Coking Coal Historical Replay: 2021-11 to 2022-02
Coking coal surged 21.0% over 60 trading days from late 2021 into early 2022 amid rising inflation and volatility. Replay each session, navigate 11 decision points, and receive an AI coach review in this simulated educational scenario.
60 daily bars · 11 decision points · 2021-11 to 2022-02 · Commodities
Key facts
This window spans 91 days with a peak-to-trough drawdown of 13.8% and a 42.8% run-up.
- Max drawdown
- −13.8%
- Max run-up
- +42.8%
- Duration
- 91 days
- Largest single-day move
- −7.9%
- Bars
- 60 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 final quarter of 2021 ushered in a period of heightened inflation anxiety across global commodity markets. Coking coal, a critical input for steel production, found itself at the intersection of tightening supply, robust demand, and macroeconomic uncertainty. This replay captures the 60 trading days from November 25, 2021 through February 24, 2022—a window when energy markets trembled and central banks signaled policy shifts. Participants face the challenge of navigating an inflationary environment with 11 decision points, 4 of which proved critical to outcomes.
Over the course of this period, coking coal prices advanced from 2178 to 2635, representing a 21.0% gain. Yet the journey was anything but linear: the market experienced a maximum drawdown of 13.8% and witnessed its largest single daily move of 7.9%. These figures underscore the volatility inherent in commodity trading during inflationary regimes, where price swings can rapidly erode or build positions.
This scenario distills several essential lessons for decision training. First, managing risk through extended trends requires disciplined position sizing and drawdown thresholds. Second, recognizing critical inflection points demands both technical awareness and macroeconomic context. Third, emotional resilience matters: reacting to outsized single-bar moves can lead to premature exits from profitable positions. This replay trains participants to balance systematic discipline with situational adaptability—skills transferrable across market cycles.
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