Russell 2000 Uptrend Replay (2003-09-26 to 2004-01-26)
Replay the Russell 2000's 28.4% climb across 150 daily bars from 2003 to 2004. Step through each session, tackle 11 decision points with 4 critical moments, and receive an AI coach review of your simulated choices.
150 daily bars · 11 decision points · 2003-08 to 2004-03 · Stocks
Key facts
This window spans 217 days with a peak-to-trough drawdown of 6.7% and a 32.5% run-up.
- Max drawdown
- −6.7%
- Max run-up
- +32.5%
- Duration
- 217 days
- Largest single-day move
- +2.7%
- 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
In the autumn of 2003, the Russell 2000 small-cap index entered a sustained uptrend that would test the judgment of any participant tracking momentum in the US equity market. This replay spans 150 daily bars from August 2003 to March 2004, capturing a period when small-cap stocks were gaining renewed investor attention. Eleven decision points await, including four critical moments where directional conviction and risk calibration matter most. Participants must navigate price discovery while managing exposure through a multi-month advance without the benefit of hindsight.
The index advanced from 453.94 to 582.84, delivering a 28.4% return across the full data window. Yet the journey was not linear—maximum drawdown reached 6.7%, and the largest single-bar move was 2.7%, underscoring that volatility is embedded even in strong trends. These statistics frame a scenario where capturing directional bias required disciplined entry and exit decisions at each of the eleven checkpoint moments scattered across the 150-day timeline.
This replay sharpens decision-process skills by forcing participants to act without certainty about the next bar. The 6.7% drawdown threshold serves as a risk anchor, reminding traders that trend-following carries episodic setbacks. The four critical decision points distill this period into high-pressure inflection scenarios where participants must weigh evidence, manage position size, and maintain psychological discipline. Success here is measured not by predicting the outcome but by executing a repeatable process that controls risk and captures market opportunities as they unfold.
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