USD/MAD Historical Replay: 2020-06 to 2020-09
Replay 64 daily bars of USD/MAD from June to September 2020, when the pair slid from 9.654 to 9.245, a 4.2% decline. Step through 11 decision points, including 4 critical ones, with AI coach feedback in a simulated learning environment.
64 daily bars · 11 decision points · 2020-06 to 2020-09 · Forex
Key facts
This window spans 89 days with a peak-to-trough drawdown of 9.0% and a 4.6% run-up.
- Max drawdown
- −9.0%
- Max run-up
- +4.6%
- Duration
- 89 days
- Largest single-day move
- −3.8%
- Bars
- 64 Daily bars
- Decision points
- 11
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 summer of 2020 found emerging-market currencies navigating an extraordinary landscape. As global risk appetite surged during the post-COVID reopening, the US dollar softened against many developing-nation currencies. USD/MAD was no exception, trading through a period where Morocco's dirham faced shifting domestic and external pressures. Participants in this replay step into a market defined by directional conviction, thin liquidity windows, and the psychological weight of watching a declining exchange rate.
Over the 64 daily bars from June 24 to September 21, the pair fell from 9.654 to 9.245, a decline of -4.2%. The journey was not linear: the maximum drawdown reached 9.0%, and a single session saw a move of 3.8%—large by any standard. Traders faced 11 decision points across the replay, with 4 marked as critical moments where positioning and risk calibration determined outcomes. The volatility was modest by frontier-market standards yet sufficient to punish indecision.
This scenario sharpens three core competencies. First, position sizing: a 3.8% single-bar spike demands careful leverage calibration. Second, process over prediction: the overall -4.2% drift rewarded directional conviction but only for those who managed drawdown risk. Third, psychological discipline: EM forex tests composure when news flow is sparse and moves are sudden. Trainees learn that survival in volatile emerging markets depends as much on risk rules as on market reads.
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