RBOB Gasoline Historical Replay: 2008-11 to 2009-05
Replay 122 trading days of RBOB gasoline from November 2008 to May 2009 as prices climbed 44.4% from the historic crash lows. You will step through each session, face 7 critical decision points, and receive an AI coach review of your choices in this simulated market-replay.
122 daily bars · 21 decision points · 2008-11 to 2009-05 · Commodities
Key facts
This window spans 177 days with a peak-to-trough drawdown of 33.1% and a 116.5% run-up.
- Max drawdown
- −33.1%
- Max run-up
- +116.5%
- Duration
- 177 days
- Largest single-day move
- +13.5%
- Bars
- 122 Daily bars
- Decision points
- 21
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 replay transports traders back to November 2008, when RBOB gasoline had just collapsed from historic highs in the aftermath of the global financial crisis. Over the next 122 trading sessions, the market offered a rare window into a commodity finding its floor and beginning a powerful recovery. Participants face 21 decision points across 7 critical junctures, testing their ability to read shifting momentum in one of the most volatile energy markets of the 2000s.
The numbers tell a story of extremes: prices climbed 44.4% from 1.17 to 1.69 over the data span, yet the path was anything but smooth. A maximum drawdown of 33.1% means participants who entered at the wrong moment endured significant paper losses, while a largest single-bar move of 13.5% shows how quickly conditions can reverse against you. The asymmetry between overall gain and intraday turbulence captures what makes commodities so challenging.
This replay sharpens decision-making under pressure. The tension between catching a multi-month trend and surviving its violent corrections forces traders to confront core questions: Can you maintain conviction when a 13.5% single-day move shakes your thesis? How do you size positions to absorb a 33.1% drawdown without abandoning your plan? The 7 critical decision points are designed to expose these dilemmas in real time, building the psychological resilience and risk discipline that distinguish experienced market participants. All trades remain simulated, preserving this as purely historical learning.