S&P 400 MidCap Uptrend Replay (2024-04-18 to 2024-05-15)
Replay a 40-day S&P 400 MidCap uptrend across 2024-04-03 to 2024-05-29, navigating a 6.0% drawdown along the way. Make daily decisions, face seven decision points, and receive an AI coach review in this simulated, educational market replay.
40 daily bars · 7 decision points · 2024-04 to 2024-05 · Stocks
Key facts
This window spans 56 days with a peak-to-trough drawdown of 6.0% and a 7.6% run-up.
- Max drawdown
- −6.0%
- Max run-up
- +7.6%
- Duration
- 56 days
- Largest single-day move
- −2.0%
- Bars
- 40 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 sets the stage for a 40-day replay spanning April 3 to May 29, 2024. This period in the early 2020s captures a nuanced mid-cap landscape where participants must navigate shifting sentiment across seven decision points, three of which are flagged as critical. With simulated capital only, the replay focuses on building decision-making skills rather than pursuing profit—an educational exercise in market awareness during a historically specific window.
The data reveals a closing retreat from 2996.31 to 2919.56, translating to a modest -2.6% net decline over the 40-bar span. Yet the journey proved more volatile than the headline number suggests: traders faced a maximum drawdown of 6.0% and a largest single-bar move of 2.0%. These figures illustrate how even unremarkable net results can contain pockets of acute stress that test position management and conviction.
For decision training, the scenario emphasizes process over outcome. The 6.0% drawdown teaches participants to define acceptable loss thresholds before positions grow painful. Seven decision points, particularly the three critical junctures, demand disciplined entry and exit reasoning. The psychological lesson is clear: navigating an uptrend scenario that closes lower builds the emotional resilience needed when real market conditions surprise expectations.