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Crypto drawdown recovery calculator

Calculate the percentage gain needed to recover a decline in portfolio value.

As of 2026-10-10

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Gain needed to recover: 25.00%After a 20% decline, 80% of the original peak remains. Recovery uses this smaller balance: 20 ÷ 80 × 100 = 25.00%. This does not predict a recovery date.

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Portfolio value (USD)

BTC 50-day trend: completed 2024 backtest with SPY and BTC buy and hold$25.3K$8.9KLargest decline in plotted observations: 28.77%, 2024-03-13, 20:00:00 UTC to 2024-10-11, 13:30:00 UTC2024-01-012024-12-31
BTC 50-day trend 2024-12-31, 21:00:00 UTC
$15,660.69
SPY buy and hold 2024-12-31, 21:00:00 UTC
$12,530.29
BTC buy and hold 2024-12-31, 21:00:00 UTC
$21,926.92

BTC 50-day trend: 28.77% largest decline in plotted observations. 2024-03-13, 20:00:00 UTC ($14,803.09) to 2024-10-11, 13:30:00 UTC ($10,544.26).

BTC 50-day trendSPY buy and holdBTC buy and holdHistorical simulation
Strategy return
56.61%
Maximum drawdown
28.77%
SPY return
25.30%
BTC return
119.27%

This saved algorithm completed a Day backtest from 2024-01-01 through 2024-12-31, with $10000.00 starting capital. The chart includes all 744 exported history points.

Compare the strategy with SPY and BTC buy and hold. Each benchmark invests the full $10000.00 starting balance over the same 2024 period. SPY follows its trading sessions; BTC includes weekends. This algorithm follows its own allocation and entry/exit rules, with 0.7% of traded notional charged on each fill. Explore cash and position values to see how capital was deployed.

Calculate recovery from an actual BTC strategy decline

The stored portfolio snapshots declined from $14,803.09 at 2024-03-13T20:00:00.000Z to $10,544.26 at 2024-10-11T13:30:00.000Z. The observed decline is 28.77%; regaining that peak requires ($14,803.09 / $10,544.26 − 1) × 100 = 40.39%.

Enter the rounded decline above and compare its rounded recovery with this source-value calculation. Recovery arithmetic supplies no date of recovery; inspect the full chronological curve to determine whether and when the peak was regained.

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Required recovery gain = drawdown / (100 minus drawdown) × 100. A 20% drawdown needs a 25% gain to recover the prior peak.

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