Cocoa Historical Replay: 2020-06 to 2020-09
Replay 64 daily bars of the 2020 cocoa market, watching close climb 10.4% from 2413 to 2664 amid sharp volatility. Step through 11 decision points, four critical, and receive AI coach feedback on each simulated trade.
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 14.3% and a 27.3% run-up.
- Max drawdown
- −14.3%
- Max run-up
- +27.3%
- Duration
- 88 days
- Largest single-day move
- −6.7%
- 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
Between June and September 2020, the cocoa market offered traders a demanding arena. Soft commodities were navigating an uncertain landscape, where supply concerns and demand fluctuations created sharp daily swings. Participants faced the challenge of capturing directional moves while defending against sudden reversals—a period where discipline and timing could make or break performance.
The 64-bar replay captures this complexity: prices advanced from 2413 to 2664, delivering a 10.4% gain. Yet the journey proved turbulent. At various points, the market experienced a maximum drawdown of 14.3%, and individual sessions saw intrabar moves as large as 6.7%. Eleven decision points, four of them critical, forced repeated evaluation of entries, exits, and risk exposure throughout the rally.
This scenario trains traders to manage the tension between patience and vigilance. A 10.4% gain proves that trending markets reward conviction, but the 14.3% drawdown reminds us that even favorable setups exact psychological tolls. The 6.7% single-bar spikes test whether traders can stick to process when volatility feels threatening. Each critical decision point becomes a laboratory for examining position sizing, stop discipline, and emotional control under pressure.
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