Dow Jones Ind. Uptrend Replay (2018-03-23 to 2018-10-03)
Replay 150 daily bars of the Dow Jones Industrial average from March to October 2018, capturing a modest 1.3% close-to-close move with a 6.6% drawdown. You make choices at 11 decision points, then receive an AI coach review of your simulated trades.
150 daily bars · 11 decision points · 2018-03 to 2018-10 · Stocks
Key facts
This window spans 213 days with a peak-to-trough drawdown of 6.6% and a 14.0% run-up.
- Max drawdown
- −6.6%
- Max run-up
- +14.0%
- Duration
- 213 days
- Largest single-day move
- −3.1%
- 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 early 2018 was a market that commanded the world's attention. Between March and October of that year, the index was navigating a complex landscape of tightening monetary policy, escalating trade tensions, and late-cycle economic signals. For any trader or investor watching the blue-chip barometer, the stakes were high: protecting capital while staying positioned for the next directional move. This 150-bar replay drops you into that uncertainty, asking you to make decisions when conviction was hard to come by.
The period delivered a net result that looks deceptively benign. The close moved from 25007.03 to 25339.99, a gain of just 1.3% over roughly seven months. Yet that modest headline number concealed meaningful turbulence underneath. The maximum drawdown hit 6.6%, meaning paper losses of that magnitude were realized at some point during the span. The largest single session swing reached 3.1%, a reminder that individual days can overwhelm weeks of patient positioning. After 150 daily bars, the index ended only fractionally higher than where it began.
This scenario is a laboratory for disciplined decision-making under false signals. A 3.1% single-bar move can feel like a breakout, but in a range-bound period it is often noise. The 6.6% drawdown tests your conviction to hold or adjust without panic. With 11 decision points, including 4 critical nodes, the replay forces you to confront the gap between a bullish narrative and a market that refuses to cooperate. The lesson is not about predicting direction; it is about building a process that survives a market that goes sideways while you wait for clarity.