Drawdown Calculator

Drawdown recovery calculator

Losses compound against you: a 50% drawdown needs a 100% gain to recover. See where your account stands and how likely a losing streak is at your win rate.

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Peak account balance

Current balance

Gain needed to recover

33.3%

You're 25.0% ($3,000.00) below your peak.

5% drawdown

5.3% to recover

10% drawdown

11.1% to recover

20% drawdown

25.0% to recover

30% drawdown

42.9% to recover

40% drawdown

66.7% to recover

50% drawdown

100.0% to recover

60% drawdown

150.0% to recover

75% drawdown

300.0% to recover

Losing streak odds

Win rate

Losses in a row

Over how many trades

Chance of at least one such streak

54.6%

With a 50% win rate, 6 losses in a row somewhere in 100 trades has a 54.6% chance. Size your positions so that streak doesn't hurt.

Stop calculating by hand

SetMetric is a free trading journal that does this math for every trade you take — position risk, R-multiples, win rate, expectancy and drawdown — and shows you which setups, times and habits make or lose you money.

Why drawdowns are harder to recover than they look

Gain needed to recover = drawdown ÷ (1 − drawdown). A 10% loss needs an 11.1% gain to get back to even, 25% needs 33.3%, and 50% needs 100%.

Because the recovery has to be earned on a smaller account, every extra percent of drawdown gets more expensive. Keeping drawdowns small matters more than finding bigger winners.

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10% drawdown → 11.1% to recover

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20% → 25%

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30% → 42.9%

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40% → 66.7%

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50% → 100%

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75% → 300%

Losing streaks are normal

Even a good strategy has long losing streaks. With a 50% win rate, the chance of at least one streak of 6 losses in a row within 100 trades is about 55% — more likely than not. Knowing that in advance makes it easier to keep following your plan — and to size positions so a normal streak can't do serious damage.

Frequently asked questions

Drawdown is the drop from your account's peak to its current value, as a percentage of the peak: (peak − current) ÷ peak. From $12,000 to $9,000 is a 25% drawdown.

25%. The formula is drawdown ÷ (1 − drawdown), so 0.20 ÷ 0.80 = 0.25.

It varies by strategy and risk per trade, but many disciplined traders aim to keep maximum drawdown under 10–20%. Risk per trade is the main lever: smaller risk means smaller drawdowns during losing streaks.

The calculator computes the exact probability of at least one run of the chosen number of consecutive losses within the number of trades, assuming each trade's outcome is independent and has the win rate you entered.