Coke Historical Replay: 2022-01 to 2022-06
Replay coking coal through 84 daily bars from January to June 2022, when prices swung 23.3% and one day moved 7.3% amid war-driven volatility. Step through 15 decision points, face 5 critical calls, and receive an AI coach review in this simulated educational drill.
84 daily bars · 15 decision points · 2022-01 to 2022-06 · Commodities
Key facts
This window spans 131 days with a peak-to-trough drawdown of 23.1% and a 46.0% run-up.
- Max drawdown
- −23.1%
- Max run-up
- +46.0%
- Duration
- 131 days
- Largest single-day move
- +7.3%
- Bars
- 84 Daily bars
- Decision points
- 15
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 coking coal market entered 2022 carrying the weight of mounting geopolitical tensions, with the ferrous supply chain facing particular scrutiny as crisis loomed on the horizon. This replay spans 84 daily bars from January 21 to June 1, placing participants directly into a period when commodity markets were being reshaped by forces beyond supply and demand fundamentals alone. What was at stake was not merely price speculation but the ability to process ambiguous, rapidly evolving information under pressure.
Over the six-month window, coking coal prices moved from 2907.5 to 3583.5, a 23.3% advance that concealed far more turbulent internal movement. The maximum drawdown of 23.1% meant that anyone holding positions through the drawdown phase would have watched their portfolio decline by nearly a quarter before recovering. The largest single-bar move of 7.3% in a single day illustrates the kind of sharp spikes that can trigger emotional responses and poor exits. Fifteen decision points are embedded in this replay, with five critical calls demanding participants choose direction and size in real time.
The primary educational value lies in exposing participants to the psychological strain of war-driven volatility without real capital at risk. Navigating a 23.1% drawdown requires disciplined risk management and the willingness to question whether a thesis remains valid under pressure. The 7.3% single-day shock tests emotional control and forces reflection on position sizing, stop discipline, and the danger of acting on headlines rather than process. Completing this replay builds experience with the chaos of genuine crisis periods, preparing traders to face similar environments with clearer protocols and better self-awareness.
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