Copper Historical Replay: 2022-04 to 2022-07
Copper plunged 25.4% between April 6 and July 8, 2022, as inflation fears peaked across base metals. Replay each trading day, navigate 11 decision points, and receive an AI coach review in this simulated historical training scenario.
64 daily bars · 11 decision points · 2022-04 to 2022-07 · Commodities
Key facts
This window spans 93 days with a peak-to-trough drawdown of 28.7% and a 10.7% run-up.
- Max drawdown
- −28.7%
- Max run-up
- +10.7%
- Duration
- 93 days
- Largest single-day move
- −5.5%
- 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
In spring 2022, copper traders faced one of the decade's most treacherous inflation regimes. As consumer prices surged across the global economy, base metals became a battleground between those betting that industrial demand would remain robust and those fearing that aggressive monetary tightening would crush growth. The copper market encapsulated this tension: a essential industrial input caught between record inflation and mounting recession risk, with every daily bar potentially marking a turning point in a multi-year trend.
Between April 6 and July 8, 2022, copper closed at $4.73 and fell to $3.53, a decline of 25.4% over 64 trading days. The market experienced a maximum drawdown of 28.7%, with the largest single-bar move reaching 5.5%. Participants navigating this scenario encountered 11 decision points, including 4 the replay flagged as critical moments where positioning choices carried heightened consequence. Volatility was not an abstract concept here; it was measured in daily swings that tested both conviction and risk management.
This replay session trains traders to confront several fundamental challenges. First, process discipline: reacting to every bar rather than following a predefined strategy amplifies losses during trending moves. Second, risk calibration: a 28.7% drawdown demands position sizing that preserves capital for recovery. Third, psychological resilience: holding through large drawdowns requires separating price noise from signal. The inflation-peak narrative that framed this period offers no immunity from loss; instead, it demands rigorous preparation for the gap between analysis and price reality.