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RBOB Gasoline Historical Replay: 2022-07 to 2023-01

CommoditiesEnergyUSBoom2022-07 to 2023-01Difficulty 5/5FreeView charts

Replay 126 days of RBOB gasoline from July 2022, watching the front-month contract fall from $3.31 to $2.55. Step through 22 decision points, face 8 critical calls, and receive an AI coach review of every simulated trade.

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126 daily bars · 22 decision points · 2022-07 to 2023-01 · Commodities

Key facts

This window spans 182 days with a peak-to-trough drawdown of 41.3% and a 30.3% run-up.

Max drawdown
−41.3%
Max run-up
+30.3%
Duration
182 days
Largest single-day move
−14.0%
Bars
126 Daily bars
Decision points
22

Every figure above is computed programmatically from this replay’s own candle series — no editorial input, no LLM. Methodology: Methodology

How to play
  1. The market advances day by day. You only see candles up to the current day — as if you were really there.

  2. At key decision points choose Buy / Trim / Exit / Hold. Each decision advances the timeline by one day.

  3. 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 scene places traders in the RBOB gasoline market during the second half of 2022, a period marked by extraordinary energy market volatility. Over 126 trading days from July 19, 2022, to January 17, 2023, participants face the challenge of navigating a commodity in freefall while managing risk across 22 decision points, 8 of which are critical. This replay captures a pivotal chapter in the 2020s energy story, testing whether participants can read shifting fundamental signals under pressure.

The front-month contract ultimately fell from $3.31 to $2.55, a decline of 23.0%. Yet that headline figure obscures the brutal journey: a maximum drawdown of 41.3% means participants who entered early faced severe unrealized losses. The largest single-bar move of 14.0% underscores how quickly gasoline can spike or crater on supply disruptions, inventory surprises, or macroeconomic headlines, punishing those without disciplined position sizing.

For decision training, this replay forces confrontation with two core challenges. First, process: fading a trend requires rigorous signal confirmation, not hope. Second, psychology: watching a position bleed toward a 41.3% drawdown tests emotional discipline. The 8 critical decision points serve as pressure valves where participants must either commit with conviction or concede the thesis. This is not about predicting direction but about managing risk through volatility—learning that survival in volatile energy markets demands both analytical clarity and emotional resilience.