Technology Sel SPDR Downtrend Replay (2003-01-14 to 2003-02-12)
Replay a 42-day technology ETF correction from December 2002 to February 2003, capturing a 16.4% max drawdown. You step through each session, face 8 decision points including 3 critical ones, and receive an AI coach review, all simulated for education.
42 daily bars · 8 decision points · 2002-12 to 2003-02 · Stocks
Key facts
This window spans 62 days with a peak-to-trough drawdown of 16.4% and a 12.7% run-up.
- Max drawdown
- −16.4%
- Max run-up
- +12.7%
- Duration
- 62 days
- Largest single-day move
- +5.4%
- Bars
- 42 Daily bars
- Decision points
- 8
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 scene transports you to late 2002 and early 2003, a period when the technology sector was still digesting the wreckage of the dot-com collapse. The Technology Select Sector SPDR Fund faced a sustained correction spanning 42 trading days, from December 27, 2002 through February 27, 2003. You are placed in the role of navigating this declining market environment, confronting the uncertainty that surrounded tech investors at the time. The decades covered include the 2000s, making this a historical case study in resilience under pressure.
The price trajectory tells a story of grinding erosion. The fund closed the period at 7.15, down from 7.51 at the start, a net decline of -4.8%. Yet this headline figure obscures a more turbulent journey: the maximum drawdown reached 16.4%, and the largest single-bar move hit 5.4%, revealing pockets of acute volatility within the broader decline. The scenario offers 8 decision points across this span, with 3 flagged as critical moments where your choices carried heightened consequence.
For decision training purposes, this replay sharpens your ability to act under sustained pressure without the luxury of hindsight. You must evaluate whether to hold, adjust, or reposition as the drawdown unfolds, confronting the psychological temptation to react emotionally to every uptick or setback. The experience builds disciplined risk management and underscores how corrections, while painful, serve as invaluable classrooms for refining process. All actions are simulated for educational use only.
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