RBOB Gasoline Historical Replay: 2011-07 to 2012-01
Replay 126 daily bars of RBOB gasoline from July 2011 to January 2012, when prices slid 10.9% amid deepening EU debt stress. Step through each session, face 8 critical decision points, and receive an AI coach review of your simulated trade choices.
126 daily bars · 22 decision points · 2011-07 to 2012-01 · Commodities
Key facts
This window spans 182 days with a peak-to-trough drawdown of 22.2% and a 13.9% run-up.
- Max drawdown
- −22.2%
- Max run-up
- +13.9%
- Duration
- 182 days
- Largest single-day move
- −6.5%
- 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
The summer of 2011 found commodity markets caught in a perfect storm of slowing global growth and spreading sovereign debt concerns emanating from Europe. RBOB gasoline, the benchmark US motor fuel futures contract, entered this turbulent period with traders facing a complex landscape where energy demand forecasts were being continuously revised downward while macroeconomic uncertainty dominated sentiment. The stakes were high: understanding how commodity prices behave when systemic risk grip takes hold of financial markets.
The subsequent six months tested market participants with a sustained decline that saw prices fall from 3.11 to 2.77, representing a 10.9% loss. Across 126 daily bars from July 2011 to January 2012, participants navigated 22 decision points, of which 8 proved critical to outcomes. The maximum drawdown of 22.2% tested even the most disciplined approaches, while the largest single-bar move of 6.5% reminded traders that crisis periods can produce sudden, sharp reversals that challenge both stops and conviction.
This replay offers traders a structured laboratory to sharpen their decision process under pressure. The extended drawdown teaches the importance of position sizing and pre-defined exit levels before entering any position. Confronting 8 critical decision nodes forces deliberate practice in separating signal from noise when headlines scream crisis. Psychologically, navigating a sustained decline without panic selling or reckless averaging builds the emotional resilience essential for long-term market survival.