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Drawdown Recovery Calculator

Losses and gains are not symmetric. Lose half your account and you do not need 50% to get back — you need 100%, because the gain is measured against the smaller balance left behind.

Press Calculate to see the result for this balance.

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How it is worked out

Required gain = amount lost ÷ balance remaining. The asymmetry comes from the denominator: the loss is measured against the larger balance, the recovery against the smaller one that survived it. The deeper the loss, the faster that gap widens.

Why this number matters

This is the arithmetic behind every serious risk rule. It is not a scare figure. A 90% loss needs a 900% gain to undo, which in practice does not happen. Protecting a balance is far cheaper than recovering one.

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