S&P 400 MidCap Uptrend Replay (2024-09-06 to 2024-11-25)
Replay the S&P 400 MidCap rally from late July 2024 through early January 2025, a 114-day window where the index climbed 2.0% despite an 8.4% drawdown. Step through each daily bar, face 11 decision points, and receive AI coach feedback in this simulated training environment.
114 daily bars · 11 decision points · 2024-07 to 2025-01 · Stocks
Key facts
This window spans 165 days with a peak-to-trough drawdown of 8.4% and a 18.2% run-up.
- Max drawdown
- −8.4%
- Max run-up
- +18.2%
- Duration
- 165 days
- Largest single-day move
- +4.1%
- 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 a complex training window from late July 2024 through early January 2025. For 114 trading days, this mid-cap benchmark presented a nuanced challenge: modest upside of 2.0% wrapped around an 8.4% maximum drawdown and a 4.1% single-bar swing. The scenario offered 11 decision points, with 4 marked as critical, testing a trader's ability to manage risk through volatile periods.
By the end of the replay, the index had closed at 3137.11, rising from an opening of 3074.96. Yet the journey mattered as much as the destination. Navigating an 8.4% drawdown while the net gain reached just 2.0% demanded disciplined risk management and emotional control. The largest single-bar move of 4.1% reminded participants that intraday volatility could easily unsettle positions lacking proper sizing or stop-loss discipline.
This replay teaches that surviving drawdowns is a skill distinct from capturing gains. With 4 critical decision points embedded across the 114 bars, participants confronted moments where patience or action could alter outcomes. The exercise emphasizes process over prediction, risk management over return-chasing, and psychological resilience over confidence. Mastering mid-cap volatility requires accepting that the path is rarely straight, and that preparation for uncertainty defines the difference between skilled execution and reactive trading.
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