USD/RUB Historical Replay: 2020-09 to 2020-12
Replay 84 daily bars of USD/RUB from September to December 2020, a pandemic-era stretch marked by a 9.3% maximum drawdown. Step through each session, tackle decision points, and receive an AI coach review in this simulated educational market replay.
84 daily bars · 15 decision points · 2020-09 to 2020-12 · Forex
Key facts
This window spans 118 days with a peak-to-trough drawdown of 9.3% and a 9.5% run-up.
- Max drawdown
- −9.3%
- Max run-up
- +9.5%
- Duration
- 118 days
- Largest single-day move
- +2.6%
- Bars
- 84 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 replay captures USD/RUB during the volatile autumn and winter months of 2020, a period when currency markets grappled with pandemic uncertainty, shifting monetary policy expectations, and geopolitical undercurrents. Over 84 trading days from September through December, participants navigate an environment where oil price fluctuations, sanctions rhetoric, and global risk sentiment created intermittent but sharp dislocations in this traditionally volatile emerging-market pair.
The data reveals a market that ultimately moved modestly—the closing price shifted from 73.5596 to 73.9549, a net change of just 0.5%—yet this benign headline number conceals considerable intraperiod turbulence. The maximum drawdown reached 9.3%, while the largest single session produced a 2.6% swing, underscoring how sideways markets can still punish the unprepared. Fifteen decision points punctuate the replay, with five deemed critical, testing participants' ability to distinguish between noise and signal across different time horizons.
This scenario excels as a decision-training vehicle because it forces participants to confront the disconnect between outcome and process. A small net move paired with substantial drawdown and volatile single-day movements challenges traders to evaluate their risk management, position sizing, and emotional discipline rather than simply counting profits. Navigating 84 bars of pandemic-era emerging-market action without succumbing to fear or overconfidence prepares traders for real-world conditions where the journey matters more than the destination.
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