Copper Historical Replay: 2021-10 to 2022-01
Replay 64 trading days of copper from 2021-10-22 to 2022-01-24, watching price slide from 4.53 toward 4.4. Step through each session, tackle decision points, and receive an AI coach review, all on simulated capital.
64 daily bars · 11 decision points · 2021-10 to 2022-01 · Commodities
Key facts
This window spans 94 days with a peak-to-trough drawdown of 8.1% and a 9.6% run-up.
- Max drawdown
- −8.1%
- Max run-up
- +9.6%
- Duration
- 94 days
- Largest single-day move
- −4.0%
- Bars
- 64 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 scene opens in October 2021, when China's base metals market faced a fresh wave of regulatory scrutiny. Copper, a cornerstone industrial commodity, was caught in a broader policy-driven selloff that had already destabilized adjacent markets. Over the next four months, from 2021-10-22 to 2022-01-24, players navigate 64 trading days with 11 decision points—4 deemed critical—against a backdrop of shifting regulatory signals and macro headwinds. The stakes were clear: stay disciplined under uncertainty or fall victim to reactive trading.
The replay tracks copper's quiet erosion through this period. Price drifted from 4.53 to 4.4, a modest -2.9% decline in aggregate terms, yet the journey was far from smooth. The market endured a maximum drawdown of 8.1%, with the largest single session delivering a jarring 4.0% move. These figures capture the hidden cost of volatility: not just the headline loss, but the psychological and capital strain of weathering sharp intraday swings while the trend slowly grinds lower.
For decision trainees, this episode distills several timeless lessons. First, process matters more than prediction—navigating policy-driven markets requires strict adherence to risk parameters rather than speculative conviction. Second, drawdown management is survival; an 8.1% peak-to-trough decline tests discipline, and how one responds determines whether losses remain contained or spiral. Third, critical decision points demand disproportionate attention—the four pivotal moments in this replay likely determined whether participants emerged intact or impaired. The value of historical replay lies in confronting these pressures without financial consequence, building the muscle memory that real markets demand.
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