Energy Sel SPDR Uptrend Replay (2021-01-29 to 2021-03-12)
Replay a 60-bar stretch in 2021 when the energy sector climbed 23.2% from 20.43 to 25.16. You walk through each trading day, tackle 11 decision points, and receive an AI coach review, all simulated for education.
60 daily bars · 11 decision points · 2021-01 to 2021-04 · Stocks
Key facts
This window spans 85 days with a peak-to-trough drawdown of 11.6% and a 36.2% run-up.
- Max drawdown
- −11.6%
- Max run-up
- +36.2%
- Duration
- 85 days
- Largest single-day move
- −4.5%
- Bars
- 60 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
The 2021 energy sector presented a compelling backdrop for this replay, tracing XLE's trajectory across a 60-bar period spanning early January through early April. Investors confronted significant uncertainty as they navigated a market defined by post-pandemic recovery dynamics and fluctuating commodity valuations. The simulation challenges participants to manage 11 decision points, including 4 critical moments, against this backdrop of sector rotation and evolving economic signals.
Over the full data span, XLE climbed from 20.43 to 25.16, delivering a 23.2% gain. Yet the journey was anything but straight. The maximum drawdown reached 11.6%, testing any position built during the advance. The largest single-bar move of 4.5% punctuated the trajectory, reminding participants that momentum assets can swing violently even within a broader trend. These statistics frame a market that rewarded conviction but punished complacency.
This replay teaches the delicate balance between holding a winning position and respecting risk. Participants experience how trend-following in volatile sectors demands both the patience to let winners run and the discipline to size positions so that a drawdown of 11.6% does not derail the overall strategy. The educational value lies not in predicting the next move but in building a repeatable process that handles uncertainty with emotional steadiness, preparing traders for similar conditions in future markets.