Drawdown and recovery calculator
Calculate portfolio drawdown, the gain needed to recover and the effect of consecutive losses when each trade risks a fixed share of equity.
Inputs
Hypothetical example. Replace these inputs with your own.
Result
Calculation result
Example result
- Drawdown
- 25 %
- Gain needed to recover
- 33.3333 %
- Equity lost
- 2,500 quote
- Ending equity
- 7,500 quote
- Drawdown compares only the supplied peak and current balance. It is not maximum historical drawdown and does not infer deposits or withdrawals.
Saved scenarios
Save up to 20 new-tool scenarios on this device, separately from the six existing tools. Prices and balances stay out of the URL. DCA, journal and correlation scenarios save settings and a digest, requiring the matching CSV again to calculate.
Saving requires browser storage and Web Locks.
Formula and worked example
Drawdown = (peak − current) ÷ peak. Recovery gain = peak ÷ current − 1. A loss streak repeatedly multiplies remaining equity by (1 − risk percentage). A zero balance has no finite percentage recovery.
Hypothetical example: a peak of 10,000 and current balance of 7,500 mean a 25% drawdown and a 33.3333% gain needed to return to the peak. Losing 2% of remaining equity ten times leaves about 8,170.7281. This is neither a historical maximum drawdown nor a probability or guarantee of capped losses.
These estimates use bounded decimal arithmetic. They are scenario calculations, not trading instructions or forecasts.
Methodology sources: Investment risk and returns
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This website is developed by Zack White and Vincent Hale.