Russell 2000 Uptrend Replay (2000-01-31 to 2000-03-09)
Replay a 14.5% Russell 2000 climb across 56 authentic daily bars from January to March 2000. Step through each session, face 10 decision points including 4 critical ones, and receive an AI coach review in this simulated educational drill.
56 daily bars · 10 decision points · 2000-01 to 2000-03 · Stocks
Key facts
This window spans 81 days with a peak-to-trough drawdown of 9.4% and a 24.1% run-up.
- Max drawdown
- −9.4%
- Max run-up
- +24.1%
- Duration
- 81 days
- Largest single-day move
- −4.4%
- Bars
- 56 Daily bars
- Decision points
- 10
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 Russell 2000 in early 2000 found itself navigating one of the most volatile transitions in equity market history. The data spans from January 7 to March 28, 2000, covering 56 authentic daily bars—a period when small-cap momentum was being tested against the waning dominance of large-cap tech. Participants in this replay step into a market where the indices had just crested near dot-com peak exuberance, yet underneath the surface, sector rotations were already underway. Ten decision points await, four marked as critical, demanding traders weigh momentum against emerging headwinds in real time.
The Russell 2000 climbed from 488.31 to 559.04, a 14.5% gain across the 56-day window. This was not a smooth ascent—the index absorbed a maximum drawdown of 9.4% and endured a largest single-bar move of 4.4%, reflecting the turbulence inherent in small-cap trading during that era. The journey featured sudden reversals and sharp thrusts that could easily unsettle even disciplined traders, yet the underlying trend remained resolutely bullish throughout the period.
This replay strips away hindsight and forces traders to confront each bar as it arrived, cultivating discipline in position sizing and conviction management. The 9.4% drawdown tests emotional resilience—can you maintain your thesis when positions move against you? The 4.4% intraday spikes highlight the psychological trap of overreacting to volatility. With four critical decisions embedded, participants learn that outcome matters less than the rigor of the process: understanding entry rationale, managing risk per bar, and avoiding narrative-driven revisions after the fact. The 2000s decade context reminds us that bull markets can conceal dangerous rotations, making this drill valuable for recognizing when strength masks underlying weakness.