RBOB Gasoline Historical Replay: 2023-07 to 2023-10
Replay 64 trading days from 2023-07-24 to 2023-10-20 as RBOB gasoline slid 18.3% through a brutal 27.0% drawdown. Work through 11 decision points in this educational simulator and get AI coach feedback on your reasoning.
64 daily bars · 11 decision points · 2023-07 to 2023-10 · Commodities
Key facts
This window spans 88 days with a peak-to-trough drawdown of 27.0% and a 9.7% run-up.
- Max drawdown
- −27.0%
- Max run-up
- +9.7%
- Duration
- 88 days
- Largest single-day move
- −6.8%
- Bars
- 64 Daily bars
- Decision points
- 11
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
RBOB gasoline entered the replay window at a critical juncture where energy policy uncertainty collided with the tail end of peak summer driving demand. The period from 2023-07-24 to 2023-10-20 placed traders at the crossroads of seasonal demand shifts and broader macroeconomic forces favoring a stronger US dollar. For market participants, this scenario tested the ability to read policy signals while managing exposure to a commodity known for sharp reversals.
Over 64 trading days, RBOB gasoline descended from 2.9 to 2.37, a decline of -18.3% that masked far wilder intraperiod turbulence. The market carved through a maximum drawdown of 27.0%, while individual sessions saw moves as large as 6.8%—episodes that would test even seasoned position managers. Navigating 11 decision points, including 4 the replay flags as critical, required traders to decide whether each dip was a buying opportunity or a structural breakdown signal.
This replay sharpens the discipline of acting on process rather than prediction. The gap between headline performance and realized drawdown reminds practitioners that surviving volatility is distinct from capturing trends. The psychological edge here lies in maintaining conviction when a single-bar move exceeds 6% yet trusting a systematic approach across the full 64-bar sequence.