Copper Historical Replay: 2023-06 to 2023-09
Replay 62 daily copper bars from June 8 to September 6, 2023, and feel an 8.5% drawdown shake a range-bound market. Walk through each session, hit 11 decision points, and receive an AI coach review of your simulated calls.
62 daily bars · 11 decision points · 2023-06 to 2023-09 · Commodities
Key facts
This window spans 90 days with a peak-to-trough drawdown of 8.5% and a 8.4% run-up.
- Max drawdown
- −8.5%
- Max run-up
- +8.4%
- Duration
- 90 days
- Largest single-day move
- −2.5%
- 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
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 entered the summer of 2023 caught between optimism over China's economic reopening and lingering doubts about the pace of recovery. The base metals complex, particularly copper, became a barometer for global demand expectations as traders tried to gauge whether the post-pandemic revival would translate into sustained industrial consumption. Against this backdrop, the market faced a pivotal stretch where every data point and policy signal carried outsized importance for positioning decisions.
The replay spans 62 daily bars from June 8 to September 6, 2023, tracing a market that ultimately closed flat at 3.75 from an opening of 3.8, a mere -1.3% change. Yet this headline number obscures the real story: an 8.5% maximum drawdown that tested conviction, punctuated by a 2.5% single-bar move that could have shaken less-prepared participants. Across the period, 11 decision points emerged, four of which were critical junctures where directional calls carried significant portfolio consequence.
The scenario exposes the psychological toll of range-bound markets with embedded volatility. Holding positions through an 8.5% drawdown while the terminal outcome remains marginal demands disciplined risk management and emotional control. Participants learn that process consistency matters more than outcome variance in such environments. The four critical decision points reinforce that conviction, conviction tested by drawdowns, separates thoughtful participants from reactive ones.