Drawdown Recovery Calculator
See the gain you need to recover from a drawdown, how much money that is, and how long it could take.
Why losses are harder to recover
A drawdown and the gain needed to recover from it are not the same size. After a 50% loss, a $10,000 account is worth $5,000, and you need a 100% gain to get back to $10,000.
Gain needed to recover = Drawdown ÷ (1 − Drawdown)
Small drawdowns are easy to recover: 10% needs an 11.1% gain. Large ones are not: 30% needs 42.9% and 75% needs 300%. This asymmetry is why professional traders focus on limiting drawdown before chasing returns.
How long recovery takes
If you enter an average monthly return, the calculator estimates how many months it would take to recover at that rate. Real returns are rarely steady, so treat the estimate as a guide rather than a plan.
Protect your account first
The easiest drawdown to recover from is the one you never have. Keeping risk per trade between 0.5% and 1% and setting a daily loss limit keeps drawdowns small enough to recover from quickly. Use the risk of ruin calculator to test your settings.
Watch your drawdown in real time
Clarity Tracking tracks current and maximum drawdown on every account, including prop firm daily and overall limits, so you can step back before a drawdown becomes hard to recover.
