Drawdown recovery calculator
Drawdown recovery calculator
Losses and gains aren't symmetric. Lose 50% and you need +100% just to get back to flat. Enter a drawdown to see the gain required to recover.
- Gain needed to recover
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The recovery math
Gain needed = Drawdown ÷ (1 − Drawdown). The deeper the hole, the steeper the climb:
- · −10% → +11.1%
- · −20% → +25%
- · −33% → +50%
- · −50% → +100%
- · −75% → +300%
This asymmetry is the whole case for hard risk limits: not blowing up is mathematically worth far more than any winning streak. Shibiki enforces your drawdown limit at the broker so the hole never gets deep enough to be unrecoverable — especially on a funded account where a breach ends the game entirely.
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