Drawdown Recovery Calculator
A loss and the gain that undoes it are percentages of different amounts, so recovery always takes more than the loss. Enter a drawdown — as a percentage or as peak and current equity — and a monthly return, and see the gain and the time it takes to get back.
- Drawdown
- −30.0%
- Gain needed
- +42.9%
- Months at 2%/month
- 18.0
Gain needed = loss ÷ (1 − loss). Months = ln(1 ÷ (1 − loss)) ÷ ln(1 + monthly return), assuming the same return every month — which no strategy delivers. The point of the number is the order of magnitude, not the date.
Educational tool, not financial advice. Trading gold and other leveraged products carries a high level of risk, including the possible loss of some or all of your capital. Automated strategies do not guarantee profit, and past or simulated performance is not indicative of future results. Risk disclosure.