Copper Historical Replay: 2023-02 to 2023-05
Replay the 2023 copper sell-off across 64 daily bars and feel a 9.5% drawdown test your nerves. Step into each of the 11 decision points, defend your calls, and receive an AI coach review, all in a simulated educational environment.
64 daily bars · 11 decision points · 2023-02 to 2023-05 · Commodities
Key facts
This window spans 91 days with a peak-to-trough drawdown of 9.5% and a 7.5% run-up.
- Max drawdown
- −9.5%
- Max run-up
- +7.5%
- Duration
- 91 days
- Largest single-day move
- −3.7%
- 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 early February 2023, when copper—one of the most economically sensitive industrial metals—was navigating a complex landscape of shifting interest rate expectations, China's uncertain demand recovery, and growing unease about global banking stability. Over the following three months, 64 daily bars would test participants with mounting volatility as macro cross-currents intensified. This was not a dramatic crash but a grinding erosion that required patience, discipline, and clear process to navigate successfully.
The numbers tell the story: copper closed the period at 3.87, down 4.7% from the opening 4.06, with a maximum drawdown of 9.5% — enough to challenge even experienced traders. The largest single-day swing of 3.7% arrived without warning, punishing those without pre-defined risk guards. Across the 11 decision points, with 4 marked as critical, participants faced repeated tests of conviction versus capitulation. The period lacked a single clear catalyst; instead, a cascade of banking concerns, including the SVB collapse and Credit Suisse turmoil, gradually eroded confidence and drove the metal lower.
This replay teaches that survival in a slow-burn crisis demands process over prediction. Participants must confront the psychological temptation to average down into a declining market or exit prematurely at the worst moment. The 9.5% drawdown is a reminder that volatility itself is not the enemy — unmanaged risk is. By stepping through each critical node and justifying decisions under AI review, traders sharpen the discipline needed when real capital is at stake.
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