Heating Oil Historical Replay: 2024-11 to 2025-02
Replay heating oil across 62 daily bars from November 2024 to February 2025, capturing a 9.2% drawdown amid shifting energy policy. Walk through 11 decision points, four critical, and receive an AI coach review of your choices. Simulated capital, educational use only.
62 daily bars · 11 decision points · 2024-11 to 2025-02 · Commodities
Key facts
This window spans 94 days with a peak-to-trough drawdown of 9.2% and a 23.0% run-up.
- Max drawdown
- −9.2%
- Max run-up
- +23.0%
- Duration
- 94 days
- Largest single-day move
- +5.0%
- Bars
- 62 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
Heating oil entered a volatile policy-driven period as November 2024 brought a major political shift. The replay spans 62 daily bars from November 22, 2024 to February 24, 2025, covering the 2020s decade. With the energy sector sensitive to policy signals, traders faced the challenge of navigating a market where government decisions could swing prices sharply in either direction.
The market closed the period at 2.44, up 7.5% from the opening 2.27, yet this seemingly positive outcome masked significant turbulence. A maximum drawdown of 9.2% tested risk management discipline, while the largest single-bar move of 5.0% demonstrated how quickly positions could be blown apart by unexpected policy announcements. The path from start to finish was anything but straight.
The scenario placed participants at 11 decision points, four of which were critical junctures where directional conviction mattered most. Success required balancing respect for policy-driven volatility against the temptation to over-hedge or exit prematurely. The replay demonstrates that even favorable directional outcomes can be undermined by poor position sizing and emotional reactions to drawdowns. Disciplined traders who held their process through the 9.2% drawdown could capture the eventual 7.5% gain.
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