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Drawdown Recovery Calculator
See how much gain you need to recover from a drawdown. The math gets brutal fast.
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Recovery Required
Current Balance
$49,000
Drawdown %
-2.00%
Gain Needed to Recover
+2.04%
$1,000 to get back to $50,000
Estimated Recovery Time
~2 trading days
at 1% daily profit
Drawdown Recovery Reference
The asymmetry of losses: the deeper you go, the harder it gets.
| Drawdown | Gain to Recover | $ Lost (on $50K) | Difficulty |
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Visual: Drawdown vs Recovery
Blue = Drawdown %, Orange = Gain needed to recover. Notice how recovery accelerates exponentially.
How It Works
Formula: Recovery % = Drawdown % / (100% - Drawdown %)
Example: 20% drawdown means you lost 20% of your account. To recover, you need 20% / 80% = 25% gain on your reduced balance.
Why it matters: This is why risk management is crucial. A 50% loss requires a 100% gain to recover. Protect your capital first.
Prop firm context: With typical 5% max drawdown rules, you need ~5.26% gain to recover from max drawdown. Manageable, but still harder than the loss.