FTSE 250 Downtrend Replay (2013-05-22 to 2013-06-24)
Replay a 10.5% drawdown across 46 daily bars of the FTSE 250 correction. Step through each session, navigate 9 decision points, and receive AI coach feedback in this educational market-replay exercise using simulated capital.
46 daily bars · 9 decision points · 2013-05 to 2013-07 · Stocks
Key facts
This window spans 67 days with a peak-to-trough drawdown of 10.5% and a 10.2% run-up.
- Max drawdown
- −10.5%
- Max run-up
- +10.2%
- Duration
- 67 days
- Largest single-day move
- +2.5%
- Bars
- 46 Daily bars
- Decision points
- 9
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 entered May 2013 as a mid-cap benchmark riding the tailwinds of accommodative monetary policy across developed markets. During the 46-day window from early May to early July, investors faced a genuine stress test as the index navigated its sharpest pullback in recent memory. This replay places participants inside the action during a period when European sentiment was fragile and global risk appetite unpredictable.
The data tells a story of compressed volatility: from a closing level of 14106.2, the index eventually settled at 14620.6 for a net gain of 3.6%, yet this masks the journey. Between these endpoints lay a maximum drawdown of 10.5%, with a single day's move reaching 2.5%. Nine decision points peppered the correction, three of them critical junctures where directional conviction was truly tested. Navigating this environment required discipline when momentum was reversing and position sizing that respected the magnitude of the decline.
For decision training, this replay sharpens several instincts: recognizing when a pullback transitions from noise to correction, managing exposure across a declining market, and maintaining composure when the largest single-day moves test resolve. The 10.5% drawdown serves as a benchmark for stress-testing any position sizing framework, while the nine decision points create a structured environment to practice disciplined re-evaluation without real capital at risk. The lesson is not about predicting the bottom, but about having a process that survives the journey to recovery.
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