Russell 2000 Uptrend Replay (2012-06-04 to 2012-07-03)
Replay 44 daily bars of the Russell 2000 from May 16 to July 18, 2012, watching the index climb 4.3% from 772.11 to 805.06. You will make decisions at 8 turning points and receive an AI coach review of each one, simulated capital only.
44 daily bars · 8 decision points · 2012-05 to 2012-07 · Stocks
Key facts
This window spans 63 days with a peak-to-trough drawdown of 5.1% and a 11.0% run-up.
- Max drawdown
- −5.1%
- Max run-up
- +11.0%
- Duration
- 63 days
- Largest single-day move
- −3.2%
- Bars
- 44 Daily bars
- Decision points
- 8
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, Wall Street's primary gauge of small-cap health, entered May 2012 in tentative recovery mode. After weathering earlier turbulence, market participants faced a critical question: was this bounce sustainable recovery or a temporary dead-cat rebound? The period from May 16 to July 18, 2012 placed traders at the crossroads of an emerging uptrend, where conviction and discipline would be tested by recurring pullbacks.
Over 44 daily bars, the index climbed 4.3% from 772.11 to 805.06. Yet the journey was far from straight, featuring a maximum drawdown of 5.1% and a largest single-bar move of 3.2%. Eight decision points peppered this landscape, three of them critical junctures where a wrong call could mean missing gains or absorbing unnecessary losses. The scenario captures the texture of real small-cap trading: momentum punctuated by volatility.
For decision trainees, this replay sharpens three muscles. Process discipline matters when the market whipsaws against your position. Psychological resilience requires accepting drawdowns even within a profitable overall arc. Pattern recognition demands distinguishing normal fluctuation from trend breakdown. The Russell 2000's spring 2012 crawl offers a textbook arena for honing these competencies.
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