Energy Sel SPDR Downtrend Replay (2015-04-29 to 2015-08-07)
Replays a 21.5% slide in the US Energy Select SPDR ETF across 142 daily bars from March to September 2015, capturing 28.6% peak drawdown. You step through each session, confront 4 critical decision points, and receive an AI coach review of your choices. Simulated capital, educational only.
142 daily bars · 11 decision points · 2015-03 to 2015-09 · Stocks
Key facts
This window spans 203 days with a peak-to-trough drawdown of 28.6% and a 12.2% run-up.
- Max drawdown
- −28.6%
- Max run-up
- +12.2%
- Duration
- 203 days
- Largest single-day move
- −5.4%
- Bars
- 142 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
This replay immerses you in the Energy Select SPDR ETF as it navigates a sustained downtrend across the 2010s energy sector correction. The dataset covers 142 daily bars from March 9 to September 28, 2015, placing you in the position of managing exposure through a prolonged period of institutional rotation away from energy commodities. The stakes are clear: preserving capital while others panic-sell, or recognizing when the slide might offer tactical opportunities.
The ETF declined from $38.12 to $29.94, translating to a -21.5% total loss. The journey was brutal in execution: peak drawdown reached 28.6% before any meaningful recovery attempt, and the largest single-bar move hit 5.4%, underscoring the volatility embedded in sector ETF trading during sentiment shifts. Eleven decision points punctuate this replay, with four flagged as critical inflection moments where your positioning choices would have defined your outcome relative to the index.
For decision training, this scenario tests your ability to separate noise from signal under sustained pressure. A -21.5% decline does not unfold in a straight line, and the 5.4% single-bar swings punish emotional responses. The 28.6% max drawdown forces honest evaluation of your risk tolerance and position sizing discipline. Four critical points demand you practice cutting losses quickly or adding tactically, while 142 bars of daily data cultivate the patience required to wait for confirmation rather than guessing bottoms. This replay trains the psychological resilience necessary to act deliberately when every instinct screams for escape.