S&P 400 MidCap Downtrend Replay (2022-02-09 to 2022-03-07)
Replay the S&P 400 MidCap correction across 36 daily bars ending with a 4.5% swing and a 7.5% drawdown. Step through each session, face 7 decision points, and receive an AI coach review of your simulated calls.
36 daily bars · 7 decision points · 2022-01 to 2022-03 · Stocks
Key facts
This window spans 50 days with a peak-to-trough drawdown of 7.5% and a 7.6% run-up.
- Max drawdown
- −7.5%
- Max run-up
- +7.6%
- Duration
- 50 days
- Largest single-day move
- −3.8%
- Bars
- 36 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 400 MidCap index during early 2022 represented a critical test of mid-cap resilience amid shifting market sentiment. The data span from January 26 to March 17, 2022 captured a 36-bar correction period that would challenge traders' ability to navigate volatile conditions. This was a moment when the 2020s bull market faced its first serious stress test, and understanding how mid-cap stocks behaved under pressure became essential for any serious market student.
The correction unfolded with a 7.5% max drawdown before recovering to close at 2684.3 from 2569.53, representing a 4.5% swing. The most violent single session saw a 3.8% move, demonstrating how quickly sentiment could shift. Seven decision points emerged throughout this period, with three marked as critical turning moments where directional conviction would be most severely tested.
This replay teaches that process matters more than prediction. The 7.5% drawdown reminds us that position sizing and pre-defined exit levels are not optional luxuries but survival fundamentals. The 3.8% single-bar volatility exposes the psychological trap of recency bias, where one dramatic candle can overwrite months of discipline. Training through these seven decision points, learners develop the emotional muscle to act on their plans when certainty is absent, which is the only state that actually exists in live markets.