GBP/AUD Historical Replay: 2018-04 to 2018-07
Replay 66 daily bars of GBP/AUD from April to July 2018, a stretch that erased 2.5% and saw a 5.7% drawdown. Step through each session, tackle 12 decision points, and receive an AI coach review of your simulated trades.
66 daily bars · 12 decision points · 2018-04 to 2018-07 · Forex
Key facts
This window spans 91 days with a peak-to-trough drawdown of 5.7% and a 3.2% run-up.
- Max drawdown
- −5.7%
- Max run-up
- +3.2%
- Duration
- 91 days
- Largest single-day move
- −1.4%
- Bars
- 66 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
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 immerses you in the GBP/AUD cross during the spring of 2018, a stretch that fell under the shadow of the Turkish lira crash. Over 66 daily bars from April 8 to July 8, the market moved through a crisis scenario in the G10 space, confronting traders with 12 decision points—four of them flagged as critical. The context was a period of heightened emerging‑market stress that spilled over into traditional safe‑haven and risk‑off dynamics, making every tick a test of preparation and poise.
What unfolded on the charts was a steady erosion of the pound against the Aussie. The closing price slipped from 1.8343 to 1.7879, a decline of -2.5%, while the maximum drawdown reached 5.7%. The most volatile single session produced a 1.4% swing, underscoring that even modest‑looking moves can surprise when risk sentiment flips quickly. Throughout the 66‑day run, traders were forced to act at each of the 12 prescribed points, with the four critical junctures demanding sharper judgment and tighter risk control.
The session is a classroom for process, risk and psychology. Navigating the sequence teaches you to stick to a pre‑defined plan when volatility spikes, to watch drawdown thresholds rather than price levels alone, and to keep emotional discipline when a 1.4% intraday move could tempt over‑reaction. By replaying these bars and confronting the decision points, you sharpen the habit of sizing positions to survive a 5.7% adverse pull and of staying focused on the process rather than the outcome of any single bar.
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