Technology Sel SPDR Uptrend Replay (2007-08-16 to 2007-10-31)
Replay the 2007 Technology Select SPDR uptrend across 108 daily bars, with a single-day swing reaching 3.6% testing any trader's nerves. You make decisions at 11 checkpoints, then receive an AI coach review of your simulated choices.
108 daily bars · 11 decision points · 2007-07 to 2007-12 · Stocks
Key facts
This window spans 151 days with a peak-to-trough drawdown of 11.1% and a 15.4% run-up.
- Max drawdown
- −11.1%
- Max run-up
- +15.4%
- Duration
- 151 days
- Largest single-day move
- −3.6%
- Bars
- 108 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 SPDR (XLK) gives decision-trainers a focused window into mid-to-late 2007 market dynamics, when the technology sector navigated an increasingly uncertain macro backdrop even as individual names pushed higher. The data span of 2007-07-09 to 2007-12-07 captures 108 daily bars across the 2000s decade, with 11 decision checkpoints—4 marked as critical—distributing choices throughout the trajectory. Participants must weigh positioning amid early signs of broader market stress while technology names continued their run.
Over that five-month window the ETF closed at 13.15 and finished at 13.45, delivering a modest 2.3% net gain. The headline number conceals the turbulence beneath: a maximum drawdown of 11.1% tested any established stop-loss logic, and a largest single-bar move of 3.6% on any given day demanded real-time nerve. The gap between flat-to-small net returns and significant interim volatility is the central tension of this replay.
For training purposes, the scenario forces disciplined process over prediction. Trainees practice sizing positions knowing a double-digit pullback could arrive unannounced, and they confront the psychological lure of exiting after sharp intraday swings. The 11 checkpoints cultivate systematic review rather than reactive adjustment, reinforcing that historical volatility is a classroom, not a warning to avoid risk altogether.