Copper Historical Replay: 2020-01 to 2020-06
Replay copper's early 2020 collapse across 86 daily bars marked by a 19.1% drawdown. You step through each session, weigh 15 decision points, and receive an AI coach review of your choices in a simulated environment.
86 daily bars · 15 decision points · 2020-01 to 2020-06 · Commodities
Key facts
This window spans 124 days with a peak-to-trough drawdown of 19.1% and a 16.5% run-up.
- Max drawdown
- −19.1%
- Max run-up
- +16.5%
- Duration
- 124 days
- Largest single-day move
- −6.9%
- Bars
- 86 Daily bars
- Decision points
- 15
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
In late January 2020, the copper market faced an unprecedented test as early pandemic concerns began reshaping global economic expectations. This historical replay spans 86 daily bars from January 29 to June 1, 2020, placing traders in the shoes of those navigating the initial shock of a once-in-a-generation health crisis. With 15 decision points embedded throughout—including 5 critical junctures—participants experience the pressure of real-time choices when fundamentals were rapidly shifting.
The numbers reveal a market in turmoil: copper closed the period at 2.47, down 3.1% from an opening near 2.55, but this headline figure masks the true volatility. The maximum drawdown reached 19.1%, and the largest single-bar move hit 6.9%, reflecting the panic and uncertainty that gripped commodity markets during those months. These statistics capture not just price action but the emotional extremes that accompanied each trading session.
This replay teaches that survival in volatile markets depends less on predicting direction than on process discipline and psychological resilience. Participants learn to manage risk when correlation breaks down, to recognize when market narratives are driving price beyond fundamental value, and to maintain composure when drawdowns test their conviction. The AI coach review of each decision point transforms emotional reactions into learnable lessons, building the mental frameworks necessary for navigating future crises.
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