Gold Historical Replay: 2021-11 to 2022-05
Replay gold's 2021-11 to 2022-05 stretch across 124 daily bars, navigating an 11.4% drawdown as inflation fears reshaped sentiment. Step through 21 decision points, including 7 critical ones, with simulated capital and receive an AI coach review after each move.
124 daily bars · 21 decision points · 2021-11 to 2022-05 · Commodities
Key facts
This window spans 178 days with a peak-to-trough drawdown of 11.4% and a 15.9% run-up.
- Max drawdown
- −11.4%
- Max run-up
- +15.9%
- Duration
- 178 days
- Largest single-day move
- −2.7%
- Bars
- 124 Daily bars
- Decision points
- 21
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
Gold entered a volatile stretch in late 2021 as inflation concerns gripped financial markets. The period from November 2021 through May 2022 placed the yellow metal at the intersection of competing forces: surging consumer prices against expectations of Federal Reserve tightening. This 124-bar replay challenges participants to navigate a landscape where the inflation narrative was shifting rapidly and sentiment swung between fear and caution.
The closing price drifted modestly lower over the six-month span, falling from 1853.6 to 1807.4, representing a -2.5% net decline. Yet this headline figure obscures the turbulence beneath the surface. The maximum drawdown reached 11.4%, while the largest single-bar move of 2.7% revealed moments of acute intraperiod volatility. Navigating these episodes required participants to manage exposure carefully as the inflation story evolved in unpredictable directions.
The scenario presents 21 decision points across which participants must demonstrate disciplined process. Seven critical junctures demand evaluation of shifting macro signals against price action. The interplay between max drawdown and single-bar moves teaches that volatility itself is not the enemy but requires sizing discipline and pre-defined risk parameters. Psychological resilience matters as much as analytical skill when markets fail to provide clear directional conviction. This replay trains participants to distinguish between short-term noise and meaningful trend changes, a distinction that separates informed decision-making from reactive trading.
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