Soybean Historical Replay: 2022-01 to 2022-06
Replay 92 daily bars of the 2022 soybean market as war-driven volatility pushed close 18.6% higher before a 7.9% drawdown. Step through each authentic trading day, face 16 decision points, and receive an AI coach review of your simulated choices.
92 daily bars · 16 decision points · 2022-01 to 2022-06 · Commodities
Key facts
This window spans 132 days with a peak-to-trough drawdown of 7.9% and a 24.6% run-up.
- Max drawdown
- −7.9%
- Max run-up
- +24.6%
- Duration
- 132 days
- Largest single-day move
- −4.3%
- Bars
- 92 Daily bars
- Decision points
- 16
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 first quarter of 2022 found agricultural markets navigating one of the most consequential geopolitical shocks in recent memory. As Russian forces moved into Ukraine in late February, the world's attention turned to Black Sea shipping corridors that carry a significant share of global grain exports. Soybean traders faced a landscape where supply anxieties, currency shifts, and energy price surges intersected in complex ways. The period from January 20 to June 1, 2022, captured this turbulence in 92 daily bars of authentic price action, placing market participants inside an era defined by war-driven volatility.
The numbers tell a story of sharp escalation followed by nervous digestion. Soybean futures climbed from 1425.75 to 1690.25, an 18.6% advance that reflected initial supply jitters. Yet this upward trajectory proved neither smooth nor straight—traders endured a 7.9% drawdown during the replay window, while the largest single trading day delivered a 4.3% swing. Throughout these 92 bars, the market presented 16 decision points, six of which proved critical turning moments demanding clear strategic logic under pressure.
This replay trains traders to confront the psychological dimension of volatility itself. Watching a position move 4.3% in a single day tests conviction; enduring a 7.9% pullback while the long-term trend remains intact demands emotional discipline. The scenario forces participants to articulate entry and exit rules before the market reveals its next move, building the habits that separate deliberate traders from reactive ones. Process matters more than prediction in environments where geopolitics can override technical signals overnight.
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