Consumer Disc SPDR Downtrend Replay (2018-01-26 to 2018-02-08)
Replay the Consumer Discretionary SPDR correction from January 26 to February 8, 2018, capturing an 8.1% drawdown on the way to a 2.4% net change. Walk through each trading day, make decisions at 7 key checkpoints, and receive an AI coach review of your simulated choices.
30 daily bars · 7 decision points · 2018-01 to 2018-02 · Stocks
Key facts
This window spans 43 days with a peak-to-trough drawdown of 8.1% and a 6.8% run-up.
- Max drawdown
- −8.1%
- Max run-up
- +6.8%
- Duration
- 43 days
- Largest single-day move
- −4.0%
- 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
In January 2018, the Consumer Discretionary SPDR was navigating an extended bull market that had defined much of the 2010s. As the sector ETF tracking America's consumer spending habits, XLY had become a barometer for economic optimism. The period from late January through early February presented a test: whether investors could maintain conviction during a sudden shift in sentiment, or whether they would capitulate under pressure. Seven decision points awaited participants, three of which would prove critical to outcomes.
The replay captures a genuine correction. From a starting reference of 51.01, the ETF experienced an 8.1% maximum drawdown before ultimately closing at 52.22 for a net change of 2.4%. The largest single-bar move reached 4.0%, illustrating the kind of intraday volatility that tests conviction. Across the 30 trading days from January 10 through February 22, 2018, participants could feel the whiplash of rapid declines followed by tentative recoveries, with the path neither straight nor predictable.
This scenario trains decision-makers to confront the tension between short-term pain and long-term perspective. The 8.1% drawdown arrived swiftly, yet the final outcome rewarded those who held course. Participants learn that process matters more than prediction: sizing positions, adhering to rules, and managing psychology during the deepest part of a drawdown separates disciplined traders from reactive ones. The correction becomes a classroom for emotional regulation under uncertainty.