Consumer Disc SPDR Uptrend Replay (2000-12-20 to 2001-01-04)
Replay 30 daily bars of the Consumer Discretionary SPDR from 2000-12-05 to 2001-01-18, capturing a 4.6% rally alongside an 8.3% drawdown. You step through each session, face 7 decision points, and receive an AI coach review, simulated purely for education.
30 daily bars · 7 decision points · 2000-12 to 2001-01 · Stocks
Key facts
This window spans 44 days with a peak-to-trough drawdown of 8.3% and a 19.6% run-up.
- Max drawdown
- −8.3%
- Max run-up
- +19.6%
- Duration
- 44 days
- Largest single-day move
- +7.9%
- Bars
- 30 Daily bars
- Decision points
- 7
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 Consumer Discretionary SPDR at the turn of the millennium was navigating the tail end of one of the most turbulent decades in market history. The 2000s decade was marked by the dot-com bust and extreme volatility. This replay covers 30 daily bars from 2000-12-05 to 2001-01-18, placing traders in the thick of a market searching for direction after the tech wreck. Participants face 7 decision points, including 3 critical moments where conviction and risk management would be tested.
The net result was a 4.6% rally, with the close moving from 12.75 to 13.34. But this headline number conceals a much more turbulent journey. An 8.3% drawdown tested conviction mid-replay, while a 7.9% single-bar move demonstrated the volatility that could wipe out gains or create false breakouts. The path was anything but straight, requiring traders to navigate sharp reversals and momentum shifts within those 30 daily bars.
This scenario strips away the illusion of easy gains by showing how volatility and drawdowns can challenge even a winning strategy. Participants must learn to manage risk in real-time, stick to their process despite drawdowns, and resist emotional decisions during large single-bar swings. The 3 critical decision points become lessons in discipline, testing whether a trader would add, reduce, or hold when uncertainty peaks. It is a reminder that successful trading is not about predicting every move but about executing a sound process through turbulence.