RBOB Gasoline Historical Replay: 2018-07 to 2018-10
Replay 64 daily bars of RBOB gasoline from July to October 2018, when prices fell 2.8% amid a 9.7% drawdown. You step through each session, face 11 decision points including 4 critical ones, and receive an AI coach review of your simulated choices.
64 daily bars · 11 decision points · 2018-07 to 2018-10 · Commodities
Key facts
This window spans 88 days with a peak-to-trough drawdown of 9.7% and a 9.7% run-up.
- Max drawdown
- −9.7%
- Max run-up
- +9.7%
- Duration
- 88 days
- Largest single-day move
- −7.0%
- Bars
- 64 Daily bars
- Decision points
- 11
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 is a key benchmark for US transportation fuel, and during the summer of 2018 it became a testbed for navigating energy markets under stress. This historical replay spans 64 daily bars from July 9 to October 5, 2018, placing you in the heart of a period when emerging market pressures and shifting global demand dynamics created an uncertain backdrop for energy commodities. You face 11 decision points—4 of them critical—where your choices will be measured against the evolving tape.
The numbers tell a story of contained decline: prices fell from 2.15 to 2.09, a modest -2.8% loss, yet the journey was far rougher than the net result suggests. The maximum drawdown reached 9.7%, and a single session delivered a 7.0% shock, reminding participants that headline percentages often mask intraperiod turbulence. The 2010s decade framing captures an era of heightened cross-asset correlation where commodity moves could accelerate without warning.
The real value of this replay lies not in predicting direction but in mastering the decision process under uncertainty. Managing a 9.7% drawdown without abandoning a sound thesis, recognizing when a 7.0% single-bar move signals a structural shift rather than noise, and working through 11 distinct choice moments—4 of them pivotal—these are the skills that separate disciplined traders from reactive ones. Risk management, emotional regulation, and the ability to maintain perspective when positions move against you become the true metrics of performance in this scenario.