Energy Sel SPDR Downtrend Replay (2000-01-21 to 2000-02-09)
Replay a real two-week correction as the Energy Select SPDR slipped 5.6% across thirty daily bars. Step through the market day by day, face seven decision points, and receive an AI coach review of your simulated choices.
30 daily bars · 7 decision points · 2000-01 to 2000-02 · Stocks
Key facts
This window spans 42 days with a peak-to-trough drawdown of 12.4% and a 7.2% run-up.
- Max drawdown
- −12.4%
- Max run-up
- +7.2%
- Duration
- 42 days
- Largest single-day move
- +4.2%
- Bars
- 30 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
In early 2000, the Energy Select Sector SPDR faced a significant correction that tested the resolve of sector investors. The broader market was at a crossroads as the dot-com era showed early signs of strain, while energy commodities experienced their own turbulence. This replay immerses participants in navigating uncertainty across thirty daily bars, where every decision carried weight in determining whether one would exit with losses contained or watch drawdowns extend.
The data span from 2000-01-07 to 2000-02-18 captures XLE declining from 14.04 to 13.26, a -5.6% move that proved more volatile in practice. The maximum drawdown of 12.4% tested the patience of holders, while the largest single-bar move of 4.2% created moments requiring split-second judgment. Seven decision points, three deemed critical, forced participants to choose between holding, adding, or reducing exposure as the correction unfolded day by day.
This scenario sharpens decision-making under pressure. The 12.4% drawdown reveals how losses can exceed initial expectations, demanding disciplined position sizing. The 4.2% intraday swings test emotional control, reminding traders that panic and greed are the true enemies in a downtrend. Seven decision points mean seven opportunities to practice consistent process over impulsive reaction. For trainees, the core lesson is this: survival in corrections depends not on predicting the bottom, but on having a predefined framework that governs choices when uncertainty is highest.