Technology Sel SPDR Uptrend Replay (2023-10-26 to 2024-03-12)
Replay a 14.0% XLK uptrend across 150 daily bars with an 8.8% drawdown and 11 decision points. Step through each session interactively, face 4 critical choices, and receive an AI coach review of your simulated historical decisions.
150 daily bars · 11 decision points · 2023-09 to 2024-04 · Stocks
Key facts
This window spans 217 days with a peak-to-trough drawdown of 8.8% and a 31.7% run-up.
- Max drawdown
- −8.8%
- Max run-up
- +31.7%
- Duration
- 217 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 Fund (XLK) represents one of the most consequential allocations in modern equity portfolios. Between late October 2023 and mid-March 2024, the ETF traced a sustained uptrend that rewarded conviction while punishing careless risk management. Participants entering this replay faced a market where timing, position sizing, and psychological discipline would determine whether they captured the move or were shaken out along the way.
The scenario unfolds across 150 daily bars spanning September 2023 through April 2024. XLK climbed from 84.45 to 96.26, delivering a 14.0% total return. The path was far from smooth: an 8.8% maximum drawdown tested portfolio endurance, while the largest single-bar move of 3.3% reminded traders that volatility accompanies every trend, even seemingly stable ones.
Eleven decision points punctuate this replay, four of which represent critical junctures where a single choice could have meaningfully altered outcomes. The educational value lies not in predicting direction but in building process: sizing positions to survive drawdowns, avoiding the trap of selling into temporary weakness, and establishing clear criteria for taking profits before momentum fades. These are the habits that separate disciplined investors from reactive ones.