Energy Sel SPDR Uptrend Replay (2020-05-13 to 2020-06-08)
Replay the 2020 Energy Select Sector SPDR uptrend across 36 daily bars, where prices climbed 3.4% from 19.43 to 20.09 amid 17.1% drawdown swings. Step through 7 decision points, including 3 critical ones, receive an AI coach review of every trade call in this simulated training environment.
36 daily bars · 7 decision points · 2020-04 to 2020-06 · Stocks
Key facts
This window spans 50 days with a peak-to-trough drawdown of 17.1% and a 31.2% run-up.
- Max drawdown
- −17.1%
- Max run-up
- +31.2%
- Duration
- 50 days
- Largest single-day move
- −9.4%
- Bars
- 36 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 Energy Select Sector SPDR entered the spring of 2020 navigating one of the most volatile stretches in recent market history. Between late April and mid-June, this benchmark energy ETF tracked a sector still reeling from demand destruction and price war pressures. The scenario spans 36 daily bars across 7 decision points—3 flagged as critical—placing participants directly into the evolving dynamics of a tentative recovery.
Prices ultimately climbed 3.4% from 19.43 to 20.09, a modest net gain that conceals substantial intra-period turbulence. The journey featured a maximum drawdown of 17.1% and a single trading day that moved as much as 9.4%, underscoring how even directional bets can be whipsawed by volatile swings. Navigating this environment required traders to manage position sizing, time entries around the largest single-bar moves, and resist the impulse to abandon a thesis mid-drawdown.
For decision training, this replay illustrates the discipline required to hold positions through significant pullbacks when the broader trend remains intact. The 17.1% maximum drawdown tests emotional resilience—can a trader stay the course without second-guessing? Meanwhile, the 9.4% intraday spikes demand calm judgment on whether momentum justifies scaling in or closing out. Success here hinges on process over prediction: establishing clear entry and exit criteria before the heat of the market, then executing without letting fear or greed override the plan.