RBOB Gasoline Historical Replay: 2011-02 to 2011-08
Trade through a 22.8% drawdown in 126 daily bars of the 2011 RBOB gasoline boom, where prices still rallied 15.3%. You replay each session, face 22 decision points, and receive an AI coach review of your simulated choices.
126 daily bars · 22 decision points · 2011-02 to 2011-08 · Commodities
Key facts
This window spans 181 days with a peak-to-trough drawdown of 22.8% and a 39.0% run-up.
- Max drawdown
- −22.8%
- Max run-up
- +39.0%
- Duration
- 181 days
- Largest single-day move
- +9.2%
- 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 futures in early 2011 presented energy traders with one of the decade's most demanding environments. This replay immerses you in the 2010s era, specifically the February 15 to August 15, 2011 window, where you must navigate 126 daily bars of a market that would ultimately deliver a 15.3% gain—yet not before subjecting positions to severe tests of conviction.
The price journey proved character-building: starting at 2.49 and closing at 2.87 represents the headline return, but the path was anything but smooth. The maximum drawdown of 22.8% means your equity curve would have declined by nearly a quarter before recovering, and individual sessions could swing as much as 9.2% in a single day. Managing through this volatility, with 22 decision points including 8 critical junctures, tested every aspect of trading discipline.
This scenario excels as decision training because it separates outcome from process. You learn that surviving a 22.8% drawdown while still achieving positive returns requires position sizing discipline, conviction management, and the psychological stamina to endure temporary losses. The 8 critical decision points force you to confront moments where conviction and risk management must be carefully balanced, building skills that transfer across markets and time periods.