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Drawdown Recovery Calculator
Free drawdown calculator. See the percentage gain needed to recover from any loss and how many consecutive losing trades it takes to reach that drawdown at your risk per trade.
The risk per trade shows how many consecutive losses reach this drawdown when each loss takes the same percentage of remaining equity.
RECOVERY TABLE
| Drawdown | Gain to recover |
|---|---|
| −5% | +5.3% |
| −10% | +11.1% |
| −20% | +25% |
| −30% | +42.9% |
| −40% | +66.7% |
| −50% | +100% |
| −60% | +150% |
| −75% | +300% |
| −90% | +900% |
RESULTRecovery
Gain needed to break even+25%
From a −20% drawdown back to the starting balance
- Consecutive losses at 1% risk
- 23
- Balance left from $10,000
- $8,000.00
Losses compound against you: the deeper the drawdown, the faster the required gain grows. Keeping risk per trade small is what keeps drawdowns recoverable.
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Why is the recovery gain bigger than the loss?
After a loss you grow a smaller balance. A 50% loss needs a 100% gain to break even because the remaining half has to double.
How many losses cause a 20% drawdown?
At 1% risk of remaining equity per trade it takes 23 consecutive losses; at 2% it takes 12; at 5% only 5.
Educational estimates only, not financial advice. Results exclude spread, commission, swap and slippage unless stated. Check every value against your broker’s specification before trading.