WTI Crude Oil Historical Replay: 2023-11 to 2024-05
Replay WTI crude oil from Nov 2023 to May 2024 across 122 daily bars where prices swung within an 11.9% drawdown. Make your own calls at 21 decision points, then review each move with the AI coach in a fully simulated environment.
122 daily bars · 21 decision points · 2023-11 to 2024-05 · Commodities
Key facts
This window spans 177 days with a peak-to-trough drawdown of 11.9% and a 26.7% run-up.
- Max drawdown
- −11.9%
- Max run-up
- +26.7%
- Duration
- 177 days
- Largest single-day move
- −4.9%
- Bars
- 122 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
WTI crude oil, the benchmark that sets the tone for global energy markets, enters a pivotal six-month window from November 2023. Over 122 daily bars extending to May 2024, this replay challenges traders to navigate an oil market caught between supply constraints and demand uncertainty. The stakes are clear: participants must demonstrate disciplined decision-making across 21 distinct moments, including 7 critical junctures where conviction separates successful trades from costly mistakes.
The closing price moved from 76.66 to 78.26, delivering a modest 2.1% return over the full span — yet this tranquil headline conceals a volatile interior. The maximum drawdown of 11.9% reveals the depth of setbacks participants must weather, while the largest single-bar move of 4.9% underscores how quickly market conditions can shift against positions. These figures capture the essence of crude oil trading in the 2020s: deceptive calm punctuated by sharp reversals that test every assumption.
This replay strips away the myth of perfect market timing. The gap between a 2.1% gain and an 11.9% drawdown illustrates why process matters more than prediction. Seven critical decision points demand that traders reassess their thesis continuously rather than cling to positions out of stubbornness. Participants learn that managing risk through uncertainty — not eliminating it — defines sustainable performance. The psychological dimension is equally vital: enduring a 4.9% intraday swing without abandoning a sound framework separates disciplined practitioners from reactive gamblers.
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