Drawdown Recovery Calculator
Losses and gains are not symmetrical. See how deep a hole a drawdown really is.
Drawdown recovery
Losses hurt more than they look: the gain needed to get back to your peak.
%
- Gain needed to recover
- 33.3%
How it works
- Gain needed = 1 ÷ (1 − drawdown) − 1.
Questions
- Why does a 50% loss need a 100% gain?
- After losing half, you have half the money left, so it must double to get back to where you started.
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