Consumer Disc SPDR Uptrend Replay (2023-10-26 to 2023-12-19)
Replay a 2023 Consumer Discretionary ETF rally that climbed 7.6% across 76 daily bars into early 2024. Step through the historical tape day by day, weigh 11 decision points, and receive an AI coach review of every simulated choice.
76 daily bars · 11 decision points · 2023-09 to 2024-01 · Stocks
Key facts
This window spans 111 days with a peak-to-trough drawdown of 9.2% and a 22.5% run-up.
- Max drawdown
- −9.2%
- Max run-up
- +22.5%
- Duration
- 111 days
- Largest single-day move
- +3.4%
- Bars
- 76 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
Consumer Discretionary Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLY) stepped into the final months of 2023 as retail and discretionary spending themes commanded attention across equity markets. This replay spans the 2020s, with the primary window running from October 26, 2023 through December 19, 2023, inviting participants to navigate a market where consumer confidence, holiday spending expectations, and sector rotation dynamics converged. Eleven decision points were embedded across the data, four flagged as critical, placing participants squarely in the flow of evolving price action.
The ETF moved from a closing price of 80.07 to 86.12 across 76 daily bars, a cumulative advance of 7.6%. This headline number, however, masks the texture of the journey: a maximum drawdown of 9.2% tested conviction along the way, while the largest single-bar move reached 3.4%, underscoring that even trending markets deliver sharp intraday swings that can unsettle unprepared traders.
This replay trains participants to confront the core tensions of active management. The 11 decision points, including the four critical junctures, demand disciplined process rather than reactive impulse. Participants learn that a 7.6% return in a trending environment does not arrive smoothly, that a 9.2% drawdown can erode confidence before a reversal materializes, and that managing position size against a 3.4% single-bar volatility spike separates replicable process from luck. The scenario ultimately teaches that psychological resilience and systematic risk evaluation are as vital as directional conviction.