Iron Ore Historical Replay: 2020-05 to 2020-08
Replay a 64-day iron ore surge from May to August 2020 as the price climbed 46.1%. Walk through every daily decision point and receive an AI coach review of your simulated choices.
64 daily bars · 11 decision points · 2020-05 to 2020-08 · Commodities
Key facts
This window spans 91 days with a peak-to-trough drawdown of 6.0% and a 46.1% run-up.
- Max drawdown
- −6.0%
- Max run-up
- +46.1%
- Duration
- 91 days
- Largest single-day move
- +5.8%
- 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 May 2020 amid unprecedented global uncertainty. Steel production chains were reshaping as economies cautiously reopened, and commodity traders faced a critical test: whether raw material demand would recover or remain depressed. The 2020s decade was still young, yet this period would set the tone for how ferrous markets behave under stress.
In just 64 trading days from May 7 to August 6, 2020, iron ore staged a remarkable 46.1% surge from 623 to 910. The ascent was far from linear—volatility showed its teeth with a maximum drawdown of 6.0% and a largest single-bar move of 5.8%. Navigating this environment required traders to act on 11 decision points, with 4 emerging as critical inflection moments that determined whether one captured the rally or got left behind.
This replay isolates the tension between conviction and discipline. A 46.1% rally sounds straightforward in hindsight, yet managing through the 6.0% drawdown tested emotional resolve. The 5.8% single-day moves forced split-second choices that separated disciplined execution from reactive panic. For trainees, the lesson crystallizes around process: success hinges on predefined entry and exit rules, rigorous risk controls, and psychological resilience when short-term noise obscures the broader trend. Historical context becomes the foundation for understanding market dynamics and refining decision-making frameworks.
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