RBOB Gasoline Historical Replay: 2007-07 to 2007-10
RBOB gasoline fell 12.4% from 2.34 to 2.05 between July and October 2007 as the subprime crisis hit commodities. Replay the 64-day session, navigate 11 decision points, and receive AI coach feedback in this simulated training scenario.
64 daily bars · 11 decision points · 2007-07 to 2007-10 · Commodities
Key facts
This window spans 88 days with a peak-to-trough drawdown of 21.5% and a 15.1% run-up.
- Max drawdown
- −21.5%
- Max run-up
- +15.1%
- Duration
- 88 days
- Largest single-day move
- −5.1%
- 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 summer of 2007 brought a critical test to energy markets as the subprime mortgage crisis began spreading beyond its initial boundaries. RBOB gasoline, a key refined product benchmark, found itself caught in the crosscurrents of credit contagion and weakening demand expectations. Over the 64 trading days spanning July 9 to October 5, 2007, market participants faced mounting uncertainty about the health of the broader economy and its implications for energy consumption patterns.
The price action proved volatile and predominantly downward. RBOB gasoline fell 12.4% from 2.34 to 2.05, with a maximum drawdown of 21.5% testing the resolve of anyone holding long positions. The largest single trading day saw a 5.1% move, underscoring the speed at which sentiment could shift. Participants navigated 11 decision points, with 4 deemed critical moments where positioning and risk management made the difference between preserving capital and compounding losses.
For trainees, this replay emphasizes the importance of position sizing when facing drawdowns that exceed initial expectations, the psychological discipline required to avoid panic selling at market bottoms, and the value of scenario planning before volatility spikes. Understanding that 21.5% drawdowns can materialize even in short 64-day windows teaches the necessity of pre-defining exit strategies and maintaining flexibility as macro conditions evolve. The session demonstrates that surviving periods of crisis-driven price action depends less on predicting direction and more on managing risk throughout the journey.
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