Cocoa Historical Replay: 2001-11 to 2002-05
Replay 120 daily cocoa bars from 2001-11 to 2002-05, watching close climb 32.1% through 21 inflation-era decision points. Step into each session, choose your move, then receive an AI coach review of your reasoning—simulated capital only, purely educational.
120 daily bars · 21 decision points · 2001-11 to 2002-05 · Commodities
Key facts
This window spans 181 days with a peak-to-trough drawdown of 8.9% and a 40.0% run-up.
- Max drawdown
- −8.9%
- Max run-up
- +40.0%
- Duration
- 181 days
- Largest single-day move
- +7.1%
- Bars
- 120 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
In late 2001, the cocoa market entered a challenging stretch shaped by inflation concerns and currency instability. This replay spans 120 daily bars from 2001-11-09 to 2002-05-09, placing you inside a market where macroeconomic forces pressed hard on soft commodities. Across the 2000s era, 21 decision points await—each a test of reading conditions and committing to positions under uncertainty.
Cocoa rose from 1154 to 1524, a 32.1% climb over roughly six months. The journey was not smooth: an 8.9% maximum drawdown tested conviction, and the largest single-bar move of 7.1% could easily trigger early exits. Of the 21 decision points embedded in the data, 7 were critical—moments where missteps compounded and right calls accumulated. The market rewarded patience but punished hesitation.
This scenario sharpens decision training around three core pressures. First, process: inflation-driven volatility demands systematic rules, not reactive guesses. Second, risk: the 8.9% drawdown shows that staying power matters as much as direction. Third, psychology: a 7.1% single-bar swing tests whether you hold or fold under sudden pressure. Working through each session builds the discipline to stay rational when prices lurch, and the judgment to act when the setup truly demands it.
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