RBOB Gasoline Historical Replay: 2021-05 to 2021-08
Replay 64 daily bars of RBOB gasoline from May 21 to August 20, 2021, navigating a 14.8% peak drawdown with sharp 6.2% swings. You work through 11 decision points, including 4 critical ones, day by day with AI coach review in this simulated educational training scenario.
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 14.8% and a 14.5% run-up.
- Max drawdown
- −14.8%
- Max run-up
- +14.5%
- Duration
- 91 days
- Largest single-day move
- −6.2%
- 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 spans 64 daily bars from May 21 to August 20, 2021, immersing traders in RBOB gasoline futures during a period of post-pandemic energy market recalibration. With supply chains still adjusting and demand patterns shifting, this era presented elevated volatility in a traditionally liquid contract. The scenario frames a net decline from 2.07 to 2.02, a modest -2.4% drop that obscures the turbulent journey required to reach that endpoint.
Over the full 64-bar window, the market endured a maximum drawdown of 14.8%, with single sessions capable of generating 6.2% swings. These figures capture the essence of the challenge: a compressed headline result that masks genuine intraperiod turbulence. Navigating such conditions demands more than directional conviction; it requires disciplined position management and clear-eyed assessment of volatility thresholds.
Participants confront 11 decision points across this replay, including 4 critical junctures that test strategic clarity. The gap between the -2.4% headline result and the lived experience of enduring a 14.8% drawdown is precisely why systematic training in drawdown psychology matters. This scenario sharpens skills in maintaining composure during extended adverse moves, distinguishing between meaningful signals and transient noise in single-bar price action, and refining risk frameworks that account for the gap between terminal performance and journey volatility.
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