Energy Sel SPDR Downtrend Replay (2023-02-10 to 2023-03-17)
Replay a 2023 US energy ETF correction across 50 daily bars with a 17.3% max drawdown and nine decision points. Step through each historical day, make tactical choices, and receive an AI coach review in a simulated, educational training environment.
50 daily bars · 9 decision points · 2023-01 to 2023-04 · Stocks
Key facts
This window spans 70 days with a peak-to-trough drawdown of 17.3% and a 12.5% run-up.
- Max drawdown
- −17.3%
- Max run-up
- +12.5%
- Duration
- 70 days
- Largest single-day move
- −5.4%
- Bars
- 50 Daily bars
- Decision points
- 9
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
Energy Select Sector SPDR entered 2023 as a market favorite after a multi-year run, but the first quarter brought a sharp reversal that tested every participant's conviction. From late January through early April 2023, the ETF traced a correction across 50 daily bars, forcing traders to navigate a sustained downtrend rather than chase momentum. The scenario recreates this environment with nine decision points, three of them critical, asking you to respond in real time to unfolding price action.
The numbers tell the story of genuine stress. The ETF closed the period at 42.51, down 5.8% from its 45.12 opening, but the journey mattered more than the endpoint. A maximum drawdown of 17.3% meant that at its worst the position was deep underwater, and a largest single-bar move of 5.4% revealed how quickly sentiment could shift on any given day. These are the facts you inherit when you step into the replay.
This scenario trains the habits that separate disciplined traders from impulsive ones. Working through the nine decision points, you practice reading deteriorating price structure, sizing positions to survive a 17.3% drawdown without forced exits, and managing the emotional pull to average down or cut prematurely. The goal is not to predict the bottom but to build a repeatable process that holds up under the psychological pressure of a live drawdown.