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Maximum Drawdown: Why a 50% Loss Needs a 100% Gain
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Drawdown and recovery asymmetry
- Strategy recovers from loss
- Drawdown measures peak-to-trough decline
- 20% loss needs 25% gain to recover
- 50% loss needs 100% gain
- Asymmetry explains drawdown importance
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