Cocoa Historical Replay: 2021-05 to 2021-08
Replay the late-2021 cocoa surge across 64 daily bars where prices climbed from 2456 to 2580 amid sharp volatility. Step through each session, face 11 decision points, and receive an AI coach review of your simulated trades.
64 daily bars · 11 decision points · 2021-05 to 2021-08 · Commodities
Key facts
This window spans 91 days with a peak-to-trough drawdown of 8.8% and a 18.0% run-up.
- Max drawdown
- −8.8%
- Max run-up
- +18.0%
- Duration
- 91 days
- Largest single-day move
- +3.6%
- 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
The cocoa market entered a turbulent phase in the 2020s, and this replay immerses participants in a 64-bar journey spanning May 21, 2021 to August 20, 2021. As prices climbed through a volatile environment, traders faced the challenge of capturing gains while navigating sharp intraday swings. Eleven decision points, four of them critical, punctuate the replay, demanding disciplined analysis and swift adaptation.
Prices rose from 2456 to 2580, delivering a 5.0% return over the period. Yet this headline figure obscures the turbulence beneath: a maximum drawdown of 8.8% tested risk management at every turn, while the largest single-bar move of 3.6% reminded traders that commodities can swing violently in either direction. Those who mistook direction for stability would have been punished; those who sized positions carefully could have survived the volatility.
This scenario hones the ability to trade within defined risk parameters when momentum is unclear. The lesson is not about predicting the next bar but about maintaining process discipline through drawdowns and managing position sizes relative to known volatility. Eleven decision points under uncertainty reveal how easily psychology erodes a sound plan, making this replay a rigorous test of both method and mental resilience.
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