Consumer Disc SPDR Uptrend Replay (2009-10-28 to 2010-01-07)
Replay the Consumer Discretionary SPDR uptrend covering 98 daily bars with a 6.7% close-to-close gain. You will step through each session, face 11 decision points including 4 critical ones, and receive an AI coach review of every choice, simulated for education only.
98 daily bars · 11 decision points · 2009-09 to 2010-02 · Stocks
Key facts
This window spans 141 days with a peak-to-trough drawdown of 6.4% and a 14.5% run-up.
- Max drawdown
- −6.4%
- Max run-up
- +14.5%
- Duration
- 141 days
- Largest single-day move
- −2.8%
- Bars
- 98 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 Consumer Discretionary SPDR (XLY) replay transports traders to the tail end of the 2009 recovery rally, a period when the market was testing whether the post-crisis bounce had legs. The scenario spans from late October 2009 through early January 2010, covering 98 daily bars as investors weighed economic data against lingering uncertainty. Participants face the challenge of navigating a sustained but choppy uptrend where the eventual 6.7% close-to-close gain did not come in a straight line.
Throughout the replay window, XLY climbed from 13.7 to 14.62 while enduring a maximum drawdown of 6.4% and single-bar swings as large as 2.8%. The journey includes 11 decision points, with 4 designated as critical moments where positioning choices carry heightened consequence. This structure forces participants to manage risk through pullbacks while resisting the impulse to chase momentum at local highs—a pattern that tests both discipline and self-awareness.
For decision training, the scenario hones three core competencies: reading trend durability without rose-colored glasses, sizing positions appropriately relative to known drawdown parameters, and controlling emotional responses when a 6.4% peak-to-trough decline tests conviction. The historical framing removes present-day bias, allowing traders to evaluate their process purely on how well they managed risk and made choices under ambiguity. Success is measured not by calling the top or bottom, but by executing a consistent framework across an imperfect market sequence.
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