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Drawdown & recovery calculator

The arithmetic from The arithmetic of losses, live: enter a loss, see the bill. Then pick a monthly pace — a hypothetical assumption you choose, not a number anyone is promising — and see how long repayment takes.

Drawdown (%):

Hypothetical recovery pace (% per month, your assumption):

Required gain—

Months to recover—

Of a 100 account— what you'd be rebuilding from

The rule it teachesstay on the flat part

All outputs are arithmetic consequences of YOUR two inputs. The pace is hypothetical — nothing on this site suggests any particular pace is achievable, and real results do not arrive in steady monthly installments.

Reference table

Drawdown	Required gain
10%	+11%
20%	+25%
30%	+43%
50%	+100%
70%	+233%
90%	+900%

This calculator shows what recovery requires — not what any system, channel, or pace achieves. It is arithmetic, not a forecast. Back to the curriculum.