Drawdown Calculator

Risk Management

See how far a losing streak pulls your account down, and what it takes to recover.

Starting balance

USD

Loss per trade

Consecutive losing trades

Balance after losses

$8,170.73

Total drawdown

18.29%

Gain needed to recover

22.39%

Recovery amount

$1,829.27

Balance during the losing streak

Drawdown vs. recovery gain reference

Drawdown	Gain required
5%	+5.3%
10%	+11.1%
15%	+17.6%
20%	+25%
25%	+33.3%
30%	+42.9%
40%	+66.7%
50%	+100%
60%	+150%
70%	+233.3%
80%	+400%
90%	+900%

Recovery gain is asymmetric: a 50% drawdown requires a 100% gain just to break even. The bigger the drawdown, the harder it is to recover — which is why position sizing and stop losses matter more as losses compound.

How to use it

Using the Drawdown Calculator in 4 steps

1Enter your starting balance, the loss % per trade, and the number of consecutive losing trades to simulate.
2Watch the balance curve and the total drawdown percentage it produces.
3Compare against the recovery table to see the gain % required just to get back to even.

Why it matters

What this does for your trading

Visualizes how fast a losing streak compounds — before it happens with real money.
Shows why limiting drawdown matters more than chasing big wins, since recovery gets exponentially harder.
Stress-tests your risk-per-trade setting against a realistic losing streak.