Coking Coal Historical Replay: 2023-11 to 2024-05
Replay a 116-bar coking coal stretch where prices fell 19.4% from 2064.5 to 1664 with a punishing 33.5% drawdown. You step through each authentic 2023-11 to 2024-05 session, face 20 decision points, and receive an AI coach review under simulated capital.
116 daily bars · 20 decision points · 2023-11 to 2024-05 · Commodities
Key facts
This window spans 177 days with a peak-to-trough drawdown of 33.5% and a 29.8% run-up.
- Max drawdown
- −33.5%
- Max run-up
- +29.8%
- Duration
- 177 days
- Largest single-day move
- +9.8%
- Bars
- 116 Daily bars
- Decision points
- 20
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 replay transports you to China's coking coal futures market in late 2023, a commodity critical to steel production and already navigating uncertain demand signals. Over 116 daily bars spanning November 2023 to May 2024, participants face a sustained downtrend that tests conviction and discipline. The scenario captures 20 decision points, including 7 critical junctures where positioning choices carry amplified consequences.
What unfolded was a punishing 19.4% decline from 2064.5 to 1664, punctuated by a 33.5% peak-to-trough drawdown that would have tested even experienced traders. The largest single-bar move of 9.8% served as a stark reminder of volatility spikes that can vaporize positions quickly. This was not a straight-line descent but rather a series of rallies and reversals that preyed on optimism.
The value of this replay lies in confronting loss under authentic conditions without real capital at risk. Trainees learn that surviving a 33.5% drawdown requires more than conviction in fundamentals—it demands position sizing discipline, pre-defined exit triggers, and emotional neutrality when markets move against you. The 9.8% single-session shock teaches that tail risks are not theoretical. After completing the 20 decision points, traders emerge with sharper risk calibration and a deeper appreciation for the psychological resilience needed to navigate volatile commodity cycles in the 2020s.
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