Consumer Disc SPDR Uptrend Replay (2009-03-09 to 2009-03-26)
Replay a 2009 consumer discretionary ETF uptrend spanning 30 daily bars, with the close climbing 15.9% from 9.1 to 10.55 amid sharp 11.4% drawdowns. You navigate seven decision points day-by-day on simulated capital and receive an AI coach review of each call.
30 daily bars · 7 decision points · 2009-02 to 2009-04 · Stocks
Key facts
This window spans 41 days with a peak-to-trough drawdown of 11.4% and a 32.6% run-up.
- Max drawdown
- −11.4%
- Max run-up
- +32.6%
- Duration
- 41 days
- Largest single-day move
- +7.1%
- 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 scenario immerses you in the volatile spring of 2009, when the Consumer Discretionary Select Sector SPDR (XLY) was carving out a recovery amid the wreckage of the previous year's financial collapse. Over 30 daily bars spanning from late February to early April, this replay captures the early stages of what would become a multi-year bull run. Seven decision points punctuate the timeline, three of which are marked as critical junctions where your choices carry heightened consequence.
What unfolded was a 15.9% climb from 9.1 to 10.55—a seemingly modest gain that obscures the turbulence beneath the surface. The maximum drawdown of 11.4% tested conviction repeatedly, while the largest single-bar move of 7.1% reminded participants that momentum can reverse with brutal speed. Navigating these waters required not just directional conviction but the discipline to endure volatility without abandoning a sound process.
For decision training, the replay's greatest value lies in confronting the psychological tension between patience and prudence. A 15.9% gain over six weeks sounds attractive until you factor in the emotional cost of riding an 11.4% drawdown mid-run. This scenario teaches that outcomes matter less than the quality of decisions at each of the seven inflection points. Replay participants learn to distinguish between short-term price noise and meaningful shifts in trend, sharpening their ability to act decisively when the evidence warrants it while avoiding reactive decisions born from temporary discomfort.