WTI Crude Oil Historical Replay: 2001-10 to 2002-01
Trade the WTI crude oil window after 9/11 across 66 daily bars that saw a 25.2% drawdown. Replay each session, face 12 decision points including 4 critical ones, and receive an AI coach review of your simulated choices.
66 daily bars · 12 decision points · 2001-10 to 2002-01 · Commodities
Key facts
This window spans 98 days with a peak-to-trough drawdown of 25.2% and a 23.9% run-up.
- Max drawdown
- −25.2%
- Max run-up
- +23.9%
- Duration
- 98 days
- Largest single-day move
- −11.6%
- Bars
- 66 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 reopening of oil markets after the September 11 attacks placed traders in one of the most uncertain environments in modern financial history. WTI crude oil, the world's most actively traded energy contract, faced a landscape defined by war rhetoric, disrupted air travel, and macroeconomic anxiety. Between October 4, 2001 and January 10, 2002, participants navigated 66 daily bars with no clear playbook—only the knowledge that geopolitical risk was rewriting the rules of supply and demand.
The numbers reveal the challenge: prices fell 9.9% from 22.63 to 20.38, but the true test was volatility that drove a maximum drawdown of 25.2%. A single trading session could swing 11.6%, creating decision points where fortunes turned instantly. Across 66 daily bars, traders faced 12 moments requiring judgment—including 4 critical junctures where positioning decisions carried amplified consequences.
The scenario demands more than directional conviction. Managing risk during a 25.2% drawdown, sizing positions before 11.6% single-bar moves, and maintaining discipline across 12 decision points all test the psychological foundations of trading. Success requires separating outcome from process—understanding that poor results can follow sound decisions, and that resilience under sustained pressure defines long-term viability. This historical episode strips away analysis and forces engagement with the raw psychology of trading under genuine uncertainty.