ISEQ Uptrend Replay (2000-01-26 to 2000-04-03)
Replay 96 trading days of an Irish equities rally where the index climbed 11.7% from 4841.59 to 5407.14. Step through each bar, navigate 11 decision points including 4 critical ones, and receive an AI coach review of your simulated choices.
96 daily bars · 11 decision points · 1999-12 to 2000-05 · Stocks
Key facts
This window spans 145 days with a peak-to-trough drawdown of 6.2% and a 18.1% run-up.
- Max drawdown
- −6.2%
- Max run-up
- +18.1%
- Duration
- 145 days
- Largest single-day move
- +3.5%
- Bars
- 96 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
Between late 1999 and spring 2000, the Irish Stock Exchange's ISEQ index traced a trajectory that encapsulated the contradictions of the dot-com era—optimism punctuated by sudden doubt. This replay invites participants to inhabit 96 trading days bracketed by a period of transition, where the seeds of the March 2000 tech collapse were already present even as the market advanced. Navigating this environment required balancing conviction in the uptrend against the structural fragility that would later crystallize.
The index advanced from 4841.59 to 5407.14, delivering an 11.7% return over the covered period. Yet the journey proved instructive rather than straightforward: a maximum drawdown of 6.2% tested conviction mid-rally, while the largest single-bar move of 3.5% demanded split-second judgment. Within an overall advance, volatility ensured that timing and position management remained consequential variables.
This scenario sharpens decision training by confronting participants with 11 decision points—4 deemed critical—where directional bias, risk tolerance, and emotional discipline converge. The lesson is not that uptrends are simple, but that sustainable participation requires process fidelity: sizing discipline survives drawdowns, patience honors volatility, and humility acknowledges that even favorable contexts demand respect for uncertainty.