Technology Sel SPDR Downtrend Replay (2000-09-01 to 2000-10-12)
Step into the 2000 XLK tech crash spanning 58 trading days from peak to a 29.2% drawdown. You will replay each session, face 11 branching decisions, and receive an AI coach review of your simulated choices.
58 daily bars · 11 decision points · 2000-08 to 2000-11 · Stocks
Key facts
This window spans 82 days with a peak-to-trough drawdown of 29.2% and a 13.0% run-up.
- Max drawdown
- −29.2%
- Max run-up
- +13.0%
- Duration
- 82 days
- Largest single-day move
- +8.9%
- Bars
- 58 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
In September 2000, the Technology Select Sector SPDR (XLK) entered a sharp downtrend that tested every investor's conviction. This replay captures 58 trading days of authentic market data, placing participants directly into 11 decision points—4 of which proved critical to managing risk. The scenario immerses learners in the actual price action of a sector that was losing its grip on the market.
The price trajectory tells a stark story: from an opening close of 25.94, XLK fell to 21.44, a -17.3% decline. However, maximum drawdown reached 29.2%, revealing that the full impact exceeded the simple start-to-finish calculation. The largest single-bar move of 8.9% on any given day created moments of acute stress that forced real-time choices about position management and exposure.
This replay is designed not to predict markets but to sharpen decision-making under pressure. Participants learn to separate the noise of daily volatility from the structural trend, manage positions through drawdowns without panic, and recognize when process discipline matters more than outcome chasing. The AI coach review ensures each simulated choice becomes a lesson in risk and psychology, building habits that serve traders across any market environment.