USD/CHF Historical Replay: 2011-06 to 2011-12
Replay the 2011 USDCHF swing that saw the franc surge, lifting the pair just 10.5% from 0.8377 to 0.9255 across 122 daily bars. Walk through each session, tackle 21 decision points, and receive AI coach feedback in this fully simulated educational environment.
122 daily bars · 21 decision points · 2011-06 to 2011-12 · Forex
Key facts
This window spans 172 days with a peak-to-trough drawdown of 14.7% and a 28.3% run-up.
- Max drawdown
- −14.7%
- Max run-up
- +28.3%
- Duration
- 172 days
- Largest single-day move
- +9.7%
- Bars
- 122 Daily bars
- Decision points
- 21
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
In the summer of 2011, the foreign exchange market faced one of its most turbulent stretches in years. The US credit rating downgrade in August sent shockwaves through global markets, while the European debt crisis deepened, driving investors toward traditional safe-havens. The USD/CHF pair, a barometer of risk sentiment, became a focal point for traders navigating this period of heightened uncertainty from June through December 2011.
The replay spans 122 daily bars from 2011-06-23 to 2011-12-12. The pair moved from 0.8377 to 0.9255, a gain of 10.5%. Yet this seemingly modest move concealed a violent underlying journey: the maximum drawdown reached 14.7% and the largest single-bar move hit 9.7%. Traders confronted 21 decision points throughout this period, including 7 critical junctures where directional conviction and risk management were put to the test.
This scenario forces participants to trade without knowing the future, a humbling reminder that edges are probabilistic, not certain. The wide intraday ranges and sharp reversals punish emotional decision-making and reward those who stick to process. Handling the 14.7% drawdown without abandoning a sound framework is where psychology becomes the differentiator. For trainees, the lesson is clear: volatility is not the enemy; unprepared reactions to volatility are.
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