Energy Sel SPDR Downtrend Replay (2011-05-31 to 2011-06-24)
Replay the 2011 Energy SPDR correction across 38 daily bars, with prices moving from 36.62 to 38.44 amid an 8.0% drawdown. Step through each session, face 7 decision points, and receive an AI coach review of your simulated choices.
38 daily bars · 7 decision points · 2011-05 to 2011-07 · Stocks
Key facts
This window spans 53 days with a peak-to-trough drawdown of 8.0% and a 9.3% run-up.
- Max drawdown
- −8.0%
- Max run-up
- +9.3%
- Duration
- 53 days
- Largest single-day move
- +2.9%
- Bars
- 38 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 unfolds in the spring of 2011, when the Energy Select Sector SPDR entered a correction phase amid a volatile period for commodity markets. Oil prices seesawed on mixed signals about global demand, while investors reassessed sector allocations following a strong run-up. The tension between contrarian conviction and risk management defined the decision environment—traders had to choose whether the pullback offered an entry opportunity or signaled the start of something more severe.
The 38-day replay window captures this uncertainty with daily precision. Starting from 36.62, XLE ultimately closed the period at 38.44, delivering a 5.0% net gain. Yet that final number obscures a rougher intermediate path: the maximum drawdown reached 8.0%, and the single most volatile session moved 2.9%. Participants navigated 7 decision points across this stretch, with 3 deemed critical junctions where directional calls carried heightened consequence. Each daily bar presented a fresh test of interpretation.
For decision training, this replay distills lessons in three domains. Process discipline becomes tangible when facing an 8.0% drawdown—adhering to pre-defined exit levels matters more than hope. Risk calibration sharpens when a 2.9% single-day swing arrives unexpectedly, reminding participants that volatility clusters in corrections. Psychological resilience surfaces in the gap between the 8.0% trough and the 5.0% finish: staying engaged through adverse action, when conviction holds, can bridge loss into recovery. This scenario asks whether you can hold to process when prices test your tolerance.