Health Care Sel SPDR Downtrend Replay (2000-08-14 to 2000-09-27)
Replay the XLV Health Care ETF sliding from 30.22 to 26.81, a 11.3% decline across 64 trading days in 2000. Step through each session, tackle 11 decision points including 4 critical calls, and receive an AI coach review in this simulated training replay.
64 daily bars · 11 decision points · 2000-07 to 2000-10 · Stocks
Key facts
This window spans 90 days with a peak-to-trough drawdown of 13.3% and a 6.1% run-up.
- Max drawdown
- −13.3%
- Max run-up
- +6.1%
- Duration
- 90 days
- Largest single-day move
- −4.9%
- Bars
- 64 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 Health Care Select Sector SPDR Fund (XL V) entered the summer of 2000 as part of a market navigating post-boom uncertainty. This replay spans 64 daily bars from mid-July through mid-October, capturing an 11 decision-point scenario where 4 critical calls separated routine adjustments from consequential mistakes. The setting places participants inside a sector ETF during a correction, where healthcare was not immune to the broad re-pricing underway in equities.
Between the opening close of 30.22 and the closing level of 26.81, the fund shed -11.3% over the replay window. Volatility manifested through a maximum drawdown of 13.3% and a largest single-bar move of 4.9%, creating moments where position management carried amplified consequence. Each decision point forced participants to choose between holding, adjusting, or standing aside as price carved its descending path.
The scenario tests process discipline under sustained pressure rather than isolated judgment calls. Trainees encounter the psychological drift that accompanies drawdowns: the temptation to average down, the reluctance to accept loss, the second-guessing after exits. Completing the replay builds familiarity with how a correction unfolds day by day, training the habits of sizing, documentation, and emotional calibration that distinguish repeatable decision-making from reactive trading.