S&P 400 MidCap Uptrend Replay (2020-10-28 to 2021-01-20)
Replay a powerful S&P 400 MidCap rally of 33.9% from September 2020 to March 2021 in daily detail. Work through eleven decision points, including four critical calls, and receive an AI coach review of every simulated choice.
114 daily bars · 11 decision points · 2020-09 to 2021-03 · Stocks
Key facts
This window spans 166 days with a peak-to-trough drawdown of 6.0% and a 43.8% run-up.
- Max drawdown
- −6.0%
- Max run-up
- +43.8%
- Duration
- 166 days
- Largest single-day move
- +3.9%
- Bars
- 114 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
The S&P 400 MidCap index entered the final months of 2020 in an environment of extraordinary uncertainty. With global markets still absorbing the shock of the pandemic's first wave, mid-cap stocks occupied a distinctive niche: large enough to have institutional credibility, yet small enough to capture rapid growth during economic recovery. This replay places you inside the daily rhythm of 114 trading bars spanning September 2020 through early March 2021, asking you to navigate a market that most observers had written off just months earlier. Eleven decision points punctuate the journey, with four demanding the most careful analysis under live conditions.
What unfolded was a 33.9% rally, with the index climbing from 1888.13 to 2529.13 over the period. The advance was not linear: a maximum drawdown of 6.0% tested conviction, while a largest single-bar move of 3.9% occasionally disrupted even well-constructed plans. The trajectory combined steady accumulation with sharp rotational shifts, rewarding those who could distinguish between noise and genuine momentum changes while maintaining exposure through inevitable pullbacks.
This replay teaches that surviving volatility is distinct from profiting from it. The 6.0% drawdown arrived without warning in daily data, forcing participants to confront whether their process justified staying invested. The 3.9% single-day swing demanded emotional discipline, not just analytical skill. With four critical decision points embedded in the scenario, participants practice the exact calibration required in trending markets: knowing when to add, when to hold, and when the environment has shifted beneath their thesis. The goal is not prediction but disciplined response to unfolding price action.