USD/CNY Historical Replay: 2018-02 to 2018-08
Replay the 2018 USD/CNY surge across 130 daily bars as the pair climbed 8.7% from 6.34 to 6.8894. You step through each session, navigate 23 decision points including 8 critical ones, and receive AI coach feedback in a simulated training environment.
130 daily bars · 23 decision points · 2018-02 to 2018-08 · Forex
Key facts
This window spans 180 days with a peak-to-trough drawdown of 1.4% and a 9.9% run-up.
- Max drawdown
- −1.4%
- Max run-up
- +9.9%
- Duration
- 180 days
- Largest single-day move
- +0.8%
- Bars
- 130 Daily bars
- Decision points
- 23
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 early 2018, the USD/CNY pair entered a period of sustained appreciation as dollar strength mounted globally. The replay spans 130 daily bars from February 14 to August 13, placing traders inside the 2010s era of escalating trade tensions and shifting monetary policy expectations. The stakes were considerable: currency markets were pricing in Federal Reserve tightening while Chinese authorities navigated slowing growth and capital outflow pressures.
The pair climbed from 6.34 to 6.8894, representing an 8.7% move over the six-month window. This was not a straight-line advance; the market produced a maximum drawdown of 1.4% and a largest single-bar move of 0.8%, underscoring that even directional trends contain reversals and spikes that test conviction. Trainees faced 23 decision points across the dataset, with 8 designated as critical junctures where positioning choices carried heightened consequence.
For decision training, the replay forces participants to manage conviction against noise. A modest drawdown tolerance and disciplined approach to single-bar volatility become survival skills when trends extend. The 8 critical points serve as stress tests for process integrity and emotional regulation, reinforcing that consistent methodology matters more than predicting any individual outcome.