decisions: the educational value lies in how one responds to uncertainty, not whether the period ended positive or negative.