Technology Sel SPDR Uptrend Replay (2019-01-03 to 2019-04-24)
Replay XLK's 150-day historical swing from November 2018 through June 2019, featuring a 7.0% net move and a steep 19.0% drawdown. Walk through each session, tackle 11 decision points with 4 critical choices, and let the AI coach review your simulated reasoning.
150 daily bars · 11 decision points · 2018-11 to 2019-06 · Stocks
Key facts
This window spans 219 days with a peak-to-trough drawdown of 19.0% and a 36.9% run-up.
- Max drawdown
- −19.0%
- Max run-up
- +36.9%
- Duration
- 219 days
- Largest single-day move
- +6.0%
- 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 replay centers on XLK, the Technology Select Sector SPDR, tracing a 150-day arc from November 2018 through June 2019. This was a pivotal stretch for tech: the sector had been battered in late 2018, and markets were wrestling with questions about Federal Reserve policy, slowing global growth, and whether the decade-long tech surge had further to run. Participants enter this uncertain post-correction environment, where the narrative on tech remains contested.
Over 150 daily bars, XLK moved from 35.56 to 38.05, delivering a net gain of 7.0%. Beneath that modest headline figure lay a 19.0% max drawdown and a largest single-bar move of 6.0%—the kind of intraday jolt that tests conviction. Navigating this required working through 11 decision points, with 4 critical moments demanding traders demonstrate both discipline and adaptability.
This scenario is built for process training. The 19.0% drawdown forces participants to practice holding through adverse moves, while the 6.0% single-day swings challenge emotional control. Working through 11 decision points with 4 critical junctures trains the judgment calls that separate disciplined traders from reactive ones. The lesson: outcome matters less than the framework you apply when uncertainty is high.