WTI Crude Oil Historical Replay: 2020-06 to 2020-09
Replay 64 daily bars from the 2020-06-23 to 2020-09-22 WTI crude oil stretch, featuring a 15.3% max drawdown and 7.6% largest single-bar swing. Walk through 11 decision points, tackle the 4 critical ones, and receive an AI coach review of your simulated trade journal.
64 daily bars · 11 decision points · 2020-06 to 2020-09 · Commodities
Key facts
This window spans 91 days with a peak-to-trough drawdown of 15.3% and a 14.2% run-up.
- Max drawdown
- −15.3%
- Max run-up
- +14.2%
- Duration
- 91 days
- Largest single-day move
- −7.6%
- 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
The replay spans 64 daily bars from 2020-06-23 to 2020-09-22, placing traders inside one of the most volatile stretches for WTI crude oil in the early pandemic era. The market had emerged from the historic April 2020 collapse and was navigating fragile demand recovery, storage constraints, and shifting OPEC+ signals. At stake was the ability to manage positions in an asset still searching for equilibrium between reopening optimism and persistent oversupply fears.
The period delivered a flat overall result: close moved from 40.37 to 39.6, a modest -1.9% net decline. Beneath that stability hid meaningful turbulence—a 15.3% max drawdown tested portfolio endurance, while the largest single-bar move of 7.6% demonstrated how quickly sentiment could shift on inventory data or geopolitical headlines. Traders faced 11 decision points, with 4 marked as critical inflection moments where directional conviction and risk calibration mattered most.
This replay sharpens decision training across three dimensions. Process discipline becomes tangible when navigating drawdowns of that magnitude without abandoning sound methodology. Risk management takes center stage when a single session can swing 7.6%, demanding proper position sizing and stop protocols. Psychologically, maintaining composure through false breakouts and emotional volatility separates systematic execution from reactive trading. The historical context ensures every choice carries authentic stakes without real capital exposure.
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