WTI Crude Oil Historical Replay: 2020-03 to 2020-05
Replay 42 trading days from March 17 to May 14, 2020, when WTI crude collapsed by 232.8% drawdown. Make decisions at 8 daily checkpoints and get an AI coach review of your simulated choices. Educational 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 232.8% and a 41.1% run-up.
- Max drawdown
- −232.8%
- Max run-up
- +41.1%
- Duration
- 58 days
- Largest single-day move
- +37.7%
- 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
In early 2020, the WTI crude oil market faced an unprecedented crisis as global pandemic lockdowns evaporated energy demand while production remained near full capacity. Storage facilities filled rapidly, creating a fundamental dislocation that would test every participant in the market. This replay spans the 42 trading days from 2020-03-17 to 2020-05-14, capturing the most turbulent period in oil market history.
The price action during this period was staggering. The market endured a maximum drawdown of 232.8%, with extreme single-day moves reaching 306.0%. Opening at 26.95 and closing at 27.56 reflects only a modest 2.3% net change, yet this statistic obscures the violent intermediate swings that destroyed capital and reshaped risk assumptions. Navigating 8 decision points across this environment required constant recalibration.
This scenario serves as a rigorous test of trading process under conditions where conventional models fail. Participants face the psychological challenge of managing positions when market structure breaks down, testing both risk discipline and emotional resilience. The critical takeaway is that surviving black swan events demands pre-defined rules and the fortitude to execute them when volatility exceeds historical norms. Educational only.
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