S&P/BMV IPC Downtrend Replay (2018-01-26 to 2018-04-02)
Replay a 10.3% Mexican IPC drawdown across 86 authentic daily bars from 2017-12-26 to 2018-05-02. Step through each session, tackle 11 decision points with 4 critical, and receive an AI coach review of your simulated choices.
86 daily bars · 11 decision points · 2017-12 to 2018-05 · Stocks
Key facts
This window spans 127 days with a peak-to-trough drawdown of 10.3% and a 7.1% run-up.
- Max drawdown
- −10.3%
- Max run-up
- +7.1%
- Duration
- 127 days
- Largest single-day move
- −2.3%
- Bars
- 86 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
In late January 2018, Mexican equity markets entered a sharp correction phase that tested the resolve of every participant. The S&P/BMV IPC, Mexico's flagship stock index, had been riding a multi-year bull trend through the 2010s, and the air was thick with optimism as earnings season approached. The stage was set for a reckoning.
The index closed at 48,451.33 on December 26, 2017 and ended at 47,809.98 by May 2, 2018 — a deceptively mild -1.3% on the surface. The real story was written in the depth of the pullback: a maximum drawdown of 10.3% materialized across 86 authentic daily bars, with the most turbulent session delivering a 2.3% single-day swing. Navigating this volatility demanded 11 decision points, four of which proved critical inflection moments where positioning could mean the difference between weathering the storm or compounding losses.
This replay teaches that surviving a drawdown is not about predicting the bottom — it is about disciplined process, calibrated risk, and emotional control. Participants face real price action, make consequential choices, and confront the psychological friction that historical volatility naturally creates. The 2018 IPC correction serves as a rigorous training ground where process discipline is the only edge that matters.