NZD/CHF Historical Replay: 2018-08 to 2018-11
Relive 66 daily bars of NZD/CHF across the 2018 emerging-market turmoil as the pair moved from 0.6583 to 0.6787. You replay each session, face 12 decision points, and receive an AI coach review in a simulated educational environment.
66 daily bars · 12 decision points · 2018-08 to 2018-11 · Forex
Key facts
This window spans 92 days with a peak-to-trough drawdown of 4.0% and a 8.7% run-up.
- Max drawdown
- −4.0%
- Max run-up
- +8.7%
- Duration
- 92 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
NZD/CHF is a G10 forex pair that often flies under the radar compared with majors like EUR/USD or USD/JPY. Yet during the late summer and autumn of 2018, this cross faced a sharp test as contagion from the Turkish lira and Argentine peso crises rippled across emerging-market sentiment. The scenario covers 66 daily bars from August 22 to November 22, 2018, placing you inside a period where safe-haven flows and risk-off positioning could swing a supposedly stable cross within days. Understanding what was at stake means recognizing how a distant emerging-market shock can force reassessment of even the most liquid G10 currencies.
The pair moved from 0.6583 to 0.6787 over the three-month window, a net appreciation of 3.1% for the New Zealand dollar against the Swiss franc. Yet the journey was anything but linear. The maximum drawdown reached 4.0%, and the largest single-bar move hit 1.4%, creating moments of sharp intraday volatility. Across the period, you face 12 decision points, including 4 critical junctures, where your positioning choices directly shape how you experience this turbulent stretch. The replay forces you to live inside those swings rather than simply reading about them from the comfort of hindsight.
This scenario excels as a decision-training exercise precisely because the numbers are modest yet psychologically demanding. A 3.1% net move sounds benign, but enduring a 4.0% drawdown while holding a long position tests your conviction and risk calibration. The 12 decision points act as repeated stress tests of your process: Are you sizing positions appropriately for a 1.4% single-day shock? Do you have a clear framework for when to add, reduce, or hold? The educational value lies not in predicting the outcome but in building the habits and psychological resilience needed to navigate volatile periods without abandoning a sound strategy.
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