RBOB Gasoline Historical Replay: 2019-08 to 2020-01
Replay 108 trading days of RBOB gasoline across the 2019 Saudi oilfield attack, navigating a 15.5% drawdown and 12.9% single-bar surge. You step through each session, make 19 decisions including 7 critical calls, and receive an AI coach review on your simulated performance.
108 daily bars · 19 decision points · 2019-08 to 2020-01 · Commodities
Key facts
This window spans 155 days with a peak-to-trough drawdown of 15.5% and a 19.0% run-up.
- Max drawdown
- −15.5%
- Max run-up
- +19.0%
- Duration
- 155 days
- Largest single-day move
- +12.9%
- Bars
- 108 Daily bars
- Decision points
- 19
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 the summer of 2019, RBOB gasoline futures stood at the intersection of geopolitics and energy demand. This replay covers 108 trading days from August 6, 2019 through January 8, 2020, spanning the tail end of the 2010s into the early 2020s. Participants must navigate the aftermath of the 2019 Saudi oilfield attack while managing 19 decision points, 7 of which are critical junctures that demand sharp judgment under uncertainty.
The market's response was violent and swift. The largest single-bar move reached 12.9%, reflecting the shock to global supply expectations. Despite this volatility, the period closed with a net decline of only -2.4%, moving from 1.69 to 1.65. However, the journey was far from smooth—participants faced a maximum drawdown of 15.5%, testing any strategy built without robust risk controls.
This scenario strips away the comfort of hindsight to expose the raw psychology of trading during a genuine crisis. The gap between the 12.9% intraday spike and the modest net outcome teaches that volatility alone does not determine direction. For trainees, the lesson is clear: a disciplined process, not reactive emotion, must govern decisions when geopolitical risk is the primary driver.