WTI Crude Oil Historical Replay: 2020-05 to 2020-08
Replay 66 daily bars of WTI crude oil from May to August 2020, when prices rebounded 71.8% off the 23.99 low. Walk through every decision point day-by-date and receive an AI coach review of each call, purely educational with simulated capital.
66 daily bars · 12 decision points · 2020-05 to 2020-08 · Commodities
Key facts
This window spans 93 days with a peak-to-trough drawdown of 8.4% and a 79.2% run-up.
- Max drawdown
- −8.4%
- Max run-up
- +79.2%
- Duration
- 93 days
- Largest single-day move
- +9.0%
- Bars
- 66 Daily bars
- Decision points
- 12
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 spring 2020, the energy markets faced unprecedented turmoil as pandemic lockdowns crushed global oil demand. This replay covers 66 daily bars from 2020-05-06 to 2020-08-07, placing traders in the shoes of those navigating a market in recovery. The scenario is tagged as a boom event in the 2020s commodities space, where prices rebounded 71.8% off the 23.99 low.
The numbers tell a story of sharp recovery: closing prices moved from 23.99 to 41.22, representing a 71.8% gain over the period. Traders faced a max drawdown of 8.4% and the largest single-bar move reached 9.0%, underscoring the volatility inherent in this environment. Across the replay, there were 12 decision points, of which 4 were marked as critical, testing judgment during rapid price swings.
This replay sharpens decision-making skills by immersing traders in a high-stakes recovery narrative. The 8.4% max drawdown forces discipline around position sizing and stop-loss thinking, while the 9.0% single-bar moves test emotional composure under sudden shifts. With 12 decision points and 4 critical moments, participants practice the cadence of patience and action that separates reactive trading from deliberate process. The educational value lies in experiencing the psychology of a boom without risking real capital.
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