Drawdown Recovery
Losses and gains are not symmetrical. See exactly how many winning trades it takes to get back to even.
Starting balance
$
Drawdown taken
%
Win rate going forward
%
Payout
%
Stake per trade
%
Trades per day
Recovery plan
Lost
-$150
Balance now $350
Gain needed
+42.9%
to recover a 30% loss
Clean wins needed
17
if you never lose again
Realistic trades
109
about 11 days
Climb back to even
Target $500
$513
$338
After the lossBack to even
The recovery trap
A 50% loss needs a 100% gain. A 75% loss needs 300%. This is why capping your daily loss matters far more than finding a better strategy.
Recovery is realistic
You need about 109 trades at $10.5 per trade to get back to $500, roughly 11 days at 10 trades a day. Do not increase the stake to speed this up. Raising risk after a drawdown is the single most common way accounts go to zero.