Dow Jones Ind. Uptrend Replay (2018-12-24 to 2019-04-23)
Replay the Dow Jones Industrial's 2018-12-24 to 2019-04-23 uptrend across 150 daily bars with a 16.8% max drawdown. Make your own calls at 11 decision points, then receive an AI coach review of each simulated trade for educational insight.
150 daily bars · 11 decision points · 2018-11 to 2019-06 · Stocks
Key facts
This window spans 221 days with a peak-to-trough drawdown of 16.8% and a 22.3% run-up.
- Max drawdown
- −16.8%
- Max run-up
- +22.3%
- Duration
- 221 days
- Largest single-day move
- +5.0%
- 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 entered a critical recovery phase on 2018-12-24, following one of its most turbulent periods in recent memory. Participants in this replay faced a market still bruised by late 2018 volatility, with the task of navigating a recovery across 150 daily bars while managing real uncertainty about where prices might head next.
The index moved from a close of 25380.74 to 26062.68, delivering a net gain of 2.7% by the end of the 2019-04-23 window. Yet that modest headline number concealed considerable turbulence: a maximum drawdown of 16.8% tested any position held through weakness, while the largest single-bar move of 5.0% showed that sharp reversals could strike without warning. Eleven decision points peppered the replay, with four deemed critical for the outcome.
This replay sharpens decision-making by placing traders inside a genuine historical recovery, complete with false breakouts, fear-driven selloffs, and the temptation to exit just before gains materialize. The 16.8% drawdown reminds us that even correct directional calls can exhaust a trader who has not sized positions for volatility. Educational value lies in confronting the psychology of buying into weakness, holding through a 16.8% peak-to-trough decline, and deciding when conviction becomes recklessness.