WTI Crude Oil Historical Replay: 2020-07 to 2020-10
Replay 84 daily bars of WTI crude from July through October 2020 as pandemic-driven volatility tested energy markets with a 15.3% drawdown. Step through each session, weigh 15 decision points, and receive AI coach feedback in this simulated educational scenario.
84 daily bars · 15 decision points · 2020-07 to 2020-10 · Commodities
Key facts
This window spans 119 days with a peak-to-trough drawdown of 15.3% and a 12.8% run-up.
- Max drawdown
- −15.3%
- Max run-up
- +12.8%
- Duration
- 119 days
- Largest single-day move
- −7.6%
- Bars
- 84 Daily bars
- Decision points
- 15
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 summer of 2020 found WTI crude oil navigating one of the most turbulent stretches in modern energy history. From July through October, pandemic disruption had reshaped the landscape of global energy markets, creating supply-demand imbalances and macroeconomic uncertainty that tested every participant's conviction. This 84-daily-bar replay captures the essential tension between structural fundamental shifts and the psychological discipline required to weather them.
The price journey from 39.82 to 37.39 delivered a modest -6.1% net decline, yet this headline figure obscures the turmoil beneath. A maximum drawdown of 15.3% and a largest single-bar move of 7.6% testify to the volatility that defined each session. Participants faced 15 decision points across the period, with 5 critical moments demanding real-time judgment calls amid rapidly shifting sentiment and incomplete information.
For decision trainers, this scenario strips away the comfort of hindsight to place you inside the moment of uncertainty. The replay forces confrontation with position sizing, the temptation to average down, and the discipline required to stick to a process when every bar feels existential. Risk management in volatile energy markets is not about predicting direction—it is about surviving the journey long enough to remain coherent. This historical exercise, grounded in 2020s pandemic-era dynamics, offers a rigorous laboratory for building that resilience without risking real capital.
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