Coffee Historical Replay: 2023-11 to 2024-05
Replay 122 daily bars of coffee from November 2023 to May 2024 as the commodity climbed 16.1% through a turbulent boom. Step into each trading day, tackle 7 critical decision points, and receive an AI coach review of your simulated choices.
122 daily bars · 21 decision points · 2023-11 to 2024-05 · Commodities
Key facts
This window spans 176 days with a peak-to-trough drawdown of 19.7% and a 45.0% run-up.
- Max drawdown
- −19.7%
- Max run-up
- +45.0%
- Duration
- 176 days
- Largest single-day move
- +7.1%
- Bars
- 122 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
Coffee futures entered a turbulent phase from November 2023 to May 2024, spanning 122 trading days as the commodity attempted to establish a sustained upward trend. This period represented a classic boom environment where price momentum clashed with sharp reversals, testing the resolve of any trader attempting to capture the move. The 2020s had already shown commodity markets could deliver violent swings, and coffee would prove no exception, with the stage set for a 16.1% advance that demanded precise timing and disciplined risk management.
The numbers tell a story of struggle and persistence. Starting from 176.1, prices climbed to 204.4 by the period's end—a modest 16.1% gain that masked significant turbulence beneath the surface. The maximum drawdown of 19.7% meant that any trader who bought the initial rally would have endured substantial unrealized losses before seeing profits again. Perhaps most striking was the largest single-bar move of 7.1%, illustrating how a single session could either devastate or reward a position depending on direction and sizing. Twenty-one decision points punctuated this period, with seven marked as critical junctions where directional conviction would be severely tested.
This replay trains participants to confront three fundamental challenges: process discipline under pressure, risk calibration against known drawdowns, and psychological resilience when experiencing paper losses that exceed one's comfort threshold. The gap between the 16.1% net gain and the 19.7% maximum drawdown serves as a powerful reminder that profitable outcomes require surviving adverse periods. Navigating the seven critical moments demands traders define their approach before emotions override strategy, whether they opt to hold through volatility, adjust position sizing, or step aside entirely.
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