USD/BOB Historical Replay: 2011-06 to 2011-12
Replay USD/BOB across 122 daily bars spanning the 2011 U.S. debt downgrade and trace a 3.7% drawdown. You step through each session, weigh 21 decision points, and receive an AI coach review of your simulated trades.
122 daily bars · 21 decision points · 2011-06 to 2011-12 · Forex
Key facts
This window spans 172 days with a peak-to-trough drawdown of 3.7% and a 3.1% run-up.
- Max drawdown
- −3.7%
- Max run-up
- +3.1%
- Duration
- 172 days
- Largest single-day move
- +2.7%
- Bars
- 122 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
The replay transports you to USD/BOB in the summer and fall of 2011, when the United States faced its first sovereign credit rating downgrade. The 122 daily bars spanning 2011-06-23 to 2011-12-12 capture an emerging market currency navigating unprecedented turbulence in the world's reserve currency. This was not just a forex exercise but a test of how peripheral currencies behave when the global anchor itself shakes.
The headline number—6.8652 to 6.8796, a mere 0.2% net move—hides the turmoil beneath. The max drawdown hit 3.7% and the largest single-bar move reached 2.7%, meaning the market did not move calmly. Across the dataset, 21 decision points emerged, with 7 deemed critical moments where directional conviction mattered most. The quiet close masks a volatile journey.
For training purposes, this scenario rewards process discipline over outcome prediction. You cannot know in advance that the range will compress, only that volatility creates both danger and opportunity. The 7 critical points train you to act under pressure without flinching, while the 3.7% drawdown reminds you that position sizing is the primary risk variable. Psychology matters: panic at the largest single bar often leads to the worst entries. The goal is not to call the top or bottom but to survive the noise with a repeatable method.
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