Consumer Disc SPDR Downtrend Replay (2021-11-19 to 2021-12-20)
Replay a 42-day stretch in which the consumer discretionary ETF slid from 104.96 to 104.51, carving a 9.3% drawdown through volatile sessions. You make the calls at 8 decision points, receive an AI coach review, and learn with simulated capital only.
42 daily bars · 8 decision points · 2021-11 to 2022-01 · Stocks
Key facts
This window spans 61 days with a peak-to-trough drawdown of 9.3% and a 9.6% run-up.
- Max drawdown
- −9.3%
- Max run-up
- +9.6%
- Duration
- 61 days
- Largest single-day move
- +2.9%
- Bars
- 42 Daily bars
- Decision points
- 8
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 Fund entered a challenging phase as November 2021 gave way to the year-end holidays. This 42-day stretch from early November through early January captured a market environment where consumer-facing stocks faced mounting headwinds. The scenario presents a downtrend replay where participants must navigate deteriorating price action with real capital at stake—albeit simulated—testing both analytical rigor and emotional discipline.
Price action during this period revealed a modest headline decline of 0.4%, masking more turbulent underlying dynamics. The fund slipped from 104.96 to 104.51, yet carved out a maximum drawdown of 9.3% along the way, with the largest single-session move reaching 2.9%. Eight decision points punctuated the replay, three deemed critical, forcing participants to commit to positions at moments of heightened uncertainty. The gap between headline finish and peak-to-trough damage illustrates how averages can obscure the true texture of a correction.
This replay teaches that surviving a drawdown requires more than directional conviction. The educational value lies in confronting the psychological strain of holding through a 9.3% decline while the terminal outcome appears negligible. Eight decision points provide repeated practice in position sizing, stop-loss discipline, and conviction management under pressure. The three critical junctures serve as stress tests for emotional resilience, reminding traders that process consistency matters more than any single outcome in a correction environment.