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USD/ILS Historical Replay: 2020-11 to 2021-05

ForexEmerging MarketsUSInflation2020-11 to 2021-05Difficulty 1/5FreeView charts

Replay 130 daily bars from the 2020-11 to 2021-05 USD/ILS session and watch the pair slide 2.8% from 3.367 to 3.2735. Step through 23 decision points in a simulated, educational replay and get an AI coach review on each choice.

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130 daily bars · 23 decision points · 2020-11 to 2021-05 · Forex

Key facts

This window spans 180 days with a peak-to-trough drawdown of 7.1% and a 6.6% run-up.

Max drawdown
−7.1%
Max run-up
+6.6%
Duration
180 days
Largest single-day move
+2.5%
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

How to play
  1. The market advances day by day. You only see candles up to the current day — as if you were really there.

  2. At key decision points choose Buy / Trim / Exit / Hold. Each decision advances the timeline by one day.

  3. 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 USD/ILS market from 2020-11 to 2021-05 unfolded against a backdrop of shifting monetary expectations and emerging-market sentiment. As global reflation trades gained traction, dollar weakness became a recurring theme across currency markets, creating a nuanced environment for USD/ILS participants. Traders entering this replay faced the challenge of positioning within an era defined by post-pandemic economic reordering and divergent policy outlooks between the Fed and the Bank of Israel.

Over the 130 daily bars spanning 2020-11-17 to 2021-05-16, the shekel steadily appreciated against the dollar, with the pair declining 2.8% from 3.367 to 3.2735. The journey was not linear: a maximum drawdown of 7.1% tested positions, while the largest single-bar move of 2.5% underscored intraday volatility spikes. Across 23 decision points, including 8 critical junctures, price action rewarded those who read the reflation narrative correctly and managed exposure through the chop.

This replay distills key lessons in process and psychology. Navigating a 2.8% directional move with a 7.1% drawdown requires disciplined risk calibration and emotional composure when positions move against you. The gap between the final decline and peak retracement highlights how path dependency and timing separate simulated outcomes. Decision training here emphasizes pattern recognition under uncertainty, position sizing through volatility regimes, and the humility to reassess thesis when data and price diverge.