USD/ALL Historical Replay: 2018-08 to 2018-11
Replay 66 daily bars of USD/ALL from 2018-08-22 to 2018-11-22 as emerging-market volatility surged. Step through twelve decision points, four critical, while an AI coach reviews every simulated choice.
66 daily bars · 12 decision points · 2018-08 to 2018-11 · Forex
Key facts
This window spans 92 days with a peak-to-trough drawdown of 92.1% and a 1167.2% run-up.
- Max drawdown
- −92.1%
- Max run-up
- +1167.2%
- Duration
- 92 days
- Largest single-day move
- +1148.0%
- Bars
- 66 Daily bars
- Decision points
- 12
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 the late summer of 2018, emerging market currencies faced intense pressure as contagion fears spread from Turkey and Argentina across the globe. The USD/ALL pair—dollar against the Albanian lek—offers a concentrated window into this period of stress, spanning from 2018-08-22 to 2018-11-22. Over 66 daily bars, traders and risk managers confronted a landscape where conventional correlations broke down and volatility became the dominant force shaping market dynamics.
The pair moved from 108.08 to 109.05 by the end of the period, representing a modest 0.9% closing gain. Yet this aggregate figure obscures the violent internal turbulence: the maximum drawdown reached 92.1%, and the largest single daily bar expanded by a staggering 1148.0%. These extreme readings—separated by months of quieter price action—underscore how quickly sentiment can shift from complacency to crisis within emerging market forex.
The twelve decision points embedded in this replay, four deemed critical, test a trader's ability to maintain discipline when volatility metrics detach from historical norms. Managing risk through a 92.1% drawdown requires more than technical analysis—it demands psychological resilience and adherence to defined processes that prevent emotional overreactions to market extremes. The 1148.0% single-bar volatility spike serves as a stark reminder that tail risks materialize unpredictably, challenging even seasoned market participants to stick to their strategies during periods of maximum uncertainty.
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