WTI Crude Oil Historical Replay: 2021-10 to 2022-04
Replay 122 daily bars of WTI crude from October 2021 to April 2022, when prices climbed 14.4% amid a sharp energy shock. Step through each session, face 7 critical decision points, and receive AI coach feedback in a fully simulated, educational setting.
122 daily bars · 21 decision points · 2021-10 to 2022-04 · Commodities
Key facts
This window spans 175 days with a peak-to-trough drawdown of 23.8% and a 88.7% run-up.
- Max drawdown
- −23.8%
- Max run-up
- +88.7%
- Duration
- 175 days
- Largest single-day move
- −13.1%
- 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
In the autumn of 2021, global energy markets faced mounting pressure as European natural gas supplies tightened and demand surged with economic reopening. WTI crude oil, the world's most-traded benchmark, found itself at the epicenter of this commodity shock. The period from October 2021 through April 2022 would test every market participant's ability to navigate an era defined by supply constraints and geopolitical uncertainty. This replay offers a window into one of the most volatile stretches in recent energy market history.
Over 122 daily trading bars, WTI crude climbed from $82.44 to $94.29, a 14.4% advance that obscures far wilder oscillations beneath the surface. The maximum drawdown of 23.8% reveals sustained periods where positions moved sharply against participants, while the largest single-bar move of 13.1% captures moments of acute intraday volatility. Navigating these swings required not just directional conviction but disciplined risk management across 21 decision points, of which 7 proved critical to outcomes. The gap between entry price and final settlement tells only part of the story.
This replay sharpens decision training by placing participants inside authentic market conditions where information arrives gradually and outcomes remain uncertain. Managing a 23.8% drawdown without abandoning a sound process separates disciplined traders from reactive ones. The seven critical junctures demand clarity on whether to add, reduce, or hold positions when volatility spikes. Psychology becomes the ultimate edge: composure during a 13.1% single-day swing tests whether methodology survives real market pressure. This is education, not speculation, offering a safe environment to build the habits that matter when capital is at stake.
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