AUD/JPY Historical Replay: 2018-10 to 2019-01
Replay 64 days of AUD/JPY from October 2018 through a 11.4% drawdown in a market known for sudden 3.8% swings. Walk through 11 decision points (4 critical), submit your choices, and receive an AI coach review in this simulated educational exercise.
64 daily bars · 11 decision points · 2018-10 to 2019-01 · Forex
Key facts
This window spans 90 days with a peak-to-trough drawdown of 11.4% and a 6.0% run-up.
- Max drawdown
- −11.4%
- Max run-up
- +6.0%
- Duration
- 90 days
- Largest single-day move
- −3.8%
- 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
The scenario replays AUD/JPY trading over 64 daily bars from 2018-10-23 to 2019-01-21, a period marked by heightened volatility in G10 forex markets. The currency pair, known for its sensitivity to risk sentiment and interest rate differentials, faced headwinds from global market uncertainty during the late 2018 sell-off. Participants must navigate this environment with simulated capital, facing the challenge of managing positions through a period where sudden directional moves could quickly erode portfolio value.
The replay captures a net decline of -1.5% from close of 79.733 to 78.541, yet this headline figure obscures the true test of risk management. The period saw the pair experience a max drawdown of 11.4%, with a largest single-bar move of 3.8% testing traders' ability to withstand intraday shocks. These extreme fluctuations created 11 decision points, including 4 critical moments where positioning could make or break performance outcomes.
This replay teaches that survival in volatile markets requires process over prediction. The gap between -1.5% net decline and 11.4% max drawdown reveals how position sizing and stop discipline separate disciplined traders from those who let losses compound. Facing 3.8% single-bar moves demands psychological resilience—the capacity to act on pre-defined rules rather than react to fear. Each of the 4 critical decision points serves as a stress test, revealing whether a trader's framework holds when volatility spikes and emotions rise.
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