RBOB Gasoline Historical Replay: 2013-11 to 2014-05
RBOB Gasoline climbed 10.2% across 122 trading days from November 2013 to May 2014. Replay each session, tackle 21 decision points with AI coach review of your choices, simulated capital only.
122 daily bars · 21 decision points · 2013-11 to 2014-05 · Commodities
Key facts
This window spans 179 days with a peak-to-trough drawdown of 7.8% and a 19.2% run-up.
- Max drawdown
- −7.8%
- Max run-up
- +19.2%
- Duration
- 179 days
- Largest single-day move
- +8.2%
- 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
RBOB Gasoline climbed 10.2% across 122 trading days from November 2013 to May 2014, navigating a period where energy markets faced shifting dollar dynamics and seasonal demand patterns. This replay places participants in the cockpit of a commodity trader facing 21 decision points—7 of them critical—during a nuanced advance marked by a 7.8% maximum drawdown and an 8.2% single-day volatility spike. The scenario tests whether traders can hold positions through turbulence without abandoning disciplined process, a challenge that separates systematic thinkers from reactive ones.
The price journey from 2.66 to 2.93 unfolded against a backdrop of dollar strength suppressing broader commodity prices, creating a selective opportunity within gasoline specifically. Participants must navigate not just directional bets but the timing of entries and exits across a market that offered both upside and painful retracements. Understanding the interplay between macro forces and sector-specific dynamics becomes essential when individual commodity performance diverges from broader commodity indices.
The educational value centers on three dimensions: process discipline through drawdowns, risk calibration against single-day extremes, and psychological resilience when market narratives conflict with position performance. Each of the 21 decision points serves as a mirror for trader's methodology—whether they are reacting to price or responding to evidence within a defined framework.
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