Rough Rice Historical Replay: 2020-03 to 2020-06
Replay 62 trading days of rough rice from March to June 2020, when pandemic volatility drove a 36.5% drawdown and 10.4% single-bar swings. Step through each daily bar, tackle 11 decision points, and receive an AI coach review in this simulated, education-only market replay.
62 daily bars · 11 decision points · 2020-03 to 2020-06 · Commodities
Key facts
This window spans 87 days with a peak-to-trough drawdown of 36.5% and a 66.2% run-up.
- Max drawdown
- −36.5%
- Max run-up
- +66.2%
- Duration
- 87 days
- Largest single-day move
- +10.4%
- Bars
- 62 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
Rough rice, a staple agricultural commodity, faced extraordinary pressure during the early months of 2020. As the pandemic disrupted global supply chains and sparked uncertainty across financial markets, grain traders navigated a period defined by unprecedented volatility. This replay covers 62 trading days from March 24, 2020 to June 19, 2020, placing participants in the shoes of traders who had to make decisions amid panic and rapidly shifting fundamentals. The challenge was not merely technical but deeply psychological: how to act when conventional models failed and fear dominated sentiment.
The price journey was brutal. Starting at 13.28, the market experienced a devastating 36.5% maximum drawdown while enduring single-bar moves of 10.4%. Despite the violent swings, the period closed at 14.02, representing a modest 5.6% recovery. Eleven decision points punctuated this turbulent stretch, with four deemed critical, challenging traders to maintain composure and discipline throughout the extreme volatility. The gap between peak loss and final gain underscores how misleading short-term pain can be when viewed in proper context.
This replay sharpens decision-making under conditions that strip away comfortable assumptions. The 36.5% drawdown forces rigorous examination of position sizing and stop-loss discipline. The 10.4% single-bar moves test whether participants react to noise or stick to predefined plans. Across the 2020s era, such moments reveal that process consistency and emotional regulation matter more than directional accuracy. Completing all eleven decision points, especially the four critical junctures, builds the muscle memory needed when real capital and real pressure converge.
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