Coffee Historical Replay: 2023-07 to 2023-10
Replay 64 daily bars of the 2023 coffee market shock, where prices swung through a 13.2% drawdown with a 5.6% single-day move. Step through each authentic trading day, face 4 critical decision points, and receive an AI coach review of your simulated choices.
64 daily bars · 11 decision points · 2023-07 to 2023-10 · Commodities
Key facts
This window spans 88 days with a peak-to-trough drawdown of 13.2% and a 14.5% run-up.
- Max drawdown
- −13.2%
- Max run-up
- +14.5%
- Duration
- 88 days
- Largest single-day move
- −5.6%
- 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 replay immerses traders in the 2023 coffee market during the July-to-October window, a period when soft commodity prices reacted sharply to weather disruptions and supply concerns. This scenario from the 2020s covers 64 daily bars of authentic price action, inviting participants to step into the shoes of traders navigating a market where the stakes were real and the volatility unforgiving. The task is straightforward yet demanding: make decisions at each of the 11 decision points, including 4 critical junctures that define the narrative of the period.
The headline outcome shows prices drifting from 163 to 165.25, a seemingly modest 1.4% net gain. Yet this figure conceals the turbulence beneath the surface. The market endured a 13.2% maximum drawdown while navigating a largest single-bar move of 5.6%, revealing how a quiet net result can mask violent intraperiod swings that would have tested any position holder's conviction and risk management discipline.
This scenario distills the core tension in commodity trading: surviving volatility long enough to capture the trend. The gap between the 1.4% close and the 13.2% drawdown teaches that process and psychology matter as much as direction. Participants face 11 decision points, with 4 critical moments demanding sound position sizing and adherence to risk principles. The scenario trains traders to maintain composure when a single day moves 5.6% against them, reinforcing that disciplined decision-making under pressure is the true edge in commodity markets.