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CAD/CHF Historical Replay: 2020-05 to 2020-08

ForexG10 MajorsUSBoom2020-05 to 2020-08Difficulty 1/5FreeView charts

Replay 68 daily CAD/CHF bars from May to August 2020, including a 5.7% drawdown. Step through each session, face 12 decision points, and receive AI coach review in this simulated educational drill.

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68 daily bars · 12 decision points · 2020-05 to 2020-08 · Forex

Key facts

This window spans 95 days with a peak-to-trough drawdown of 5.7% and a 4.3% run-up.

Max drawdown
−5.7%
Max run-up
+4.3%
Duration
95 days
Largest single-day move
+1.5%
Bars
68 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

How to play
  1. The market advances day by day. You only see candles up to the current day — as if you were really there.

  2. At key decision points choose Buy / Trim / Exit / Hold. Each decision advances the timeline by one day.

  3. 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

This replay covers the CAD/CHF currency pair during the spring and summer of 2020, a period marked by extraordinary market turbulence as global economies grappled with pandemic response measures. The 68 daily bars span from 2020-05-06 to 2020-08-09, capturing the early stages of risk-asset recovery that followed the acute crisis phase. For traders in training, this scenario presents a complex environment where traditional correlations were being tested and volatility remained elevated.

The period delivered a modest overall decline, with the pair closing at 0.6817 from an opening of 0.6882, representing a -0.9% move. However, the real story lay in the volatility: a 5.7% max drawdown tested positions significantly, while the largest single-bar move of 1.5% demonstrated how quickly sentiment could shift within this range. Across the 68 daily bars, 12 decision points emerged—including 4 critical junctures—demanding consistent evaluation and adjustment throughout the replay.

This scenario distills several essential lessons for developing traders. First, process discipline matters more than directional conviction; navigating 12 decision points across volatile conditions requires a repeatable framework rather than intuition alone. Second, risk management must account for tail events—the 5.7% max drawdown illustrates why position sizing and stop discipline cannot be treated as optional. Third, the psychological dimension looms large; enduring a -0.9% net result that conceals much larger internal swings tests emotional resilience just as hard as any single dramatic collapse. For educational replay purposes, this period serves as a laboratory for practicing calibrated responses under uncertainty.