FTSE 250 Downtrend Replay (2023-09-14 to 2023-10-26)
Replay a 62-day FTSE 250 correction with an 11.2% drawdown across daily bars from 2023-08-22 to 2023-11-16. Step through each session, make 11 decision calls, and receive an AI coach review of your simulated market judgment.
62 daily bars · 11 decision points · 2023-08 to 2023-11 · Stocks
Key facts
This window spans 86 days with a peak-to-trough drawdown of 11.2% and a 11.3% run-up.
- Max drawdown
- −11.2%
- Max run-up
- +11.3%
- Duration
- 86 days
- Largest single-day move
- +3.5%
- Bars
- 62 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 index enters a pronounced correction phase spanning 62 trading days from August 22 to November 16, 2023. This 2020s market event places participants in the uncomfortable position of navigating a sustained downtrend without the benefit of hindsight. The scenario tests whether one can maintain disciplined risk management and clear decision-making when confronted with persistent losses.
The correction ultimately proves to be a temporary pause rather than a structural breakdown, with the index closing the period at 18351.5 from an opening of 18024.3, representing a modest 1.8% net gain. However, the journey reveals significant turbulence: an 11.2% maximum drawdown tested portfolio resilience, while a 3.5% single-bar move demonstrates how quickly sentiment can shift within this volatile segment. Surviving the drawdown proved more important than capturing every upside move.
For decision training, the scenario presents 11 distinct judgment points, of which 4 are critical inflection moments where positioning decisions carry outsized consequences. The educational value lies not in predicting the reversal but in maintaining a repeatable process when fundamentals and sentiment diverge. Risk management becomes tangible when watching maximum drawdown approach double digits, forcing participants to confront position sizing, stop-loss discipline, and the psychological temptation to abandon strategy at market lows.