Financial Sel SPDR Uptrend Replay (2013-10-08 to 2014-01-15)
Replay 138 daily bars of an authentic XLF uptrend from August 2013, watching the close climb 12.7% to 18.09 while navigating 11 decision points. Step through each session, weigh your choices, and receive an AI coach review of how your decisions compared to the historical path in this simulated training environment.
138 daily bars · 11 decision points · 2013-08 to 2014-03 · Stocks
Key facts
This window spans 199 days with a peak-to-trough drawdown of 7.3% and a 14.6% run-up.
- Max drawdown
- −7.3%
- Max run-up
- +14.6%
- Duration
- 199 days
- Largest single-day move
- +2.9%
- Bars
- 138 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 scenario immerses traders in the Financial Select SPDR ETF (XLF) during a sustained equity uptrend from October 2013 through January 2014. This was a period when US financial sector stocks were recovering from post-crisis lows, offering a textbook case of trending price action. Participants face 11 decision points, including 4 marked as critical, where they must choose entries, exits, or position adjustments without knowing the next bar's outcome. The stakes are clear: navigate a rising market correctly and build confidence in trend-following discipline, or miss moves and learn the cost of hesitation.
The data encompasses 138 daily bars spanning August 2013 to March 2014, with the replay window focused on the October-to-January rally. The close climbed from 16.05 to 18.09, delivering a 12.7% gain. Yet the path was not straight—a maximum drawdown of 7.3% tested conviction midstream, while the largest single-bar move of 2.9% reminded traders that individual days can swing significantly even within a steady trend. Each decision point forced a real-time judgment call, with historical hindsight revealing the consequences of each choice.
The core training value lies in process discipline under uncertainty. Trend-following requires tolerating setbacks like that 7.3% pullback without abandoning a sound thesis. Position sizing becomes critical when single bars can move 2.9%, demanding respect for volatility without overcaution. Psychologically, this scenario trains traders to distinguish between noise and genuine trend breaks—ultimately building the emotional resilience needed to let winners run while managing risk systematically.