RBOB Gasoline Historical Replay: 2007-07 to 2008-01
Replay the 2007 subprime-hedge era across 126 daily bars of RBOB gasoline, where prices swung within a 15.1% drawdown. You step through authentic decision points day by day, face 8 critical crossroads, and receive an AI coach review of your simulated choices.
126 daily bars · 22 decision points · 2007-07 to 2008-01 · Commodities
Key facts
This window spans 181 days with a peak-to-trough drawdown of 15.1% and a 38.2% run-up.
- Max drawdown
- −15.1%
- Max run-up
- +38.2%
- Duration
- 181 days
- Largest single-day move
- +5.2%
- Bars
- 126 Daily bars
- Decision points
- 22
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
RBOB gasoline during the 2007 subprime-hedge era confronted traders with a market where financial contagion and energy fundamentals collided. From July 2007 to early 2008, US energy markets operated under extreme uncertainty as the housing collapse rippled through credit markets, forcing participants to navigate an environment where traditional price signals were frequently distorted by systemic fear. Gasoline traders faced the daunting task of separating genuine supply-demand dynamics from the noise generated by a broader financial crisis.
Across 126 daily bars spanning July 19, 2007 to January 16, 2008, RBOB gasoline ultimately gained only 4.1%, closing at 2.28 from an opening of 2.19. Yet this modest net result obscured a turbulent journey: prices endured a 15.1% maximum drawdown while experiencing intraday moves as large as 5.2%, creating multiple moments where positions faced severe temporary stress despite the ultimately flat trajectory.
This scenario places you at 22 decision points, including 8 critical crossroads where conviction and risk management were tested simultaneously. The teaching here is not about predicting the next crisis but about building the discipline to maintain process when headlines scream panic and positions bleed. Surviving the drawdown without abandoning sound methodology is the real skill this historical period hones.
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