S&P 600 SmallCap Uptrend Replay (2025-11-20 to 2026-02-10)
Replay an authentic S&P 600 SmallCap uptrend covering 110 daily bars through an 8.8% drawdown phase. Walk through 11 decision points, including 4 critical ones, day by day and receive an AI coach review of each simulated choice.
110 daily bars · 11 decision points · 2025-10 to 2026-03 · Stocks
Key facts
This window spans 158 days with a peak-to-trough drawdown of 8.8% and a 17.9% run-up.
- Max drawdown
- −8.8%
- Max run-up
- +17.9%
- Duration
- 158 days
- Largest single-day move
- +3.2%
- Bars
- 110 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
This replay immerses you in an authentic S&P 600 SmallCap uptrend spanning 110 daily bars from October 13, 2025, through March 20, 2026, during the 2020s decade. The scenario captures the characteristic turbulence of small-cap investing: sectors that can swing sharply on sentiment shifts, earnings surprises, and macroeconomic data. With an 8.8% maximum drawdown embedded in the data, participants must decide how to size positions, whether to add during weakness, and when conviction matters versus when to protect capital.
The period delivered a net gain of 3.3%, closing at 120.41 from an opening of 116.58, yet the journey proved far more volatile than the headline number suggests. The largest single-bar move reached 3.2%, enough to test even experienced traders' emotional discipline. Navigating this required surviving the drawdown phase without capitulating, as the ultimate recovery rewarded those who maintained process over impulse. Across the 110 bars, 11 decision points emerged, four of which the framework flags as critical inflection moments where the next move could meaningfully alter trajectory.
For decision training, this scenario sharpens three core skills. First, process discipline: with volatility this pronounced, adhering to predefined rules prevents reactive decisions that amplify losses. Second, risk calibration: an 8.8% drawdown demands honest self-assessment of position sizing and stress tolerance. Third, psychological resilience: small-cap moves can feel personal and urgent; separating signal from noise separates disciplined traders from emotional ones. This replay is a laboratory for building that separation.
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