USD/KRW Historical Replay: 2021-11 to 2022-02
Replay 64 daily bars of USD/KRW from 2021-11-24 to 2022-02-21 as the Fed pivoted hawkish, navigating an 11-decision-point path with 4 critical calls. Decide day by day through the inflation-driven volatility with simulated capital, then review your choices with the AI coach.
64 daily bars · 11 decision points · 2021-11 to 2022-02 · Forex
Key facts
This window spans 89 days with a peak-to-trough drawdown of 1.8% and a 3.0% run-up.
- Max drawdown
- −1.8%
- Max run-up
- +3.0%
- Duration
- 89 days
- Largest single-day move
- −0.7%
- 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 USD/KRW pair entered a defining four-month window as the Federal Reserve signaled a hawkish pivot, rattling emerging-market currencies with the prospect of tighter monetary policy. From late November 2021 through mid-February 2022, traders faced a shifting macro backdrop where inflation data dictated the rhythm of daily price action. For anyone replaying this period, the central question was how to position defensively when the world's reserve currency was on a tightening trajectory.
The historical data shows a market that moved with surprising restraint given the geopolitical noise. Across 64 daily bars, the pair closed essentially flat—rising just 0.4% from 1189.95 to 1195.0699. The maximum drawdown of 1.8% and the largest single-day swing of 0.7% suggest that while directional conviction was elusive, volatility still demanded respect. With 11 decision points embedded in the replay, including 4 deemed critical, participants were forced to make consequential calls under uncertainty without the benefit of hindsight.
This replay distills a timeless lesson in process discipline. In periods where the macro narrative dominates but price movement remains modest, traders must resist the temptation to overtrade or over-leverage based on headlines alone. The 1.8% drawdown ceiling reminds us that even "quiet" markets can punish impatience. For decision training, the value lies in confronting each of the 11 choice points as if the outcome were unknown, then auditing whether risk sizing and conviction aligned with the evidence available at that moment. Psychology matters as much as analysis when the Fed is the only signal visible on the screen.
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