WTI Crude Oil Historical Replay: 2014-11 to 2015-05
WTI crude oil slid 20.0% from 75.64 to 60.5 between November 2014 and May 2015, with a peak drawdown of 43.2%. Replay each daily bar across 21 decision points, test your crisis instincts, and receive an AI coach review in this simulated educational market-replay.
122 daily bars · 21 decision points · 2014-11 to 2015-05 · Commodities
Key facts
This window spans 177 days with a peak-to-trough drawdown of 43.2% and a 40.2% run-up.
- Max drawdown
- −43.2%
- Max run-up
- +40.2%
- Duration
- 177 days
- Largest single-day move
- −10.2%
- 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
The year 2014 was ending with a dramatic shift in global energy markets. WTI crude oil, the benchmark for U.S. oil prices, had been trading near $75 in November when this scenario begins. For traders and investors, this was a period of mounting tension as oversupply concerns, weakening global demand, and the prospect of OPEC maintaining production targets created an increasingly toxic environment for oil prices. The stakes were high: positions built on the assumption of price stability were suddenly facing severe stress.
The replay captures the brutal nature of this oil collapse. Between November 2014 and May 2015, WTI crude fell 20.0% from 75.64 to 60.5, but this headline figure masks the true volatility experienced along the way. The peak drawdown reached a staggering 43.2%, and traders had to navigate 21 decision points across 122 trading days. Of those, 7 proved particularly critical, and the largest single-bar move hit 10.2%, capable of wiping out positions not properly sized or hedged.
This scenario distills the essence of crisis decision training. The gap between the headline -20.0% decline and the deeper 43.2% drawdown is a powerful reminder that aggregate returns can obscure the true stress placed on a portfolio. Large single-day moves demand respect for position sizing and stop-loss discipline. By replaying this period, traders can confront the psychological temptations of denial, averaging down, and premature exits without risking real capital, building the emotional resilience needed to execute sound process in genuinely adverse conditions.