Drawdown Recovery Calculator
The cruellest arithmetic in trading: losses and gains are not symmetrical, and the hole gets steeper as it gets deeper.
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Your remaining capital must grow by
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At that monthly return, recovery takes
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| LOSE | NEED BACK |
|---|---|
| −10% | +11% |
| −25% | +33% |
| −50% | +100% |
| −75% | +300% |
| −90% | +900% |
This is why position sizing comes before everything else: the only drawdowns you can recover from calmly are the ones you never allowed to get deep. The gain column is also a scam detector — anyone promising you "+300% in a few months" is describing the recovery from a wipeout, not a plan. Full lesson: drawdown and ruin. Size the risk that creates the drawdown with the losing streak calculator and the position size calculator.
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