Drawdown and recovery calculator
A 10% loss needs an 11.1% gain to recover, a 50% loss needs 100%. Enter a loss and a risk per trade to see the recovery and how long a losing streak a plan's limits allow.
- 11.1%gain that recovers a 10% loss
- 100%gain that recovers a 50% loss
- $7,500Max Loss on a $100K Edge 1 Step
How it is calculated
Measure the hole
Lose 10% of $100,000 and you have $90,000. A drawdown and the gain that undoes it are not the same size, because the gain is earned on the smaller balance.
Climb from the smaller balance
Getting back to $100,000 is $10,000 on $90,000, which is 11.1%. At 20% down the recovery is 25%, at 50% down it is 100%. The deeper the hole, the faster the climb steepens, which is why loss limits are set where they are.
Count the streak
The second half of the tool counts how many full losses in a row fit inside a limit at a fixed risk per trade: limit ÷ (balance × risk).
Losing streaks on a $100K Edge 1 Step
The Max Daily Loss is $4,000 and the Max Loss is $7,500. At 1% risk ($1,000 a trade) that is 4 losing trades in one day and 7 in total; at 0.5% it is 8 and 15.
On WhitePips futures accounts the Maximum Loss Limit trails: on One Step it is end-of-day trailing ($2,000 on $50K), recalculated at each session close and only ever moving up. On a trailing limit, profit taken and then given back still counts against you, so the room left can be less than the starting figure.
Max Loss, static or trailing
WhitePips CFD plans use a static Max Loss, fixed from the starting balance. The futures plans trail: on One Step the limit is end-of-day trailing ($2,000 on $50K), recalculated at each session close and only ever moving up.
For education. The results are arithmetic on the figures you enter; the contract specification, prices and commission on your platform decide real results. Nothing here is financial advice, and trading leveraged products can lose money.
Drawdown and recovery calculator: questions
How much do I need to make back after a 20% loss?
25%. The gain is earned on the smaller balance: $80,000 needs $20,000 to return to $100,000, which is 25% of $80,000.
What is the difference between static and trailing drawdown?
A static limit is fixed from the starting balance and never moves. A trailing limit follows the account's high (or, end-of-day trailing, each session's closing balance) up, and stops once it reaches the starting balance. WhitePips CFD plans use a static Max Loss; the futures plans trail. Static and trailing drawdown explained.
Does the daily loss reset every day?
Yes. On CFD accounts it is measured from each day's opening balance, so it refreshes at the start of the trading day. On futures the Daily Loss Limit is soft where a plan sets one: reaching it stops trading for the rest of the day and the account stays open.
Is a drawdown on a funded account my own money?
No. WhitePips accounts are simulated; losses reduce the simulated balance and can end the account under its rules, but you are never asked to pay a trading loss. The fee you paid for the account is what you can lose.
Put the numbers to work
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