Russell 2000 Uptrend Replay (2023-05-04 to 2023-07-31)
Replay the Russell 2000's 4.4% climb across 120 daily bars from March to September 2023, navigating a 7.8% drawdown along the way. Make choices at 11 decision points and receive AI coach feedback as you learn through simulated, educational market replay.
120 daily bars · 11 decision points · 2023-03 to 2023-09 · Stocks
Key facts
This window spans 174 days with a peak-to-trough drawdown of 7.8% and a 16.5% run-up.
- Max drawdown
- −7.8%
- Max run-up
- +16.5%
- Duration
- 174 days
- Largest single-day move
- +3.6%
- Bars
- 120 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, Wall Street's benchmark for small-cap equities, entered this replay window in March 2023 at a delicate moment. With the index hovering near 1777, traders faced a landscape where the broader market's direction remained uncertain and macroeconomic headwinds persisted. The task was straightforward yet demanding: navigate the months ahead, make informed choices at 11 decision points—4 of which would prove critical—and capture whatever the trend offered while managing downside exposure.
The index closed the September 2023 leg at 1855.14, delivering a modest 4.4% return across 120 daily bars. Yet this headline figure obscures the turbulence beneath. A 7.8% maximum drawdown tested discipline repeatedly, and traders encountered a 3.6% single-bar swing that could easily unsettle position sizing and risk assumptions. The path was choppy, the gains incremental, and the patience required considerable.
This replay distills why process matters more than outcome in markets. The 4.4% gain was not a smooth ascent but a series of inflection points where judgment determined whether one added exposure, trimmed positions, or stood aside. The 7.8% drawdown functions as a stress test for risk frameworks: Did your sizing account for such pullbacks? The largest single-bar move reminds us that volatility clusters unpredictably. Educational replay strips away hindsight bias, letting you confront these moments as they unfolded, building the muscle memory that separates disciplined traders from reactive ones.