Drawdown Recovery Calculator
A drawdown is asymmetric: losing 25% requires more than 25% to recover. Calculate the recovery return and the amount needed to get back to the prior balance.
Recovery math only. No performance promise.
Calculate recovery
Enter current balance or drawdown percentage. If both are present, current balance is used.
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Recovery
Using current balance
Drawdown20%
Gain required25%
Amount to recover10,000
Estimated months7.5
Recovery math should shape the next review
Once the required recovery return is visible, the next question is process: which setups created the decline, whether size increased during losses, and where rules were ignored. The calculator gives the recovery target; the journal explains the path back.
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