Technology Sel SPDR Uptrend Replay (2004-08-12 to 2004-12-06)
Step into a 150-day Technology SPDR replay ending with a 13.2% peak drawdown before a modest recovery. You make the calls at 11 decision points across each session, then review your reasoning with the AI coach in a fully simulated training environment.
150 daily bars · 11 decision points · 2004-06 to 2005-01 · Stocks
Key facts
This window spans 216 days with a peak-to-trough drawdown of 13.2% and a 20.8% run-up.
- Max drawdown
- −13.2%
- Max run-up
- +20.8%
- Duration
- 216 days
- Largest single-day move
- −3.0%
- Bars
- 150 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 Technology Select Sector SPDR (XLK) entering mid-2004 presented traders with a demanding environment as tech momentum wavered between recovery attempts and renewed pressure. This 150-daily-bar replay spans 2004-06-23 to 2005-01-25, placing participants inside a market where 11 decision points—including 4 marked critical—require calculated responses to unfolding price action. The stakes center on navigating volatility without real capital, learning to read shifting dynamics through historical context rather than prediction.
The replay opens at 10.27 and closes at 9.8, delivering a net loss of -4.6% over the full span. Between those endpoints, the market carved a maximum drawdown of 13.2%, testing any sustained long positions severely. Single-session moves reached 3.0%, moments when judgment under uncertainty determined whether participants added, held, or exited. The modest recovery that followed the trough offers a window into how discipline during stress shapes eventual outcomes.
This scenario sharpens decision-making under conditions where gains erode and drawdowns deepen without warning. Traders confront the psychological challenge of holding through a 13.2% peak loss, deciding whether momentum signals warrant action or patience. The 11 decision points—particularly the 4 critical junctures—force deliberate choice rather than passive drift. With an AI coach reviewing each call in a simulated environment, the focus remains on process refinement, building risk awareness and emotional steadiness for future market turbulence.
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