Drawdown calculator
How deep the decline from the peak actually is
Enter a peak value and a trough value to get the drawdown in percent and dollars, plus the gain required to recover it.
- Drawdown
- 30.00%
- Dollars lost
- $36,000
- Gain needed back
- 42.86%
What the inputs mean
- Peak value
- Highest value reached.
- Trough value
- Lowest value after that peak.
Formula
Worked example
Peak $120,000, trough $84,000 → 30% drawdown, 42.86% needed back.
Questions people ask
Is drawdown measured on closing values?
Either convention works as long as it is consistent. Closing values are the common choice because intraday extremes are rarely tradeable.
Limitations
Every result here is arithmetic on the numbers you enter. It carries no view on any specific security, assumes returns are steady when real returns are not, and ignores taxes, slippage and commissions. Use it to size and sanity-check, not to forecast.
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