Russell 2000 Uptrend Replay (2022-06-16 to 2022-08-15)
Replay 82 daily bars of the Russell 2000 from May 17 to September 13, 2022, navigating a 14.1% drawdown. Work through 11 decision points—including 4 critical ones—day by day, then receive an AI coach review of your simulated choices.
82 daily bars · 11 decision points · 2022-05 to 2022-09 · Stocks
Key facts
This window spans 119 days with a peak-to-trough drawdown of 14.1% and a 22.5% run-up.
- Max drawdown
- −14.1%
- Max run-up
- +22.5%
- Duration
- 119 days
- Largest single-day move
- −4.8%
- Bars
- 82 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 index entered May 2022 as a proxy for American small-cap stocks navigating one of the decade's most challenging environments. Between May 17 and September 13, 2022, this replay spans 82 daily bars—a full summer semester of trading across the 2020s. Participants face the task of navigating an index that would ultimately close the period nearly flat, yet not before subjecting portfolios to severe internal stress.
The numbers tell a story of compressed drama: the index moved from 1840.3 to 1831.57, a net decline of just -0.5%, yet the journey was anything but calm. A maximum drawdown of 14.1% tested conviction, while the largest single-bar move of 4.8% demanded split-second calibration of position sizing and risk tolerance. Across 11 decision points—4 of them critical—each daily bar presented the kind of binary pressure that separates theoretical knowledge from lived experience.
This scenario distills decision training to its core: can you hold a thesis through a 14.1% drawdown when the endpoint reveals minimal damage? The 4 critical moments are not traps but classroom moments—the replay teaches that process discipline often looks wrong before it looks right. Participants learn to separate noise from signal, manage volatility rather than fear it, and understand that psychological endurance is a skill that historical data cannot teach but replay can.