USD/MAD Historical Replay: 2018-11 to 2019-05
Replay 130 daily bars from 2018-11-15 to 2019-05-14 as USD/MAD navigated a 3.9% drawdown against the Moroccan dirham. Step through 23 decision points, face 8 critical moments, and receive an AI coach review in this simulated educational training session.
130 daily bars · 23 decision points · 2018-11 to 2019-05 · Forex
Key facts
This window spans 180 days with a peak-to-trough drawdown of 3.9% and a 4.9% run-up.
- Max drawdown
- −3.9%
- Max run-up
- +4.9%
- Duration
- 180 days
- Largest single-day move
- +3.1%
- 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
USD/MAD represents the US dollar versus the Moroccan dirham, an emerging market currency pair. The replay covers 2018-11-15 to 2019-05-14, spanning approximately six months during the 2010s. Traders entering this scenario faced a complex landscape: the Fed was navigating the tail end of its tightening cycle while market participants anticipated a policy pivot. This made the period an ideal training ground for understanding how shifting central bank expectations ripple through EM FX markets.
The pair moved from 9.517 to 9.6265, a modest 1.2% appreciation over 130 daily bars. Beneath this headline figure lay a turbulent journey: participants weathered a 3.9% maximum drawdown and endured a jarring 3.1% single-bar move that tested even experienced traders. The replay presented 23 decision points, eight of which were critical moments demanding decisive action amid uncertainty.
This scenario hones the ability to manage drawdowns without panic, to read central bank signals through market reactions rather than headlines, and to maintain discipline when volatility spikes unexpectedly. The 2010s era backdrop reminds traders that policy transitions create both risk and opportunity in emerging markets, rewarding those who process information systematically rather than reacting impulsively to any single data point or Fed utterance.
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