USD/TRY Historical Replay: 2020-06 to 2020-10
Replay the Turkish lira’s 21.2% slide against the dollar across 88 daily bars from June to October 2020. Walk through 15 decision points, including 5 critical ones, with AI coach feedback on every simulated trade.
88 daily bars · 15 decision points · 2020-06 to 2020-10 · Forex
Key facts
This window spans 122 days with a peak-to-trough drawdown of 1.7% and a 21.5% run-up.
- Max drawdown
- −1.7%
- Max run-up
- +21.5%
- Duration
- 122 days
- Largest single-day move
- +2.5%
- Bars
- 88 Daily bars
- Decision points
- 15
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 Turkish lira against the US dollar during the summer and fall of 2020 represents a defining episode for emerging market currency traders. As the global pandemic disrupted capital flows and weakened risk appetite, the lira faced sustained selling pressure that tested every participant in this market. This replay spans June 30 to October 30, 2020, offering 88 daily bars of authentic price action from one of the most consequential currency episodes of the 2020s.
The pair moved from 6.8473 to 8.2979, a 21.2% depreciation that unfolded over roughly four months. The journey was marked by concentrated volatility: the largest single-bar move reached 2.5%, while max drawdown within the period held at 1.7%. These figures reveal a market that, while not chaotic on a day-to-day basis, delivered steady directional pressure that compounded into a substantial move.
This scenario trains decision-makers to manage positions through prolonged trending moves rather than sudden crashes. Across 15 decision points—5 deemed critical—trainees must navigate the tension between respecting the trend and protecting capital. The key lesson centers on process discipline: distinguishing between a currency move driven by fundamental deterioration versus temporary sentiment, and sizing exposure accordingly. Psychology matters as much as analysis when a position moves steadily against you for months.
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