FTSE 250 Downtrend Replay (2024-07-31 to 2025-01-13)
Replay a six-month FTSE 250 correction across 150 daily bars and an 8.7% drawdown. You step through each session, face 11 decision points, and receive an AI coach review of every simulated choice.
150 daily bars · 11 decision points · 2024-07 to 2025-02 · Stocks
Key facts
This window spans 215 days with a peak-to-trough drawdown of 8.7% and a 6.2% run-up.
- Max drawdown
- −8.7%
- Max run-up
- +6.2%
- Duration
- 215 days
- Largest single-day move
- −2.9%
- 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 FTSE 250, a benchmark of mid-cap UK equities, entered a correction phase spanning the second half of 2024 into early 2025. This replay covers 150 daily bars of authentic price action, placing you in the role of an active manager navigating a period where the prevailing trend was unmistakably lower. The stakes were clear: preserving capital while avoiding the psychological traps that accompany sustained downside pressure. With 11 decision points embedded across the dataset, including 4 marked as critical, every session demanded disciplined analysis and clear reasoning.
The index closed the data span at essentially flat, moving from 20786.7 to 20762.9 for a net change of -0.1%. That modest headline figure conceals a more turbulent journey. The maximum drawdown reached 8.7%, meaning peak-to-trough declines tested even cautious positioning. The largest single-bar move of 2.9% underscores how individual sessions could deliver sharp intraday or daily shocks. Navigating these swings required not just directional conviction but robust risk management, as any position sized aggressively would have been severely punished during the deepest portions of the pullback.
This scenario sharpens skills in three core areas. Process discipline is tested when headlines and short-term noise conflict with longer-term perspectives—the correction offered no clean entry or exit signals, only evolving probabilities. Risk calibration comes under scrutiny as the 8.7% drawdown illustrates how even a modest correction can devastate poorly managed exposures. Psychological resilience is perhaps the lasting lesson: maintaining composure when the largest single-bar move can swing 2.9% in either direction separates disciplined practitioners from reactive ones. Completing the full 150-bar journey without chasing losses or abandoning process is the true measure of progress.
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