USD/COP Historical Replay: 2023-03 to 2023-06
USD/COP collapsed 14.5% over 68 days after the March 2023 banking turmoil. Replay each daily bar, navigate 12 decision points, and receive an AI coach review in this simulated educational scenario.
68 daily bars · 12 decision points · 2023-03 to 2023-06 · Forex
Key facts
This window spans 92 days with a peak-to-trough drawdown of 14.9% and a 6.7% run-up.
- Max drawdown
- −14.9%
- Max run-up
- +6.7%
- Duration
- 92 days
- Largest single-day move
- +3.2%
- Bars
- 68 Daily bars
- Decision points
- 12
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/COP pair faced an extraordinary test during the spring of 2023, when the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank in March and the subsequent Credit Suisse crisis rattled global emerging markets. Over exactly 68 trading days from March 22 to June 22, traders and analysts watching the Colombian peso faced a fundamental question: how do you navigate a currency that is appreciating rapidly against the dollar during a period of systemic banking stress? The stakes extended beyond simple position management—understanding the interplay between global risk sentiment, local commodity dynamics, and monetary policy divergence was essential for anyone attempting to make sense of the move.
What followed was a sustained appreciation of the Colombian peso against the US dollar, with the closing rate falling from 4811.6802 to 4115.25—a decline of 14.5% in USD/COP terms. The market exhibited significant volatility throughout, with a maximum drawdown of 14.9% and a largest single-bar move of 3.2%, creating 12 distinct decision points where traders confronted critical choices about entry, exit, and position sizing. Such conditions tested every aspect of trading discipline, forcing participants to balance conviction about the peso's fundamental strength against the shifting tides of global risk appetite.
For decision-training purposes, this replay illustrates the paramount importance of process over prediction. Participants navigating the 12 decision points—4 of which were critical—learned that in fast-moving crises, adhering to pre-defined risk parameters prevents emotional capitulation. The episode underscores that managing drawdowns, not chasing returns, separates disciplined traders from impulsive ones, and that psychological resilience in the face of 3.2% intraday swings is built only through deliberate practice in simulated environments like this one.
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