PSI 20 Uptrend Replay (2018-12-27 to 2019-04-26)
Replay the PSI 20's 3.3% climb across 150 daily bars from November 2018 to June 2019. Step through the market day by day, face 11 decision points including 4 critical ones, and receive an AI coach review of your choices in a simulated educational setting.
150 daily bars · 11 decision points · 2018-11 to 2019-06 · Stocks
Key facts
This window spans 217 days with a peak-to-trough drawdown of 8.6% and a 18.1% run-up.
- Max drawdown
- −8.6%
- Max run-up
- +18.1%
- Duration
- 217 days
- Largest single-day move
- +2.8%
- Bars
- 150 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, serves as the stage for this market replay spanning November 2018 to June 2019. Over 150 trading days, investors faced a period marked by lingering uncertainty from global trade tensions and shifting monetary policy expectations in Europe. The central question throughout this era was whether European peripheral markets could stabilize after the volatility that characterized late 2018, making this replay an valuable test of conviction and timing under ambiguity.
The index closed the period at 5179.13, up from an opening of 5015.34, delivering a modest 3.3% return. Beneath this seemingly benign headline number lay considerable turbulence: the maximum drawdown reached 8.6%, meaning participants experienced significant intra-period losses before any recovery. The largest single-day move of 2.8% underscored moments when sentiment could shift violently. Traders navigated 11 decision points across this span, with 4 designated as critical junctures where positioning choices carried heightened consequence.
This replay distills several enduring lessons for market participants. First, headline percentage moves obscure the emotional journey: enduring an 8.6% drawdown while waiting for a 3.3% gain tests conviction. Second, the largest single-bar move of 2.8% demonstrates how a handful of sessions can determine outcomes, reinforcing the importance of not being forced to exit during volatility spikes. Third, with 4 critical decision points embedded among 11 total, the scenario illustrates that markets offer discrete opportunities where preparation meets circumstance. The PSI 20 replay ultimately trains participants to separate outcome measurement from process evaluation, recognizing that sound decisions can coexist with modest absolute returns.