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EUR/CHF Historical Replay: 2010-10 to 2011-01

ForexG10 MajorsEUCrisis2010-10 to 2011-01Difficulty 2/5FreeView charts

Replay EUR/CHF across 68 turbulent days ending 2011-01-07, watching the pair slide 6.2% from 1.3366 to 1.2536. Step through each daily bar, tackle 12 decision points, and receive an AI coach review in this simulated, educational scenario.

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68 daily bars · 12 decision points · 2010-10 to 2011-01 · Forex

Key facts

This window spans 94 days with a peak-to-trough drawdown of 9.9% and a 3.6% run-up.

Max drawdown
−9.9%
Max run-up
+3.6%
Duration
94 days
Largest single-day move
−1.5%
Bars
68 Daily bars
Decision points
12

Every figure above is computed programmatically from this replay’s own candle series — no editorial input, no LLM. Methodology: Methodology

How to play
  1. The market advances day by day. You only see candles up to the current day — as if you were really there.

  2. At key decision points choose Buy / Trim / Exit / Hold. Each decision advances the timeline by one day.

  3. 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 euro/Swiss franc cross sat at the epicenter of European financial stress in late 2010, as sovereign debt concerns spread from Greece to Ireland. The Swiss National Bank faced intense franc appreciation pressure while the European Central Bank juggled monetary policy across a fragmented currency bloc. This 68-day replay immerses traders in the daily turbulence of a G10 crisis, where the fundamental playbook was being rewritten by the hour.

From an opening print of 1.3366 on 2010-10-05, EUR/CHF embarked on a sustained decline, touching 1.2536 by the replay's close on 2011-01-07—a headline loss of 6.2%. Beneath that aggregate figure lay sharper intraday violence: maximum drawdown reached 9.9%, and the largest single daily candle stripped 1.5% in one session. Navigating 12 decision points—including 4 the scenario flags as critical—demands more than directional conviction; it requires sizing discipline and an appreciation for how crises compound.

This replay's greatest value lies in exposing the gap between a well-reasoned view and a well-executed position. The directional thesis was arguably correct, yet the journey was punishing for anyone under-sized on entry or over-leveraged in the middle. Trainees confront the psychology of holding through drawdown, the discipline of pre-defining risk limits, and the process of updating views without capitulating to noise. Crisis markets are unforgiving teachers; this scenario turns that severity into structured learning.