Energy Sel SPDR Uptrend Replay (2001-04-03 to 2001-04-26)
Replay a 34-bar stretch of the Energy Select SPDR from 2001-03-21 to 2001-05-08, where the close climbed 5.0% despite a 6.1% drawdown. Walk through seven daily decision points, with three flagged critical, and receive an AI coach review of your simulated choices.
34 daily bars · 7 decision points · 2001-03 to 2001-05 · Stocks
Key facts
This window spans 48 days with a peak-to-trough drawdown of 6.1% and a 16.4% run-up.
- Max drawdown
- −6.1%
- Max run-up
- +16.4%
- Duration
- 48 days
- Largest single-day move
- −3.9%
- Bars
- 34 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 scene is the Energy Select SPDR (XLE) in early 2001, navigating a market landscape still shaking off the dot-com turmoil. The replay covers 34 daily bars from 2001-03-21 to 2001-05-08 in the 2000s decade. What made this period instructive was the sector struggling to establish direction, leaving traders with a classic question: commit to a trend or wait for confirmation amid noise.
The close climbed from 15.6 to 16.38, a 5.0% gain over the span. That headline number obscures the journey. A max drawdown of 6.1% tested any position entered during the period, and the largest single-bar move of 3.9% showed volatility that could easily shake out unprepared participants. Seven decision points punctuated the replay, with three flagged as critical moments where the directional call would have mattered most to outcomes.
For decision training, the stretch offers a clinic on process versus outcome. The 5.0% return sounds modest, but surviving a 6.1% drawdown to capture it required discipline. The 3.9% single-bar moves demand psychological resilience and sizing awareness. Traders learn to separate the educational signal—did you have a thesis and stick to it?—from the outcome noise. The takeaway is not about predicting the next XLE move but about building habits that let you stay rational when the market tests your conviction.