S&P 400 MidCap Uptrend Replay (2001-01-08 to 2001-01-30)
Replay the 2000-12-22 to 2001-02-08 S&P 400 MidCap window, where prices climbed from 501.32 to 522.06 despite a 7.3% drawdown. Walk through each daily bar, face seven decision points, and receive an AI coach review—simulated capital, purely educational.
32 daily bars · 7 decision points · 2000-12 to 2001-02 · Stocks
Key facts
This window spans 48 days with a peak-to-trough drawdown of 7.3% and a 8.5% run-up.
- Max drawdown
- −7.3%
- Max run-up
- +8.5%
- Duration
- 48 days
- Largest single-day move
- −4.3%
- Bars
- 32 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 replay opens in late December 2000, with the S&P 400 MidCap Index sitting at 501.32. The dot-com collapse had shaken investor confidence, and mid-cap stocks occupied an uncertain space—large enough to have institutional backing, yet small enough to feel the tremor of shifting sentiment. Traders faced a market caught between lingering caution and emerging optimism, with seven pivotal moments where choices about entry, exit, and risk management would define outcomes.
Through the thirty-two trading days spanning into early February 2001, prices climbed to 522.06—a modest 4.1% gain. But this headline number obscures the turbulence beneath: a maximum drawdown of 7.3% tested conviction, while a single session moved 4.3%, demanding split-second assessment. Three of the seven decision points arrived at critical junctures where position sizing and trend interpretation separated disciplined execution from reactive regret.
This replay teaches that measured progress demands endurance through volatility. Navigating a 7.3% drawdown while capturing upside teaches the art of staying invested without overexposing. Each of the seven decision points becomes a crucible for testing conviction, discipline, and the ability to distinguish noise from signal—a process skill that transfers across decades and instruments.