USD/RUB Historical Replay: 2018-11 to 2019-05
Replay the dollar-ruble from 67.0581 to 64.8586 across 130 days of post-sanction turbulence and emerging-market policy shifts. Step through 23 decision points, weigh your calls against historical tape, and receive an AI coach review—simulated capital, educational use only.
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 8.5% and a 6.1% run-up.
- Max drawdown
- −8.5%
- Max run-up
- +6.1%
- Duration
- 180 days
- Largest single-day move
- −1.9%
- 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
The dollar-ruble pair entered November 2018 navigating the fallout from expanding Western sanctions and volatile emerging-market sentiment. Over 130 trading days through mid-May 2019, traders faced a complex interplay of oil price swings, central bank policy pivots, and geopolitical risk premiums that could shift RUB valuations within a single session. This replay covers the full data span from 2018-11-15 to 2019-05-14, placing you inside 23 decision points—8 deemed critical—against authentic historical tape.
The period saw the pair close at 67.0581 on the opening date and finish at 64.8586, a net appreciation of the ruble representing a -3.3% move. Yet the journey was far from linear: the maximum drawdown hit 8.5%, and the largest single-bar move reached 1.9%, underscoring how quickly sentiment could reverse when sanctions rhetoric intensified or the Fed signaled a dovish tilt. Navigating those sharp intraday swings without blowing through position limits was the central challenge.
For decision training, the core lessons center on process over prediction. With geopolitical catalysts capable of producing outsized single-day candles, disciplined risk management—sizing positions to survive an 8.5% drawdown without forced liquidation—is non-negotiable. The psychological dimension is equally demanding: rapid reversals test conviction, and the replay forces you to confront whether your pre-trade thesis or your emotional reaction to the latest headline guides your exit. This simulation offers a controlled arena to practice that discipline without real capital at stake.
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