Technology Sel SPDR Uptrend Replay (2012-11-15 to 2013-05-17)
Replays a six-month XLK uptrend featuring a 9.5% close gain and a 3.3% largest single-bar move. Users step through 150 daily bars, tackle 11 decision points, and receive AI coach feedback in this simulated market-training exercise.
150 daily bars · 11 decision points · 2012-10 to 2013-06 · Stocks
Key facts
This window spans 222 days with a peak-to-trough drawdown of 5.9% and a 16.6% run-up.
- Max drawdown
- −5.9%
- Max run-up
- +16.6%
- Duration
- 222 days
- Largest single-day move
- +3.3%
- 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) offers a concentrated view of U.S. technology equity dynamics during a pivotal six-month window from late October 2012 through early June 2013. This period marked a significant phase in the post-financial crisis recovery, when technology stocks began asserting market leadership as investors shifted away from defensive positioning. Participants navigate 150 daily bars of unfiltered price action, confronting the challenge of capturing directional moves while managing the sector's characteristic volatility. The scenario recreates the authentic decision-making environment that investors and traders faced during this transitional market regime.
The replay captures a closing price appreciation of 9.5%, with the share price advancing from 14.47 to 15.84. Throughout this trajectory, the maximum drawdown of 5.9% tested positions and required disciplined risk management. The largest single-bar move of 3.3% punctuated the journey, reminding participants that concentrated volatility can materialize without warning. Eleven decision points punctuate the scenario, with four designated as critical moments where directional conviction and capital allocation decisions carried heightened consequence.
For decision-training purposes, this replay illustrates the tension between patience and opportunism in trending markets. The relatively modest overall gain against a 5.9% drawdown underscores that successful participation required tolerating interim setbacks without abandoning process. The 3.3% single-bar volatility demonstrates why position sizing and stop discipline matter even in directionally favorable environments. Participants learn that capturing a 9.5% outcome demands managing the psychological weight of 5.9% drawdowns along the way, reinforcing that outcome-based evaluation misses the probabilistic reality of each entry and exit decision.
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