Drawdown recovery and loss limit calculator
See the gain needed to recover from a drawdown, and how much room is left under a daily or overall loss limit. Free, browser-only, for EA and prop firm accounts.
Gain needed to recover a drawdown
Room left under a loss limit
Firms define these limits differently (balance or equity based, static or trailing, and when the day resets). This uses the simple static version, so check your firm's own rules before relying on it.
Why recovery is harder than the loss
A loss shrinks the balance you are recovering from, so the same percentage gain no longer gets you back. The gain needed is 1 / (1 - drawdown) - 1: a 10% drawdown needs about 11.1%, a 20% drawdown needs 25%, and a 50% drawdown needs 100%.
Using the loss limit section
Prop firms usually set a daily loss limit and an overall loss limit. Enter your starting balance, your balance at the start of the day and your current equity to see the floor and the room left under each. Some firms measure the daily limit from balance, some from equity, and some trail the overall limit upward, so treat the result as a guide and confirm the rule in your firm's own terms.
This calculator is general education, not financial advice. Results are estimates that ignore spread, commission, slippage and swap, and trading carries a high level of risk.