Iron Ore Historical Replay: 2014-08 to 2015-01
Replay a brutal iron ore slide from 2014-08-26 to 2015-01-19, where prices fell 21.6% across 96 daily bars. You step through each session, face 17 decision points, and receive AI coach feedback in a simulated educational environment.
96 daily bars · 17 decision points · 2014-08 to 2015-01 · Commodities
Key facts
This window spans 146 days with a peak-to-trough drawdown of 28.1% and a 11.6% run-up.
- Max drawdown
- −28.1%
- Max run-up
- +11.6%
- Duration
- 146 days
- Largest single-day move
- −7.8%
- Bars
- 96 Daily bars
- Decision points
- 17
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 iron ore market entered a defining stress test in late August 2014 as policy shifts began reshaping global commodity flows. Over the next five months, traders and analysts faced a sustained downtrend that questioned prevailing assumptions about supply dynamics and Chinese demand projections. This historical replay places you inside that environment, asking what decisions you would make when the macro backdrop turns hostile and prices grind lower session after session.
The numbers tell a stark story: across 96 daily bars spanning 2014-08-26 to 2015-01-19, iron ore fell from 648 to 508, a decline of 21.6%. The maximum drawdown hit 28.1%, and traders navigating this period confronted a largest single-bar move of 7.8%—moments when volatility spiked and calm analysis became difficult. With 17 decision points embedded throughout, including 6 critical junctures where directional conviction was essential, the scenario demanded both tactical flexibility and disciplined risk management.
This replay tests the fundamentals of decision training: can you maintain process when the trend is your enemy, size positions appropriately for a 28.1% drawdown environment, and avoid the psychological traps of averaging down or chasing momentum? The iron ore collapse of late 2014 offers a classroom without consequences, where the cost of mistakes is measured only in educational insight rather than actual capital loss. By replaying this period, traders can build the emotional resilience and systematic approach needed when markets deliver their harshest lessons.
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