Copper Historical Replay: 2022-11 to 2023-05
Replay 124 days of copper's 2022-11 to 2023-05 stretch, including a 13.3% drawdown and 3.7% single-bar swings. Walk through 21 decision points day-by-day, get AI coach feedback, and sharpen your reading of base-metals volatility in a simulated environment.
124 daily bars · 21 decision points · 2022-11 to 2023-05 · Commodities
Key facts
This window spans 181 days with a peak-to-trough drawdown of 13.3% and a 19.6% run-up.
- Max drawdown
- −13.3%
- Max run-up
- +19.6%
- Duration
- 181 days
- Largest single-day move
- −3.7%
- Bars
- 124 Daily bars
- Decision points
- 21
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
Copper prices entered the final months of 2022 with markets weighing green infrastructure optimism against broader economic headwinds. The replay spans 2022-11-15 to 2023-05-15, covering 124 daily bars that tested participants' ability to navigate a base-metals market caught between structural demand narratives and short-term macro volatility. Players faced 21 decision points, 7 of which were flagged as critical, forcing repeated evaluations of position sizing and conviction.
The period delivered a modest net decline, with copper closing at 3.74 from an opening of 3.84, representing a -2.6% move. Yet this headline number obscured significant turbulence beneath the surface—a maximum drawdown of 13.3% tested risk management disciplines, while the largest single-bar swing of 3.7% underscored how quickly sentiment could shift. Participants who survived the volatility intact learned that surviving sharp reversals matters more than capturing every move.
The scenario distills into a clear training imperative: process discipline beats prediction. With 21 decision points distributed across 124 trading days, participants confronted the psychological challenge of staying systematic when prices whipsawed. The modest net loss paired with severe interim drawdowns illustrates why frameworks for managing risk and emotions are inseparable in base-metals trading. Each replay run becomes a mirror for identifying behavioral patterns that undermine performance under uncertainty.