USD/CHF Historical Replay: 2018-10 to 2019-01
Replay 64 daily bars of USD/CHF from 2018-10-23, navigating a 3.6% drawdown across volatile sessions. Make your own calls at 11 decision points, then receive an AI coach review of each simulated trade.
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 3.6% and a 2.2% run-up.
- Max drawdown
- −3.6%
- Max run-up
- +2.2%
- Duration
- 90 days
- Largest single-day move
- +1.0%
- 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 USD/CHF pair entered October 2018 against a backdrop of heightened market turbulence, with G10 forex volatility spiking as risk appetite shifted across global markets. This 64-bar daily replay spans from 2018-10-23 to 2019-01-21, a period when traditional safe-haven flows created erratic price behavior in the dollar-franc cross. For traders, the stakes were clear: navigate a crash event in one of the world's most liquid currency pairs while managing exposure through 11 decision points, 4 of which the framework flags as critical moments demanding disciplined risk assessment.
The headline numbers reveal a market that moved more than it appeared. The closing price shifted only 0.1% from 0.9947 to 0.9954 over the full period, yet traders faced a maximum drawdown of 3.6% and a largest single-bar move of 1.0%. These figures tell the real story: the cross whipsawed through intermediate highs and lows, punishing traders who over-leveraged on near-term directional bets. The crash dynamic manifested not as a clean directional collapse but as volatile sessions that tested position sizing and stop-discipline at every turn.
This replay trains traders to distinguish between outcome and process. A seemingly flat net result combined with significant drawdown demands rigorous self-examination: Was position size appropriate for the volatility regime? Did I respect critical decision points or react impulsively to single-bar spikes? The psychological dimension is equally important— enduring a 3.6% drawdown while watching a 1.0% bar develop requires emotional regulation and trust in one's process. By replaying these sessions without financial risk, traders can build the muscle memory to execute consistently when real capital is at stake.
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