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Copper Historical Replay: 2022-06 to 2022-09

CommoditiesBase MetalsCNCrash2022-06 to 2022-09Difficulty 4/5FreeView charts

Replay the copper market from June to September 2022 as it fell 22.2% across 62 daily bars. You make choices at each decision point, then receive an AI coach review of your reasoning in a simulated training environment.

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62 daily bars · 11 decision points · 2022-06 to 2022-09 · Commodities

Key facts

This window spans 90 days with a peak-to-trough drawdown of 28.0% and a 15.6% run-up.

Max drawdown
−28.0%
Max run-up
+15.6%
Duration
90 days
Largest single-day move
−5.5%
Bars
62 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

How to play
  1. The market advances day by day. You only see candles up to the current day — as if you were really there.

  2. At key decision points choose Buy / Trim / Exit / Hold. Each decision advances the timeline by one day.

  3. 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

This scenario replays copper futures during the summer of 2022, a period when base metals faced intense pressure from macroeconomic headwinds. The market under study spans 2022-06-08 to 2022-09-06, covering 62 daily bars of trading activity. Traders engaging in this replay confronted a market shaped by Chinese demand concerns, rising interest rates, and broader inflation fears that weighed heavily on industrial metals. The context was critical: navigating an extended downtrend while managing risk across 11 decision points, including 4 marked as critical moments where positioning decisions could significantly impact outcomes.

Copper prices collapsed from 4.46 to 3.47, representing a decline of 22.2% across the period. The market experienced a maximum drawdown of 28.0%, while the largest single-bar move reached 5.5%, underscoring the volatility and directional pressure that characterized this extended selloff. These figures capture the brutal efficiency of the move and the challenges it posed for traders attempting to identify reversals or manage directional exposure effectively.

This replay teaches valuable lessons in process discipline and risk management under sustained market stress. The 28.0% maximum drawdown highlights the importance of position sizing and stop-loss discipline when volatility spikes. The presence of 4 critical decision points reminds participants that certain moments demand heightened attention and clearer reasoning. Psychologically, trending crashes test conviction and the ability to distinguish between price noise and meaningful shifts in market structure, making this scenario an effective training ground for developing systematic approaches to volatile markets.