Heating Oil Historical Replay: 2022-01 to 2022-06
Replay 92 daily bars of heating oil from January 20 to June 1, 2022, when prices climbed 55.1% on war-driven volatility. You step through each session, face 16 decision points including 6 critical ones, and receive an AI coach review in this simulated, educational-only market replay.
92 daily bars · 16 decision points · 2022-01 to 2022-06 · Commodities
Key facts
This window spans 132 days with a peak-to-trough drawdown of 31.8% and a 95.4% run-up.
- Max drawdown
- −31.8%
- Max run-up
- +95.4%
- Duration
- 132 days
- Largest single-day move
- −22.1%
- Bars
- 92 Daily bars
- Decision points
- 16
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 early months of 2022 found energy markets under extraordinary pressure as geopolitical tensions escalated toward open conflict. Heating oil, a critical energy commodity, entered a period where supply concerns and geopolitical uncertainty created a charged trading environment. For participants in this replay, the stakes were clear: navigate a market where fundamental assumptions could shift overnight and position decisions carried significant consequences.
Between January 20 and June 1, 2022, heating oil prices surged from 2.67 to 4.14, delivering a 55.1% gain across 92 daily bars. Yet this headline figure obscures the turbulent journey: a maximum drawdown of 31.8% tested even patient traders, while the largest single session delivered a staggering 22.1% move. War-driven volatility created extreme intraday swings that could wipe out positions or generate outsized gains depending on timing and risk management choices.
This replay presents 16 decision points, of which 6 are marked as critical, demanding traders confront the full spectrum of challenges. Participants must balance the discipline to hold winning positions against the psychological strain of sudden drawdowns. The experience cultivates sound process over prediction, rigorous risk controls, and emotional resilience—skills that prove invaluable regardless of market conditions. It is a classroom without grades, only lessons written in price action.
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