AUD/CAD Historical Replay: 2018-05 to 2018-08
Replay 64 daily bars of AUD/CAD from May 9 to August 6, 2018, a G10 window marked by trade-war volatility and a 3.4% maximum drawdown. Step through each decision point in simulated capital and receive an AI coach review of your calls.
64 daily bars · 11 decision points · 2018-05 to 2018-08 · Forex
Key facts
This window spans 89 days with a peak-to-trough drawdown of 3.4% and a 3.5% run-up.
- Max drawdown
- −3.4%
- Max run-up
- +3.5%
- Duration
- 89 days
- Largest single-day move
- −0.9%
- Bars
- 64 Daily bars
- Decision points
- 11
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 spring and summer of 2018, trade-war rhetoric between major economies cast a long shadow across global currency markets. The AUD/CAD cross—a commodity-linked pair sensitive to both Chinese demand cues and resource flows—was caught in this storm of uncertainty. This replay covers 64 daily bars from May 9 to August 6, 2018, inviting traders to navigate a G10 market defined by shifting tariff expectations and geopolitical tension. The stakes were clear: understanding how macro shocks transmit through correlated currency pairs and maintaining discipline when headlines drive erratic price behavior.
What unfolded was a study in contained volatility. The pair closed the period at 0.9603, a modest 0.2% gain from the 0.9582 opening—but the journey was far from flat. A maximum drawdown of 3.4% tested risk management frameworks, while the largest single daily move of 0.9% demanded real-time composure. Across 11 decision points, including 4 the replay identifies as critical, traders had repeated opportunities to confront positions under pressure and reassess exposures as the macro landscape shifted week by week.
This scenario distills three core lessons. First, process matters more than prediction: navigating the trade-war backdrop required adherence to predefined rules rather than reactive guesswork. Second, drawdown discipline is survival—the 3.4% trough reminds us that uncontrolled losses compound faster than gains. Third, psychology separates disciplined traders from reactive ones; each critical decision point was as much a test of emotional regulation as of analytical skill.