S&P/BMV IPC Downtrend Replay (2013-01-28 to 2013-03-19)
Replay the S&P/BMV IPC 2013 correction across 70 daily bars showing an 8.4% drawdown. Step through each session, face 11 decision points, and receive an AI coach review of your simulated choices.
70 daily bars · 11 decision points · 2013-01 to 2013-04 · Stocks
Key facts
This window spans 103 days with a peak-to-trough drawdown of 8.4% and a 5.6% run-up.
- Max drawdown
- −8.4%
- Max run-up
- +5.6%
- Duration
- 103 days
- Largest single-day move
- −2.3%
- Bars
- 70 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 S&P/BMV IPC, Mexico's benchmark equity index, entered a correction phase spanning the early months of 2013. Against a backdrop of shifting global risk appetite and domestic economic uncertainty, the index—traded daily across 70 sessions from early January through mid-April—faced sustained selling pressure. Participants replaying this scenario find themselves in an environment where trending markets offered few safe harbors, and every positioning decision carried compounding consequences. The stakes were straightforward yet demanding: navigate a declining market with discipline, or watch portfolio value erode as the correction tested investors' conviction and risk management protocols.
The headline numbers reveal the depth of the challenge. The index declined from 44304.17 to 42984.38, a net retreat of -3.0% over the full data window, yet the experience was far more turbulent than that aggregate figure suggests. A maximum drawdown of 8.4% occurred at the trough, with the largest single session move reaching 2.3%. These figures underscore that corrections rarely unfold in a straight line; they deliver sharp intraday shocks that can unsettle even the most prepared participants. Across the 70 daily bars, 11 decision points emerged—4 of which were deemed critical, representing moments where positioning choices would have the most lasting impact on outcomes.
This replay ultimately tests the psychological dimension of managing money in falling markets. The -3.0% net loss sounds tolerable in isolation, but an 8.4% peak-to-trough decline challenges risk tolerance and forces honest self-assessment of one's willingness to endure paper losses. The largest single-bar moves demand composure: do you exit, hold, or add at depressed prices? Working through 11 distinct decision points—4 critical—builds the judgment muscle needed to act from process rather than panic. The lesson is not about predicting the bottom but about developing a repeatable approach that survives volatility without breaking.
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