RBOB Gasoline Historical Replay: 2020-03 to 2020-05
Replay 42 daily bars across the 2020 RBOB gasoline crash, capturing a 42.3% peak drawdown and a 32.8% single-bar swing. You step through each session, decide at critical turns, and receive an AI coach review, simulated for education only.
42 daily bars · 8 decision points · 2020-03 to 2020-05 · Commodities
Key facts
This window spans 58 days with a peak-to-trough drawdown of 42.3% and a 131.7% run-up.
- Max drawdown
- −42.3%
- Max run-up
- +131.7%
- Duration
- 58 days
- Largest single-day move
- −32.8%
- Bars
- 42 Daily bars
- Decision points
- 8
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 scene opens in March 2020, when the U.S. energy market faced unprecedented disruption. RBOB gasoline, a critical refined product tied to transportation and consumer spending, was navigating a landscape of collapsing demand, storage constraints, and extreme uncertainty. Over 42 daily bars spanning from mid-March to mid-May, participants confront the full weight of a historic crash scenario, where every decision carries significant simulated consequences.
The price trajectory tells a stark story: from a close of 0.71 to 0.91, representing a 28.2% recovery by period's end. Yet this surface recovery obscures the turmoil beneath. The market experienced a maximum drawdown of 42.3% and witnessed a single-bar move of 32.8%, reflecting volatility that could devastate unprotected positions. With 8 decision points including 3 critical junctures, the scenario forces participants to navigate turning points under pressure without the benefit of hindsight.
This replay teaches that surviving extreme volatility requires more than correct direction calls. Participants practice sizing positions that withstand drawdowns, setting stops that preserve capital, and maintaining composure when the market swings violently against them. The 2020s era context reminds us that black swan events in energy markets can materialize rapidly, making disciplined process and risk management not optional but essential for anyone studying market behavior.
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