Consumer Disc SPDR Uptrend Replay (2018-12-24 to 2019-04-26)
Replay a 17.6% drawdown within a market that still climbed 8.4% across 150 daily bars. Step through each session, tackle 11 decision points including 4 critical ones, and receive an AI coach review of every choice you make.
150 daily bars · 11 decision points · 2018-11 to 2019-06 · Stocks
Key facts
This window spans 219 days with a peak-to-trough drawdown of 17.6% and a 31.2% run-up.
- Max drawdown
- −17.6%
- Max run-up
- +31.2%
- Duration
- 219 days
- Largest single-day move
- +5.9%
- Bars
- 150 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 Select Sector SPDR (XLY) offers a textbook case of navigating a volatile equity environment during the late 2010s. The data spans 2018-11-05 to 2019-06-12, encompassing 150 daily bars across a market that presented both sharp reversals and sustained momentum. Participants face 11 decision points—including 4 critical nodes—requiring disciplined analysis and measured risk calibration throughout the period.
Despite an overall close of 54.06 to 58.59 representing an 8.4% gain, the path was anything but smooth. A maximum drawdown of 17.6% tested conviction at multiple junctures, while the largest single-bar move of 5.9% demonstrated how quickly sentiment could shift within this sector. Those who reacted emotionally to short-term spikes or panic selling during pullbacks would have struggled to capture the eventual upside.
This replay sharpens the ability to distinguish temporary turbulence from structural trend changes. The interplay between the 17.6% drawdown and the final 8.4% return reveals how position management, emotional discipline, and patience determine whether a trader survives volatility long enough to see a strategy materialize. Every critical decision point becomes a laboratory for examining one's risk tolerance and process adherence under pressure.