RBOB Gasoline Historical Replay: 2023-04 to 2023-07
Replay 66 daily bars of RBOB gasoline from April to July 2023, when prices slid 7.1% amid a 19.2% drawdown. Step through each session, tackle 12 decision points including 4 critical moments, and receive an AI coach review on your simulated choices.
66 daily bars · 12 decision points · 2023-04 to 2023-07 · Commodities
Key facts
This window spans 97 days with a peak-to-trough drawdown of 19.2% and a 17.2% run-up.
- Max drawdown
- −19.2%
- Max run-up
- +17.2%
- Duration
- 97 days
- Largest single-day move
- −6.5%
- Bars
- 66 Daily bars
- Decision points
- 12
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
RBOB gasoline futures provide a window into how energy markets behave when demand signals conflict with macroeconomic uncertainty. During the 2023-04-05 to 2023-07-11 window, traders faced a market where seasonal consumption patterns intersected with broader economic concerns about consumption growth. The 66 daily bars in this replay capture a period where positioning and risk management mattered as much as directional conviction. Participants entered the scenario with incomplete information, just as market participants did at the time, and had to navigate evolving conditions without the benefit of hindsight.
The closing price moved from 2.82 to 2.62, a decline of 7.1% over the period. Yet this headline figure understates the turbulence experienced along the way. The maximum drawdown reached 19.2%, meaning any participant who entered near the highs faced a significant stress test. The largest single-bar move of 6.5% demonstrates that volatility was not distributed evenly but arrived in concentrated bursts that could easily trigger emotional responses. Across these 66 bars, 12 decision points emerged, four of which represented critical moments where directional conviction was tested against unfolding price action.
This replay trains participants to separate the process from the outcome. A -7.1% final result does not automatically mean poor decision-making, nor does a drawdown of 19.2% indicate a fundamentally flawed approach if risk parameters were respected. The scenario teaches that in volatile commodity markets, position sizing, emotional discipline, and adherence to a defined process matter more than any single outcome. By confronting these 12 moments with simulated capital, participants can build the psychological resilience needed when real market pressure arrives.