GBP/USD Historical Replay: 2022-08 to 2023-01
Replay 96 daily bars of GBP/USD from August 2022 to January 2023, capturing a 9.3% drawdown during the UK mini-budget turmoil. Step through the crisis bar-by-bar, face 17 decision points, and receive an AI coach review of your simulated choices.
96 daily bars · 17 decision points · 2022-08 to 2023-01 · Forex
Key facts
This window spans 134 days with a peak-to-trough drawdown of 9.3% and a 15.8% run-up.
- Max drawdown
- −9.3%
- Max run-up
- +15.8%
- Duration
- 134 days
- Largest single-day move
- −4.1%
- Bars
- 96 Daily bars
- Decision points
- 17
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 autumn of 2022, the British pound faced one of its most turbulent periods in recent memory as the UK government's fiscal announcements triggered a currency crisis. This replay spans 96 daily bars from August 21, 2022 to January 2, 2023, placing traders directly inside the G10 forex market during an extraordinary stress event. The scenario captures the essence of what was at stake: a currency under assault, policy credibility in question, and rapidly shifting risk sentiment across global markets.
The pair closed the replay period at 1.212, representing a net gain of 2.6% from the opening 1.1818. Yet this seemingly benign endpoint conceals a turbulent journey—the market endured a 9.3% drawdown with individual daily bars moving as much as 4.1%. These figures encapsulate the violent two-sided volatility that characterized the crisis, where sharp rallies and steep declines alternated with little warning.
Navigating this scenario cultivates decision-making under genuine uncertainty. Participants must manage position sizing to withstand a 9.3% adverse swing, distinguish between structural regime shifts and emotional overreaction, and maintain composure when market consensus turns abruptly bearish. The 17 decision points, with 6 designated as critical, recreate the moments where traders must choose between conviction-based holding and disciplined risk reduction. This replay ultimately tests whether one can follow a sound process when volatility is elevated, rather than simply reacting to price movement.
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