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Drawdown recovery calculator

How much do you need to gain to recover from a loss, and how many winning trades does that take?

Drawdown: 30%

Gain per winning trade (%)

Win rate (%)

Gain needed42.9%

Winning trades in a row18

Recovery needed = loss ÷ (1 − loss). It grows much faster than the loss itself.

Owlgo · Why this hurts

Drag the slider. Losing 50% needs a 100% gain to get back. That's why small losses matter more than big wins.

Recovery table

Loss	To recover
10%	11.1%
25%	33.3%
50%	100%
75%	300%
90%	900%

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