Natural Gas Historical Replay: 2020-08 to 2020-12
Replay 84 turbulent daily bars of U.S. natural gas from late 2020, when prices fell 6.1% amid a 31.0% drawdown. Step through each session, face 15 decision points including 5 critical ones, and receive AI coach feedback in a simulated training environment.
84 daily bars · 15 decision points · 2020-08 to 2020-12 · Commodities
Key facts
This window spans 120 days with a peak-to-trough drawdown of 31.0% and a 83.1% run-up.
- Max drawdown
- −31.0%
- Max run-up
- +83.1%
- Duration
- 120 days
- Largest single-day move
- +21.9%
- 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 US natural gas market in late 2020 presented a challenging replay scenario. The data spans from August 31 to December 29, 2020, covering 84 daily bars of turbulent trading. This period coincided with the ongoing pandemic, creating unprecedented uncertainty in energy markets. The simulation places traders in this high-stakes environment to test their decision-making under pressure.
Prices closed the period at 2.47, down from an opening of 2.63, representing a -6.1% decline. The market experienced a maximum drawdown of 31.0% and the largest single-bar move reached 21.9%, highlighting extreme intraday volatility. Navigating through 15 decision points, including 5 critical ones, traders had to contend with sharp reversals and sudden shifts in momentum.
This scenario teaches the value of disciplined risk management when facing extended drawdowns. The 31.0% peak-to-trough decline tests whether traders can preserve capital without abandoning sound process. Extreme single-day swings demand emotional resilience and strict adherence to position sizing rules. For training purposes, the key takeaway is learning to stay composed when markets move violently against positions and to distinguish between temporary noise and genuine trend changes.