Palladium Historical Replay: 2020-07 to 2020-10
Replay 84 daily bars of the palladium market from July through October 2020, a period when the metal climbed 17.6% amid pandemic-era volatility. You step through each session, navigate 15 decision points, and receive an AI coach review of your simulated choices.
84 daily bars · 15 decision points · 2020-07 to 2020-10 · Commodities
Key facts
This window spans 119 days with a peak-to-trough drawdown of 9.9% and a 28.7% run-up.
- Max drawdown
- −9.9%
- Max run-up
- +28.7%
- Duration
- 119 days
- Largest single-day move
- −5.6%
- Bars
- 84 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
The summer of 2020 found industrial precious metals navigating unprecedented conditions. Palladium, a metal critical to automotive catalytic converters, faced shifting demand signals as global manufacturing attempted recovery from pandemic lockdowns. Over 84 trading sessions from July through late October, this replay places you at the center of that uncertainty, requiring navigation through 15 distinct decision points where momentum, risk management, and market psychology intersected.
The metal ultimately climbed 17.6%, moving from 1909.2 to 2244.3 over the period. Yet the trajectory was anything but smooth: maximum drawdown reached 9.9%, and individual sessions produced moves as large as 5.6%, testing both conviction and discipline. Five of those 15 decision moments proved critical, where positioning choices carried amplified consequences for portfolio trajectory.
This replay sharpens three essential skills for decision makers. First, maintaining process discipline when volatility creates pressure to abandon strategy. Second, calibrating position sizing to account for intraday swings that can deviate sharply from directional trends. Third, recognizing the psychological difference between conviction based on analysis and the temptation to chase momentum. Historical context transforms abstract risk concepts into visceral, applicable experience.