Technology Sel SPDR Uptrend Replay (2018-04-02 to 2018-06-06)
Step into a 94-bar replay of XLK's 2018 technology rally, where the ETF climbed just 3.5% from 34.68 to 35.88 amid a steep 9.7% drawdown. You will navigate 11 daily decision points, with 4 flagged critical, while an AI coach reviews your simulated choices.
94 daily bars · 11 decision points · 2018-02 to 2018-07 · Stocks
Key facts
This window spans 134 days with a peak-to-trough drawdown of 9.7% and a 13.3% run-up.
- Max drawdown
- −9.7%
- Max run-up
- +13.3%
- Duration
- 134 days
- Largest single-day move
- +3.8%
- Bars
- 94 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
Technology Select Sector SPDR Fund traced a treacherous uptrend from April through early June 2018, a period when the sector was trying to sustain momentum after a volatile start to the year. Against a backdrop of rising rate concerns and trade tensions, XLK offered traders 94 daily bars of authentic market data to navigate, with the stakes being not just capital preservation but the discipline to stay rational when the tape turned hostile.
The ETF eked out a modest 3.5% gain, moving from 34.68 to 35.88, yet this headline figure obscures the turbulence beneath. A max drawdown of 9.7% tested any position entered during the period, while the largest single-bar move of 3.8% showed how quickly sentiment could shift. Those who treated this as a straightforward "buy and hold" opportunity likely felt the sting of sharp interim setbacks before any recovery materialized.
The real value of this replay lies in confronting 11 decision points—4 flagged as critical—without the benefit of hindsight. Participants must grapple with position sizing when drawdowns approach double digits, manage the psychological pressure of watching gains evaporate, and decide when conviction justifies staying put versus adapting. This is historical market context for training purposes, illustrating how modest long-term trends can punish undisciplined execution in real time.