USD/KRW Historical Replay: 2018-08 to 2018-11
Replay 66 daily bars of USD/KRW from 2018-08-22 to 2018-11-22, a window that captured a 2.4% max drawdown across EM FX markets. Step through the chart bar-by-bar, confront 12 decision points including 4 critical ones, and receive an AI coach review of your choices in a simulated, educational setting.
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 2.4% and a 3.2% run-up.
- Max drawdown
- −2.4%
- Max run-up
- +3.2%
- Duration
- 92 days
- Largest single-day move
- −1.3%
- 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
The Korean won faced mounting pressure in the autumn of 2018 as contagion fears from currency crises in Turkey and Argentina rippled across emerging market FX. This replay spans 66 daily bars from 2018-08-22 to 2018-11-22, placing you inside a period where the USD/KRW cross had to absorb external shocks while investors weighed the sustainability of EM exposure. The market backdrop was one of shifting risk appetite and dollar funding stress that made even traditionally stable Asian currencies vulnerable to sudden sentiment swings.
Over the full data window, USD/KRW closed at 1137.3101, reflecting a net 1.8% appreciation of the dollar against the won. Beneath this modest headline move lay a more turbulent intraperiod journey, with a maximum drawdown of 2.4% and a largest single-bar move of 1.3%. These figures capture the kind of sudden liquidity gaps and risk-off spikes that define EM FX crises, where correlations can spike and positions can move against you faster than historical averages suggest.
This scenario delivers 12 decision points, 4 of them marked as critical, demanding that you confront the tension between protecting capital and staying aligned with evolving trends. The educational value lies in practicing disciplined position sizing, recognizing when the market is giving you a signal versus noise, and managing the psychological pressure of watching drawdowns materialize in real time. Historical replay offers a safe laboratory for building those habits without financial risk.
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