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    Drawdown Calculator — Know Your Recovery Math

    Losses hurt twice: once in dollars, and again in the bigger gain you need just to break even. Enter your peak and current balance to see exactly where you stand.

    Drawdowns are asymmetric

    Lose 10% and you need 11.1% to recover. Lose 50% and you need 100%. This asymmetry is why professional traders obsess over limiting drawdowns instead of chasing gains.

    How It Works

    1

    Enter your account peak

    Your highest balance before the losing streak.

    2

    Enter your current balance

    Where the account sits at the low point.

    3

    See your drawdown

    The percentage and dollars lost from the peak.

    4

    See the recovery needed

    The gain required to climb back to breakeven.

    Drawdown & Recovery Calculator

    Enter your account's peak and low point to see the drawdown and the gain needed to fully recover.

    Drawdown
    -20.00%
    Dollar Loss From Peak
    $2,000.00
    Gain Needed to Recover
    +25.00%
    Percentage gain required to return to your peak.

    The best drawdown is the one you never take

    SimpleAlgo plots defined stops on every signal, so losses stay small and planned — instead of snowballing into the kind of hole this calculator warns about.

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