Consumer Disc SPDR Downtrend Replay (2010-06-15 to 2010-07-02)
Replay a 12.3% drawdown in the Consumer Discretionary SPDR across a turbulent mid-2010 correction. Step through 7 daily decision points, stress-test your instincts, and receive an AI coach review of each simulated trade.
30 daily bars · 7 decision points · 2010-06 to 2010-07 · Stocks
Key facts
This window spans 42 days with a peak-to-trough drawdown of 12.3% and a 7.4% run-up.
- Max drawdown
- −12.3%
- Max run-up
- +7.4%
- Duration
- 42 days
- Largest single-day move
- −3.9%
- 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
The Consumer Discretionary SPDR (XLY) entered a turbulent phase during the mid-2010 correction, a period when equity markets were absorbing mixed economic signals and retreating from prior highs. The replay spans 2010-06-15 to 2010-07-02, placing participants directly into a sustained downtrend where sector leadership was shifting and downside momentum was building. What was at stake was not merely a position in a single ETF, but the discipline to act methodically when prices refuse to cooperate.
Across those weeks, XLY declined from 16.34 to 15.51, a -5.1% close-to-close retreat that understates the internal turbulence. The maximum drawdown reached 12.3%, with the largest single-bar move measuring 3.9%. Participants faced 7 decision points, 3 of them marked as critical, demanding they either defend positions, reduce exposure, or stand aside. Every session unfolded with authentic daily bars from the era, forcing choices in real time rather than with hindsight.
For decision training, this scenario isolates the challenge of staying systematic when volatility is working against you. The gap between the -5.1% net loss and the 12.3% peak-to-trough drawdown reveals how temporary troughs can exceed final outcomes, testing whether participants were anchored to process rather than outcomes. The 3 critical moments require traders to distinguish signal from noise, manage position size, and control emotional responses to rapid price swings. This replay trains the habit of reviewing each trade with an AI coach, turning a historical correction into a structured learning laboratory for building resilient market instincts.
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