Russell 2000 Downtrend Replay (2024-11-25 to 2025-01-10)
Replay the Russell 2000 correction from 2024-11 to 2025-01, when the index swung through a 10.4% drawdown. Step through 11 decision points, defend your choices under simulated capital, and receive an AI coach review of your reasoning.
62 daily bars · 11 decision points · 2024-11 to 2025-02 · Stocks
Key facts
This window spans 94 days with a peak-to-trough drawdown of 10.4% and a 10.5% run-up.
- Max drawdown
- −10.4%
- Max run-up
- +10.5%
- Duration
- 94 days
- Largest single-day move
- +5.8%
- Bars
- 62 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, a benchmark of small-cap U.S. stocks, entered a turbulent stretch from late November 2024 through mid-January 2025. During this period, the index confronted heightened uncertainty as investors weighed economic signals against shifting monetary expectations. The scenario recreates this correction with 11 decision points, 4 of them critical, challenging participants to navigate a 10.4% peak-to-trough decline in real-time under simulated capital.
The index moved from 2210.13 to 2258.42, reflecting a modest 2.2% net gain over the full data span of November 2024 to early February 2025. Yet this headline number masks a more turbulent journey: the largest single-bar move reached 5.8%, and the maximum drawdown hit 10.4% before a recovery took hold. Participants who reacted to day-to-day swings without a framework for risk management would have faced significant capital erosion, while those with disciplined processes could have preserved capital through the drawdown phase.
This replay teaches that surviving a correction requires separating outcome from process. The 11 decision points are designed to expose common psychological traps: chasing momentum, doubling down on losing positions, and freezing during volatility. By stepping through critical moments without hindsight knowledge, participants practice calibrating position sizes, setting predefined exit levels, and maintaining conviction when drawdowns test their tolerance. The goal is not to predict the next 5.8% move but to build the habits that keep a portfolio intact through periods of sustained uncertainty.
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