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EUR/CHF Historical Replay: 2010-11 to 2011-05

ForexG10 MajorsCHCrisis2010-11 to 2011-05Difficulty 2/5FreeView charts

EUR/CHF plunged 6.7% from 1.3445 to 1.254 across 130 daily bars of Swiss franc safe-haven buying. Replay this historical period day by day, navigate 23 decision points, and receive an AI coach review in a simulated training environment.

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130 daily bars · 23 decision points · 2010-11 to 2011-05 · Forex

Key facts

This window spans 181 days with a peak-to-trough drawdown of 8.8% and a 6.0% run-up.

Max drawdown
−8.8%
Max run-up
+6.0%
Duration
181 days
Largest single-day move
−2.3%
Bars
130 Daily bars
Decision points
23

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

In the autumn of 2010, the foreign exchange market faced a deepening European sovereign debt crisis. The EUR/CHF pair, traditionally a stable cross, became a barometer of investor confidence in the single currency. As Greece teetered on the edge of default and contagion fears spread across the eurozone, the Swiss franc emerged as a quintessential safe-haven asset. The Swiss National Bank watched nervously as appreciation pressures mounted, threatening Switzerland's export-dependent economy.

From November 17, 2010 to May 17, 2011, spanning 130 daily bars, the EUR/CHF rate plummeted 6.7% from 1.3445 to 1.254. The descent was marked by heightened volatility, with a maximum drawdown of 8.8% and the largest single-bar move reaching 2.3%. Navigating this turbulent period presented traders with 23 decision points, 8 of which proved critical to performance outcomes. The franc's relentless strength reflected the market's flight to safety during a period of European institutional uncertainty.

This replay scenario hones traders' ability to manage positions through a textbook safe-haven crisis. The key lessons center on disciplined risk management, protecting capital during an 8.8% drawdown window, and psychological resilience when facing rapid, sentiment-driven moves. Participants learn to distinguish between orderly correction and disorderly capitulation, refining their decision-making framework for high-stress market environments where conventional correlations break down.