Copper Historical Replay: 2022-05 to 2022-08
Copper plunged 15.7% over 60 trading days into mid-2022 as inflation fears peaked. Replay each session, weigh 11 critical decision points, and receive AI coach feedback in this simulated historical scenario.
60 daily bars · 11 decision points · 2022-05 to 2022-08 · Commodities
Key facts
This window spans 86 days with a peak-to-trough drawdown of 29.5% and a 15.6% run-up.
- Max drawdown
- −29.5%
- Max run-up
- +15.6%
- Duration
- 86 days
- Largest single-day move
- −5.5%
- Bars
- 60 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 mid-2022, copper—one of the most economically sensitive base metals—faced a turbulent backdrop as inflation fears reached their apex. The replay covers the 60 trading days from May 24 to August 18, placing participants directly into a market where macroeconomic uncertainty dominated sentiment. Eleven decision points, four of them critical, await evaluation, with each choice shaping the outcome in this simulated historical scenario.
The numbers tell a stark story: copper fell from a close of 4.33 to 3.65, a decline of 15.7% over the 60-bar period. The journey was anything but smooth, as the market endured a maximum drawdown of 29.5%—nearly one-third of peak value erased at the worst point. Volatility manifested in single-bar moves as large as 5.5%, demanding constant reassessment of positions and risk exposure throughout the replay.
This scenario sharpens decision training by confronting traders with a sustained downtrend punctuated by violent swings. Managing risk becomes the central lesson: how to preserve capital when drawdowns reach extreme levels, when to hold versus reduce exposure, and how psychological pressure influences judgment during losing streaks. The 2022 inflation peak served as a real-world stress test for commodities; this replay distills that experience into an interactive coaching session where process discipline matters more than outcome.