Iron Ore Historical Replay: 2018-06 to 2018-09
Replay 68 daily bars of iron ore from June to September 2018 as a trade-war stress test with 7.4% peak drawdown. Step into 12 decision points, get AI coach review after each simulated close.
68 daily bars · 12 decision points · 2018-06 to 2018-09 · Commodities
Key facts
This window spans 96 days with a peak-to-trough drawdown of 7.4% and a 14.1% run-up.
- Max drawdown
- −7.4%
- Max run-up
- +14.1%
- Duration
- 96 days
- Largest single-day move
- +3.7%
- Bars
- 68 Daily bars
- Decision points
- 12
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
Iron ore, the backbone of global steel production, entered a turbulent stretch in mid-2018 as escalating trade tensions between the United States and China injected profound uncertainty into commodity markets. The June-to-September window placed traders in a pressure cooker where tariff threats could reshape demand forecasts overnight. This replay invites you to navigate that volatility with real capital at stake and twelve structured decision points along the way.
From the opening bar on June 21 through the close on September 25, 2018, iron ore climbed from 453 to 497, delivering a 9.7% net gain over 68 trading days. Yet the trajectory was anything but smooth—the market absorbed a maximum drawdown of 7.4% and endured its largest single-session swing of 3.7%. Four of the twelve decision points proved critical, testing whether participants could hold conviction through sudden sentiment shifts.
This scenario sharpens decision-making under geopolitical stress, where fundamentals and headlines pull in opposite directions. Traders learn to separate signal from noise, size positions appropriately for drawdown tolerance, and manage the psychological strain of volatility spikes. The lesson resonates beyond iron ore: markets can move your way yet still punish poor process, and disciplined risk management often matters more than directional accuracy.