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Trading & Investing
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Measure the percentage fall from an account peak to its current value and calculate the gain required to recover the loss.
Tool workspace
Enter your account capital and trade parameters, then review the risk metrics.
Understanding portfolio or trading-account drawdowns and why recovering a loss requires a larger percentage gain.
Track both drawdown size and recovery requirement because the recovery percentage rises as the account falls further from its peak.
It measures the values you provide and does not assess whether the drawdown is temporary, acceptable or caused by a particular strategy.
How to use it
Use the controls above, check the result, then copy or download it when available.
After a 20% loss, the account is 80% of its peak, so it needs a 25% increase from that lower value to return to the original peak.
Use this tool whenever you need: Understanding portfolio or trading-account drawdowns and why recovering a loss requires a larger percentage gain. It offers a fast, client-side workflow without sign-ups, installation or complex software.
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Track both drawdown size and recovery requirement because the recovery percentage rises as the account falls further from its peak. Important note: It measures the values you provide and does not assess whether the drawdown is temporary, acceptable or caused by a particular strategy.
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Drawdown
15.00%
Gain needed to recover
17.65%