WTI Crude Oil Historical Replay: 2021-11 to 2022-05
Replay 124 days of WTI crude oil's 36.8% climb from $80.76 to $110.49 between November 2021 and May 2022. Step through daily bars, tackle 21 decision points, and receive an AI coach review of your simulated choices.
124 daily bars · 21 decision points · 2021-11 to 2022-05 · Commodities
Key facts
This window spans 178 days with a peak-to-trough drawdown of 23.8% and a 88.7% run-up.
- Max drawdown
- −23.8%
- Max run-up
- +88.7%
- Duration
- 178 days
- Largest single-day move
- −13.1%
- Bars
- 124 Daily bars
- Decision points
- 21
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 drops you into one of the most volatile periods for energy markets in the 2020s. Between November 2021 and May 2022, WTI crude oil sat at the intersection of post-pandemic demand recovery, supply constraints, and escalating inflation concerns that would define the stagflation narrative. You face 21 decision points—7 of them critical—navigating a market where geopolitical tensions and supply-demand imbalances created sharp intraday swings. This isn't a smooth ride; it's a stress test for any energy trader.
What unfolded over these 124 trading days was a 36.8% climb from $80.76 to $110.49, but the path was anything but linear. The max drawdown of 23.8% means that at various points, positions taken during the advance would have shown significant unrealized losses. Perhaps most striking is the largest single-bar move of 13.1%, illustrating how news events or supply disruptions can create sudden gaps that challenge even disciplined position sizing. Understanding that the destination matters less than how you survive the journey is essential here.
This replay sharpens skills that separate experienced traders from impulsive ones. You practice maintaining process discipline when a 23.8% drawdown tempts early exits, calibrating position sizes against the reality of 13.1% single-day shocks, and managing the psychological pressure of volatile energy markets. The AI coach reviews your simulated choices not for fortune-telling accuracy, but for whether your decision-making framework could hold up under historical pressure. Energy trading rewards preparation over prediction.
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