Cotton Historical Replay: 2021-05 to 2021-08
Replay 64 trading days of Chinese cotton futures from May to August 2021 as the market climbed 13.4% from 82.82 to 93.9. Step through each daily bar, face 11 decision points including 4 critical ones, and receive an AI coach review of your simulated choices.
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 4.0% and a 16.5% run-up.
- Max drawdown
- −4.0%
- Max run-up
- +16.5%
- Duration
- 91 days
- Largest single-day move
- −4.0%
- 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
In spring 2021, Chinese cotton futures entered a sustained climb as the broader commodities rally intensified. The scenario spans 64 trading days from May 21 to August 20, 2021, capturing the market's trajectory ahead of anticipated policy adjustments affecting industrial metals and related soft commodities. This period was marked by shifting supply-demand dynamics, weather uncertainties, and evolving market sentiment in the commodities complex.
Over the 64-bar replay, cotton futures advanced from 82.82 to 93.9, delivering a 13.4% return. The journey was neither smooth nor linear; the market experienced a maximum drawdown of 4.0% and saw single-bar moves as large as 4.0%, creating moments of acute volatility that tested position management and conviction.
Participants faced 11 decision points, including 4 critical junctures that demanded deliberate choices about entry, exit, and risk exposure. This replay sharpens skills in reading momentum, managing drawdowns under pressure, and maintaining discipline when market noise challenges conviction. The experience underscores that navigating a sustained advance requires as much psychological resilience as directional insight.
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