Soybean Historical Replay: 2011-07 to 2012-01
Replay 126 daily bars of the 2011-07 to 2012-01 soybean selloff, a -14.2% drawdown capped by a 24.1% peak-to-trough slide. Step through 22 decision points including 8 critical turns and receive an AI coach review of each call you make — simulated capital, purely educational.
126 daily bars · 22 decision points · 2011-07 to 2012-01 · Commodities
Key facts
This window spans 182 days with a peak-to-trough drawdown of 24.1% and a 11.6% run-up.
- Max drawdown
- −24.1%
- Max run-up
- +11.6%
- Duration
- 182 days
- Largest single-day move
- +4.9%
- Bars
- 126 Daily bars
- Decision points
- 22
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
This replay transports you to the soybean market during the deepening of the European debt crisis, from mid-2011 into early 2012. Commodity markets navigated mounting uncertainty as sovereign debt concerns spread across the eurozone, weighing on global growth expectations and risk appetite. The 2010s agricultural complex was particularly sensitive to macroeconomic headwinds, and soybeans, as a globally traded soft commodity, reflected these broader forces with sharp sensitivity.
From a close of 1379.25 to 1183.5, soybean prices fell -14.2% over the 126 daily bars spanning 2011-07-19 to 2012-01-17. The market endured a maximum drawdown of 24.1% peak-to-trough, punctuated by the largest single-bar move of 4.9%. Throughout this volatile stretch, traders confronted 22 decision points, with 8 marked as critical turns where positioning and risk management were tested to the fullest.
This replay sharpens decision-making under sustained negative pressure, where discipline during extended drawdowns becomes essential. The 4.9% single-day move underscores how quickly volatility can spike, demanding robust risk controls and position sizing discipline. The concentration of critical junctures teaches traders to read evolving market conditions without succumbing to panic or paralysis, building the psychological resilience needed for high-stakes decision training.