Russell 2000 Uptrend Replay (2024-04-18 to 2024-07-16)
Replay the Russell 2000's 7.3% climb across 122 daily bars from March to August 2024. Step through 11 decision points, including 4 critical ones, and receive an AI coach review of your simulated choices.
122 daily bars · 11 decision points · 2024-03 to 2024-08 · Stocks
Key facts
This window spans 175 days with a peak-to-trough drawdown of 10.1% and a 16.5% run-up.
- Max drawdown
- −10.1%
- Max run-up
- +16.5%
- Duration
- 175 days
- Largest single-day move
- +3.6%
- Bars
- 122 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 this replay window in early March 2024, presenting traders with a classic small-cap momentum scenario unfolding across the 2020s decade. Over the following months, participants faced the challenge of navigating a market that offered a respectable 7.3% return while simultaneously testing their discipline through a 10.1% maximum drawdown—one that arrived without warning across 122 daily bars of authentic price action.
What made this period particularly instructive was not the headline gain but rather the journey to achieve it. The index climbed from a starting level of 2053.71 to close at 2203, yet this ascent was punctuated by volatility that included single-bar moves of up to 3.6%. Participants encountered 11 decision points throughout this window, with 4 designated as critical junctures where directional conviction and risk management were simultaneously required. The replay forces participants to confront the uncomfortable reality that profitable outcomes rarely follow straight lines.
For decision training purposes, this scenario excels at exposing the gap between theoretical strategy and executed discipline. The 10.1% drawdown serves as a stress test for conviction, while the 3.6% single-bar volatility challenges participants to resist reactive trading. Navigating 11 decision points demands consistent process rather than intuition, and the 4 critical moments reveal whether traders can distinguish between short-term price noise and meaningful trend shifts. This replay builds the psychological resilience necessary for sustained market participation.