Corn Historical Replay: 2010-11 to 2011-05
Replay 124 daily bars of corn from November 2010 to May 2011, when the grain rallied 29.0% amid commodity-shock volatility. Step through 21 decision points, including 7 critical ones, and receive an AI coach review on each simulated trade.
124 daily bars · 21 decision points · 2010-11 to 2011-05 · Commodities
Key facts
This window spans 178 days with a peak-to-trough drawdown of 15.5% and a 50.6% run-up.
- Max drawdown
- −15.5%
- Max run-up
- +50.6%
- Duration
- 178 days
- Largest single-day move
- +6.2%
- Bars
- 124 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 late 2010, the corn market entered a period defined by global commodity-shock dynamics. From November 16, 2010 through May 13, 2011, traders faced 124 daily bars of evolving price action as North African unrest rippled through agricultural markets, testing both analytical frameworks and emotional composure. The stakes were considerable: grain prices sat at the intersection of food security, geopolitical risk, and speculative capital flows.
What unfolded was a sustained rally of 29.0%, taking corn from a close of 526.5 to 679. Yet the journey was anything but linear. A maximum drawdown of 15.5% tested conviction, while a largest single-bar move of 6.2% demanded real-time risk recalibration. Across this span, traders encountered 21 decision points, of which 7 were critical junctures where positioning and process determined outcomes. Volatility was not a background condition but the defining feature of the environment.
This replay trains participants to execute disciplined process under commodity-shock volatility. Managing a 15.5% drawdown without abandoning a thesis, responding to outsized single-bar moves without overtrading, and navigating 7 critical decisions with clear rationale, these are the skills developed here. The historical context reminds us that geopolitical events can compress price discovery into dramatic moves, and that psychological resilience is as essential as fundamental analysis in capturing such opportunities.