Consumer Disc SPDR Uptrend Replay (2019-06-03 to 2019-07-15)
Replay a 60-bar Consumer Discretionary SPDR stretch from May to August 2019, where price drifted only 0.8% yet carved out a 6.2% drawdown along the way. Step through daily decision points, defend your calls, and let the AI coach grade each move in a simulated educational replay.
60 daily bars · 11 decision points · 2019-05 to 2019-08 · Stocks
Key facts
This window spans 85 days with a peak-to-trough drawdown of 6.2% and a 13.1% run-up.
- Max drawdown
- −6.2%
- Max run-up
- +13.1%
- Duration
- 85 days
- Largest single-day move
- −3.0%
- Bars
- 60 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 ETF entered a classic sideways grind during the spring and summer of 2019. Spanning 60 daily bars from May 9 to August 2, this period coincided with elevated trade tensions and mixed economic signals that left sector leadership unclear. Participants faced a market that offered no easy directional bias, forcing them to navigate ambiguity rather than ride a clean trend.
Over the full data span, price drifted only 0.8%, closing at 59.05 from an opening of 58.56. Yet this uninspiring headline number masked meaningful turbulence beneath the surface. The maximum drawdown reached 6.2%, while the largest single session move hit 3.0%. With 11 decision points embedded in the replay, including 4 marked as critical, every entry and exit carried weight in determining the final outcome.
This scenario strips away the comfort of obvious trends and places process, risk calibration, and psychological resilience center stage. A 6.2% drawdown tests conviction even when directional conviction is low. Participants who overtrade or undermanage size likely eroded capital during the pullback phases. The replay ultimately rewards disciplined decision-making over directional certainty, reminding trainees that sideways markets are the norm, not the exception.