Soybean Historical Replay: 2022-01 to 2022-05
Replay 86 daily bars of soybean markets from 2022-01-27 to 2022-05-31 as prices climbed 16.2% amid war-driven volatility. You will navigate 15 decision points, including 5 critical ones, and receive an AI coach review in this simulated educational training.
86 daily bars · 15 decision points · 2022-01 to 2022-05 · Commodities
Key facts
This window spans 124 days with a peak-to-trough drawdown of 7.9% and a 20.7% run-up.
- Max drawdown
- −7.9%
- Max run-up
- +20.7%
- Duration
- 124 days
- Largest single-day move
- −4.3%
- Bars
- 86 Daily bars
- Decision points
- 15
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
Between late January and May 2022, soybean futures traders faced one of the decade's most volatile supply-demand disruptions. As geopolitical tensions escalated into open conflict, the agricultural commodity markets absorbed shockwaves that rippled from Black Sea ports to Midwest granaries. This replay places you in the seat of a trader navigating 86 daily bars of uncertainty, with 15 decision points demanding disciplined execution amid rapid fundamental shifts. The stakes were clear: global food supply chains hung in the balance as traditional trade routes faced sudden reconfiguration.
The market's trajectory told a story of tension and recovery: prices climbed from 1448.25 to 1683.25, a gain of 16.2% over the five-month span. Yet the path was far from smooth, with a maximum drawdown of 7.9% testing conviction and a single session swing of 4.3% demanding sharp risk management. Five critical junctures separated thoughtful operators from reactive ones, defining the difference between disciplined navigation and emotional capitulation to geopolitical headlines.
This scenario sharpens the ability to distinguish between noise and structural shifts in supply chains. The teaching point centers on maintaining process when volatility spikes, managing exposure through drawdown periods without abandoning strategy, and recognizing that geopolitical events create both opportunity and peril. Psychology matters most when fundamentals are clearest—fear and greed amplify moves that fundamentals alone cannot explain. Decision training here hones the trader's capacity to act on probability rather than prediction, preserving capital for the moments when conviction has empirical footing.
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