Heating Oil Historical Replay: 2011-03 to 2011-06
Replay 82 days of heating oil's volatile 2011 stretch as the front-month close slid from 3.05 to 2.83, carving out a 17.2% drawdown. Step through daily bars, face 15 decision points including 5 critical ones, and receive an AI coach review in a simulated training environment.
82 daily bars · 15 decision points · 2011-03 to 2011-06 · Commodities
Key facts
This window spans 117 days with a peak-to-trough drawdown of 17.2% and a 12.5% run-up.
- Max drawdown
- −17.2%
- Max run-up
- +12.5%
- Duration
- 117 days
- Largest single-day move
- −8.0%
- Bars
- 82 Daily bars
- Decision points
- 15
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
In early 2011, crude oil and its refined products faced an uncertain macro environment as the decade opened. Heating oil, a key energy commodity, found itself caught between geopolitical tensions and shifting demand signals. This 82-day replay captures a period where prices moved from 3.05 to 2.83, creating a challenging landscape for traders managing exposure in a volatile segment of the energy market.
The numbers tell the story of an unforgiving stretch. Over the 2011-03 to 2011-06 data span, the front-month contract surrendered 7.2%, but the journey was far more turbulent than the net decline suggests. A maximum drawdown of 17.2% tested risk management discipline, while intraday swings reached 8.0% on the most volatile single session. Fifteen decision points awaited participants, with five marked as critical moments where directional conviction and sizing decisions carried heightened consequence.
This replay hones the skills that separate reactive traders from disciplined process-driven practitioners. Navigating a 17.2% drawdown without abandoning a sound framework builds psychological resilience. The 8.0% single-bar volatility forces honest assessment of position sizing and stop-loss discipline. Each of the 15 decision points, especially the five critical junctures, becomes a laboratory for examining whether emotion or analysis drives choice. Success here is measured not by predicting the next move, but by maintaining consistent process under pressure that real markets always deliver.