S&P 600 SmallCap Downtrend Replay (2022-01-04 to 2022-01-27)
Replay the 2022 S&P 600 SmallCap correction across 34 daily bars ending in a 12.3% max drawdown. You make decisions at each of the seven pivot points and receive an AI coach review of your simulated trades.
34 daily bars · 7 decision points · 2021-12 to 2022-02 · Stocks
Key facts
This window spans 49 days with a peak-to-trough drawdown of 12.3% and a 4.7% run-up.
- Max drawdown
- −12.3%
- Max run-up
- +4.7%
- Duration
- 49 days
- Largest single-day move
- −2.6%
- Bars
- 34 Daily bars
- Decision points
- 7
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 S&P 600 SmallCap index entered January 2022 at a critical juncture. After months of resilient gains, small-cap stocks faced mounting headwinds: rising rate expectations, tightening financial conditions, and broader market uncertainty. The period from late December 2021 through early February 2022 represented a test of conviction for investors focused on this segment of the US equity market. Seven pivot points across 34 daily bars would challenge participants to navigate deteriorating momentum while managing downside exposure.
Across the 34-session data window from 2021-12-21 to 2022-02-08, the index closed at 111.42 before retreating to 106.93, delivering a net loss of -4.0%. Yet the headline number obscured the true severity of the move. The max drawdown reached 12.3%, with the largest single session swing of 2.6% capturing the volatility that defined this correction. Three of the seven decision points were flagged as critical, demanding participants either adapt positions or risk compounding losses during the downturn.
This replay distills the decision-training value of experiencing drawdown magnitude in real time. The gap between headline loss and peak-to-trough decline illustrates why monitoring max drawdown matters more than daily percentage changes. Seven pivot points, including three critical junctures, train the mental discipline of acting decisively when support breaks or resistance fails. The psychological lesson is equally clear: a -4.0% closing loss can mask a 12.3% journey through volatility that tests both process and conviction.