Coke Historical Replay: 2023-05 to 2023-08
Replay 60 daily bars of the 2023 coking coal market across a 7.2% close swing and a 12.3% max drawdown. Step through every session, navigate 11 decision points including 4 critical ones, and receive an AI coach review of your simulated choices.
60 daily bars · 11 decision points · 2023-05 to 2023-08 · Commodities
Key facts
This window spans 85 days with a peak-to-trough drawdown of 12.3% and a 24.3% run-up.
- Max drawdown
- −12.3%
- Max run-up
- +24.3%
- Duration
- 85 days
- Largest single-day move
- −7.2%
- 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 coking coal market entered a turbulent stretch in the summer of 2023, when broader commodity sentiment collided with dollar dynamics and fiscal uncertainty. The replay spans 60 daily bars from late May through mid-August, placing participants inside a period where supply concerns, demand signals, and macro crosscurrents created an unpredictable trading environment. Four critical decision points punctuate the scenario, demanding that traders navigate shifting momentum without the benefit of hindsight.
What unfolded was a 7.2% closing range swing as prices moved from 1977.5 to 2119.5 over the 60-session window. The journey was anything but linear—a 12.3% maximum drawdown tested positions, while a single session move of 7.2% underscored the volatility lurking beneath the surface. This asymmetry between the total swing and intraperiod damage illustrates why managing drawdowns often matters more than capturing headline moves.
This scenario sharpens decision training by confronting participants with the gap between outcome and process. Eleven decision points, including four critical junctures, strip away the clarity of hindsight and force traders to act on incomplete information. The 12.3% drawdown becomes a stress test for position sizing and risk tolerance, while the 7.2% single-bar volatility challenges emotional discipline. The lesson is not about predicting direction but about building a repeatable process that survives the inevitable periods when prices move against you before they confirm your thesis.