FTSE 250 Downtrend Replay (2004-03-08 to 2004-05-17)
Replay 96 daily bars of a FTSE 250 correction that slid into a 7.9% drawdown between February and June 2004. You will step through the historical tape day by day, make choices at 11 decision points, and receive an AI coach review of your simulated decisions.
96 daily bars · 11 decision points · 2004-02 to 2004-06 · Stocks
Key facts
This window spans 137 days with a peak-to-trough drawdown of 7.9% and a 6.3% run-up.
- Max drawdown
- −7.9%
- Max run-up
- +6.3%
- Duration
- 137 days
- Largest single-day move
- −2.8%
- Bars
- 96 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 FTSE 250, Britain's benchmark for mid-sized companies, entered a correction phase between February and June 2004. This replay spans 96 daily bars from 2004-02-02 to 2004-06-18, placing you inside a sustained downside move that tested the resolve of every market participant during the 2000s. What was at stake was not just capital preservation but the fundamental discipline required to operate effectively when the prevailing trend turns hostile.
The index closed the period at 6134.4 from an opening of 6057.4, a net gain of only 1.3%. Beneath that muted headline figure lay a 7.9% maximum drawdown, with individual sessions swinging as much as 2.8%. Eleven decision points punctuated the tape, four of them critical inflection moments where directional bias, position sizing, or risk threshold choices would have determined whether losses accumulated or remained contained.
This scenario sharpens the skills that matter most in a correction: calibrating risk exposure against a declining trend, resisting the urge to average down blindly, and maintaining decision-making clarity when portfolio value erodes persistently. Navigating eleven distinct choice moments, particularly the four critical ones, trains pattern recognition under pressure and reinforces the psychological resilience required to execute a predefined process rather than react impulsively. The lesson is not about calling the bottom but about surviving the journey with discipline intact.
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