Live Cattle Historical Replay: 2020-06 to 2020-09
Replay 64 daily bars from the 2020-06-08 to 2020-09-04 live cattle boom, navigating a 10.1% drawdown alongside sharp 4.8% swings. Walk through 11 decision points, including 4 critical ones, with AI coach feedback in a fully simulated environment.
64 daily bars · 11 decision points · 2020-06 to 2020-09 · Commodities
Key facts
This window spans 88 days with a peak-to-trough drawdown of 10.1% and a 16.8% run-up.
- Max drawdown
- −10.1%
- Max run-up
- +16.8%
- Duration
- 88 days
- Largest single-day move
- +4.8%
- 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
In the summer of 2020, live cattle futures entered a volatile boom phase that tested every trader's discipline. The replay covers 64 daily bars from June 8 to September 4, placing participants directly in the commodities market during a period of heightened uncertainty. What was at stake was not just capital preservation but the ability to maintain rational decision-making when the market offered both sharp reversals and momentum swings.
The data reveals a net gain of 3.0%, with prices moving from 460.5 to 474.5 over the full span. Yet this modest headline return masked significant turbulence: a maximum drawdown of 10.1% tested endurance, while the largest single-bar move of 4.8% demanded split-second judgment. Across 11 decision points, with 4 designated as critical nodes, participants navigated price action that rewarded neither passive holding nor reactive trading.
This replay emphasizes process over prediction. Surviving a 10.1% drawdown requires position sizing discipline and emotional regulation when equity curves dip sharply. The 4.8% single-bar volatility reminds us that markets can move faster than comfort allows, making pre-commitment to rules essential. With 11 checkpoints over roughly three months, the scenario teaches that consistency across many small decisions compounds into outcomes. The simulated environment allows learners to practice these lessons without real capital at risk, building habits that matter when stakes are genuine.
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