Iron Ore Historical Replay: 2020-02 to 2020-05
Replay the first 64 days of the 2020 iron-ore selloff and watch price close from 590 to 630, a 6.8% swing. Walk through 11 daily decision points and receive an AI coach review of your simulated trade choices.
64 daily bars · 11 decision points · 2020-02 to 2020-05 · Commodities
Key facts
This window spans 95 days with a peak-to-trough drawdown of 17.8% and a 16.6% run-up.
- Max drawdown
- −17.8%
- Max run-up
- +16.6%
- Duration
- 95 days
- Largest single-day move
- −14.3%
- Bars
- 64 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
The iron ore market entered February 2020 amid mounting fears of a global pandemic that threatened to sever supply chains and cripple industrial demand worldwide. This historical replay spans 64 daily trading bars from February 6 to May 11, 2020, placing traders at the epicenter of one of the most volatile periods in commodity markets. Participants faced the daunting task of navigating an unprecedented health crisis while managing positions in a market where the economic fallout remained deeply uncertain.
What unfolded was a dramatic price journey that saw iron ore close at 630, recovering from an earlier close of 590—a net swing of 6.8%—but not before experiencing a maximum drawdown of 17.8%. The turbulence was punctuated by a single-day move of 14.3%, underscoring the violent nature of price discovery during crisis periods. Across these 64 trading days, traders encountered 11 decision points, with 4 designated as critical junctures where positioning and risk management made the difference between preservation of capital and significant losses.
This replay teaches that process matters more than prediction in volatile markets. Traders learn to separate signal from noise, manage position sizes against known maximum drawdowns, and maintain composure when single-day moves approach 14.3%. The 4 critical decision points serve as laboratories for testing disciplined approaches to risk and psychology, turning what could have been panic-driven capitulation into structured learning. By training against authentic historical volatility, participants build the frameworks needed to face future crises without emotional compromise.
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