Dow Jones Ind. Uptrend Replay (2012-06-04 to 2012-10-05)
Replay 150 daily bars across the 2012 Dow Jones Industrial window, a span that erased 1.9% from 13032.75 to 12788.51. Step through each session, face 11 decision points including 4 critical, and receive AI coach feedback on simulated educational choices.
150 daily bars · 11 decision points · 2012-04 to 2012-11 · Stocks
Key facts
This window spans 216 days with a peak-to-trough drawdown of 8.9% and a 12.5% run-up.
- Max drawdown
- −8.9%
- Max run-up
- +12.5%
- Duration
- 216 days
- Largest single-day move
- +2.4%
- 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 Dow Jones Industrial Average in 2012 was navigating a complex post-financial crisis landscape. This replay window, spanning from April 18 to November 20, 2012, captures a period of uncertainty as markets tested recovery boundaries. With 150 daily bars to analyze, participants face the challenge of making decisions through a market that was searching for direction, neither committing decisively to a sustained uptrend nor collapsing into bear territory.
The index closed the period at 12788.51, down 1.9% from its opening of 13032.75. Beneath this modest net decline lay a more turbulent story: the market experienced an 8.9% maximum drawdown, and the largest single-bar move reached 2.4%. Participants encountered 11 decision points throughout the replay, with 4 critical moments demanding decisive action. The gap between headline stability and underlying volatility creates a demanding training ground for judgment under uncertainty.
This replay teaches that net performance numbers rarely tell the full story. Managing through an 8.9% drawdown while the index ultimately fell only 1.9% requires disciplined risk management and emotional resilience. The 2.4% single-session swings test whether traders can avoid reactive decisions during volatility spikes. By replaying this period, learners develop experience in separating noise from signal, maintaining process discipline through drawdowns, and recognizing that surviving volatility is often more important than capturing every move.
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