S&P 600 SmallCap Downtrend Replay (2011-07-07 to 2011-08-08)
Relive the 2011 S&P 600 SmallCap slide as it fell 22.6% from peak to trough across 46 trading days. You make the calls at nine decision points, then receive an AI coach review of your historical replay choices, simulated capital only.
46 daily bars · 9 decision points · 2011-06 to 2011-08 · Stocks
Key facts
This window spans 64 days with a peak-to-trough drawdown of 22.6% and a 9.5% run-up.
- Max drawdown
- −22.6%
- Max run-up
- +9.5%
- Duration
- 64 days
- Largest single-day move
- −8.3%
- Bars
- 46 Daily bars
- Decision points
- 9
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
In mid-2011, the S&P 600 SmallCap index entered a treacherous descent that would test every investor's conviction. The data spans from June 20 to August 23, 2011, encompassing 46 daily bars of authentic market action during the summer of the 2010s decade. This wasn't a flash crash but a sustained slide that forced traders to make consequential decisions under mounting pressure, with nine decision points embedded throughout the replay.
The numbers tell the story of a meaningful contraction: the index fell from 35.12 to 30.83, representing a -12.2% decline in closing prices. Yet the full picture reveals even greater stress, with maximum drawdown reaching 22.6% from peak to trough. The market's volatility was punctuated by a largest single-bar move of 8.3%, illustrating moments when panic could overwhelm rational analysis. Participants navigated this environment across roughly two months of trading days, each day presenting new challenges to portfolio preservation.
What this replay teaches is fundamentally about process over prediction. Nine decision points, three of them marked as critical, simulate the moments when traders had to choose between holding, adjusting, or exiting positions. The experience cultivates risk awareness by confronting participants with realistic drawdowns and sharp intraday swings. Psychologically, it trains emotional discipline by placing decision-makers in the shoes of those who faced real uncertainty without knowing the ultimate outcome. The goal is not to relive history with hindsight, but to build the habits and judgment that matter when markets move against you.