RBOB Gasoline Historical Replay: 2024-02 to 2024-08
Replays 126 daily bars of RBOB gasoline from February to August 2024, capturing a 17.7% max drawdown alongside a 13.5% single-day spike. Step through each trading day, face 22 decision points with 8 critical choices, and receive an AI coach review of your reasoning in this simulated, educational replay.
126 daily bars · 22 decision points · 2024-02 to 2024-08 · Commodities
Key facts
This window spans 182 days with a peak-to-trough drawdown of 17.7% and a 24.2% run-up.
- Max drawdown
- −17.7%
- Max run-up
- +24.2%
- Duration
- 182 days
- Largest single-day move
- +13.5%
- 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
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 immerses traders in the RBOB gasoline market during 2024, a period shaped by Middle East tensions that kept energy markets on edge. Spanning 126 daily bars from February to August, this scenario places participants in a live trading environment where geopolitical risk could erupt without warning at any moment.
The period saw prices drift from 2.39 to 2.37, a modest -0.8% net change over six months. Yet this headline figure conceals a turbulent journey: the market endured a maximum drawdown of 17.7%, punctuated by a single-day spike of 13.5%. Traders faced 22 decision points, with 8 deemed critical moments where positioning could mean the difference between weathering volatility or accumulating significant losses.
This scenario sharpens the ability to manage risk when geopolitical headlines drive emotional market reactions. Participants learn to separate signal from noise, sizing positions appropriately before volatility arrives rather than reacting impulsively mid-drawdown. The psychological dimension proves equally vital: maintaining composure when a single bar moves 13.5% separates disciplined traders from those who abandon their process under pressure. For educational purposes, this replay demonstrates that survival through volatile periods depends less on predicting direction than on respecting risk and trusting methodology.
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