Russell 2000 Uptrend Replay (2016-11-03 to 2017-07-25)
Replay 150 daily bars of the Russell 2000 from late 2016 through June 2017, a span that lifted the index 5.1% even through a 4.8% drawdown. Step through each session, tackle 11 decision points, and receive an AI coach review of your simulated choices.
150 daily bars · 11 decision points · 2016-11 to 2017-06 · Stocks
Key facts
This window spans 217 days with a peak-to-trough drawdown of 4.8% and a 8.5% run-up.
- Max drawdown
- −4.8%
- Max run-up
- +8.5%
- Duration
- 217 days
- Largest single-day move
- −2.8%
- 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 Russell 2000 entered late 2016 as a market segment sensitive to economic cycles and risk appetite. Between late November and the end of June 2017, 150 daily bars of authentic price action awaited participants — a period framed by the US presidential transition, gradual monetary tightening, and steady corporate earnings growth in small-cap America. The index had to navigate those crosscurrents while participants faced 11 decision points, four of them critical.
Over the full 150-session span the close migrated from 1347.2 to 1415.36 — a net advance of 5.1%. Beneath that headline figure lay a 4.8% maximum drawdown and a largest single-bar move of 2.8%, creating natural pressure points where positions demanded re-evaluation. Eleven separate moments asked for a directional or sizing call; four of those moments arrived at inflection junctures where conviction was most tested.
This replay teaches that disciplined position management beats momentum chasing on small-cap terrain. A 4.8% pullback is enough to erode confidence in a concentrated long, yet the index recovered without dramatic fanfare — a reminder that drawdowns are a feature, not a failure, of trending markets. Eleven decision points force the learner to act under uncertainty rather than narrate in hindsight, sharpening the psychological resilience required to navigate similar stretches in live environments.