Technology Sel SPDR Uptrend Replay (2017-07-03 to 2018-01-26)
Replay XLK's 23.3% rise from 27.54 to 33.97 across 150 daily bars of the late-2017 technology boom. Step through each session, weigh 11 decision points, and receive an AI coach review of your simulated trades for educational insight.
150 daily bars · 11 decision points · 2017-06 to 2018-01 · Stocks
Key facts
This window spans 217 days with a peak-to-trough drawdown of 3.4% and a 27.3% run-up.
- Max drawdown
- −3.4%
- Max run-up
- +27.3%
- Duration
- 217 days
- Largest single-day move
- +2.7%
- 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 sector entered the second half of 2017 with momentum building from a multi-year uptrend in the 2010s. XLK, the Technology Select Sector SPDR, faced a period where the prevailing boom narrative collided with the need for disciplined position management. With 11 decision points embedded across 150 daily bars, traders were forced to repeatedly confront the tension between riding a sustained rise and protecting against volatility spikes of up to 2.7% in a single session. The scenario recreates the authentic pressure of being long during a trending market where the path was far from straight.
The replay captures XLK advancing from 27.54 to 33.97, delivering a 23.3% return over the data span from 2017-06-27 to 2018-01-30. Four of the eleven decision points are flagged as critical, demanding explicit choices about entry, scaling, or exit. Despite the strong directional outcome, the maximum drawdown never exceeded 3.4%, illustrating how even a profitable trend produces pullbacks that test conviction. The largest single-bar move of 2.7% was enough to shake out impatient participants despite the overall benign drawdown profile.
This replay sharpens the ability to distinguish between process and outcome. The 23.3% gain was not inevitable; it emerged from navigating uncertainty across 11 discrete choice moments. Traders learn that managing a 3.4% drawdown requires the same analytical rigor as capturing a 23.3% move. The psychological dimension—staying composed when a single bar moves 2.7% against a position—proves as important as any technical signal in determining whether participants capture the trend or exit prematurely.