Copper Historical Replay: 2018-07 to 2018-10
Replay 64 days of the 2018 copper selloff, watching prices slide from 2.84 to 2.75, a 9.9% peak drawdown that rattled base-metals markets. Step through each session, make choices at 11 decision points, and receive an AI coach review of your simulated trading discipline.
64 daily bars · 11 decision points · 2018-07 to 2018-10 · Commodities
Key facts
This window spans 88 days with a peak-to-trough drawdown of 9.9% and a 10.9% run-up.
- Max drawdown
- −9.9%
- Max run-up
- +10.9%
- Duration
- 88 days
- Largest single-day move
- −4.5%
- 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 the summer of 2018, copper—a bellwether for global industrial activity—faced mounting pressure as emerging-market concerns rippled through commodity markets. Over roughly three months, from July 9 to October 5, traders navigated a sustained decline that tested both fundamental conviction and risk discipline. This replay offers 11 decision points, four of them critical junctures where a single choice could mean the difference between protecting capital and compounding losses.
The numbers tell a story of grinding volatility: copper slid from 2.84 to 2.75, a -3.2% net decline, yet the journey was far messier than the endpoint suggests. The maximum drawdown reached 9.9%, meaning anyone holding long positions faced significant unrealized losses at the worst moment. The largest single daily move of 4.5% highlights how quickly sentiment could shift, punishing those caught without a plan.
Traders replaying this period must confront the central tension: when does a declining trend become an opportunity, and when does it signal deeper trouble? With only -3.2% net loss spread across 64 daily bars, the real challenge lies in managing the psychological weight of a 9.9% drawdown along the way. This scenario sharpens the ability to size positions appropriately, define exit levels in advance, and resist the impulse to overtrade during volatility spikes of 4.5% in a single session.