S&P 400 MidCap Uptrend Replay (1990-10-11 to 1991-04-17)
Replay an authentic S&P 400 MidCap uptrend where prices climbed 35.0% across 150 daily bars. Walk through each day, tackle 4 critical decision points, and receive an AI coach review of your simulated choices.
150 daily bars · 11 decision points · 1990-09 to 1991-04 · Stocks
Key facts
This window spans 216 days with a peak-to-trough drawdown of 7.4% and a 49.9% run-up.
- Max drawdown
- −7.4%
- Max run-up
- +49.9%
- Duration
- 216 days
- Largest single-day move
- +2.7%
- Bars
- 150 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
In the autumn of 1990, the S&P 400 MidCap index entered a period of sustained strength that would test every trader's conviction and discipline. The broader market had emerged from a turbulent summer, and mid-cap stocks were beginning to attract renewed institutional attention. This replay places you inside 150 daily bars spanning October 1990 through April 1991, a timeframe when the US economy was transitioning from recession toward recovery, and when the Federal Reserve's easing cycle was beginning to lift risk appetites across equity markets.
The index climbed steadily from 90.33 to 121.93, delivering a 35.0% gain over the full period. What distinguished this uptrend was not its smoothness but its resilience: a maximum drawdown of just 7.4% tested conviction without breaking it, while the largest single-day move of 2.7% served as a reminder that volatility accompanies reward. Across the 150 trading days, you will encounter 11 decision points, with 4 marked as critical moments where your positioning, sizing, and emotional control would have determined whether you captured the trend or surrendered gains to hesitation.
This scenario trains traders to navigate the psychological tension between following a trend and protecting capital. A 35.0% advance sounds straightforward in hindsight, but managing position sizes through a 7.4% pullback requires discipline. The 2.7% single-bar spikes teach humility about predicting intraday reversals. Success here is not about forecasting the top but about building a process that keeps you invested through normal volatility while respecting risk limits that prevent a single drawdown from derailing the entire strategy.
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