S&P 400 MidCap Uptrend Replay (2022-12-19 to 2023-02-02)
Replay a 1.6% S&P 400 MidCap climb across 62 daily bars from November 2022 to February 2023. Walk through 11 decision points, including 4 critical ones, and receive an AI coach review of your simulated choices.
62 daily bars · 11 decision points · 2022-11 to 2023-02 · Stocks
Key facts
This window spans 91 days with a peak-to-trough drawdown of 7.3% and a 14.2% run-up.
- Max drawdown
- −7.3%
- Max run-up
- +14.2%
- Duration
- 91 days
- Largest single-day move
- −2.5%
- Bars
- 62 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 weeks of 2022 navigating a period of rebuilding confidence after a turbulent autumn. This scenario spans 62 daily bars from late November 2022 through February 2023, capturing a market that had to find direction amid lingering economic uncertainty. For traders in training, the period presented a classic challenge: how to participate in a modest but meaningful uptrend while managing the inevitable pullbacks and reversals that test conviction.
The index managed a cumulative advance of 1.6%, closing at 2600.68 from an opening of 2559.56. However, the journey was far from linear. The market endured a maximum drawdown of 7.3% and witnessed its largest single-bar move of 2.5%, creating moments of sharp uncertainty. Across the 62-day span, participants confronted 11 decision points, with 4 deemed critical—moments where positioning choices carried heightened consequence and required clear rationale.
This replay distills essential lessons for decision training. The 7.3% drawdown reminds us that even in an uptrend, risk management determines survival. The 2.5% intraday swings highlight how quickly momentum can reverse, demanding traders stay anchored to process rather than reacting to noise. The 4 critical decision points strip away the comfort of passive holding, forcing active consideration of entry, exit, and conviction under pressure. Success here was never about predicting the next bar—it was about executing a sound approach through periods of ambiguity and remaining mentally flexible when the market failed to cooperate.