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Loss recovery calculator

A drop and the bounce it takes to undo it are not symmetric: down 50% needs +100% back, not +50%. Enter the loss and see the exact gain — and price multiple — required to get back to even. The deeper the hole, the more brutal the climb.

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Enter Loss (%) and the Loss recovery calculator works out Gain needed to recover, Price multiple needed straight away. For instance, with Loss (%) = 50 it returns Gain needed to recover = 100% and Price multiple needed = 2.

How to use it

  1. Enter your values: Loss (%).
  2. Read the result instantly: Gain needed to recover, Price multiple needed.

Frequently asked questions

How does the Loss recovery calculator work?

It takes Loss (%) and derives Gain needed to recover and Price multiple needed from them. The calculation is live as you type, so the result updates on every change.

Which values does the calculator ask for?

A single value: Loss (%). Nothing else is required — no account, no file upload.

What does a typical calculation look like?

With Loss (%) = 50, the calculator returns Gain needed to recover = 100% and Price multiple needed = 2. Those figures come from running this exact tool, so you can reproduce them by entering the same values.

How much does the result change with different inputs?

It moves a lot. Using Loss (%) = 100 instead, Gain needed to recover goes from 100% to 9,999,900% — which is why it is worth testing a few scenarios rather than trusting a single figure.

What does it give for smaller values?

Scaled down to Loss (%) = 0, Gain needed to recover comes out at 0%. The relationship is worth checking at both ends before you rely on a single result.

When would I actually use this?

Comparing two investments that pay at different times, deciding whether a project clears its cost of capital, and sanity-checking a valuation someone else produced.

What is the most common mistake?

Trusting a valuation without asking what share of it comes from the terminal value. Past 70%, the answer is an assumption about the distant future dressed up as a calculation.

What is the difference between the Loss recovery calculator and the Impermanent loss calculator?

This one returns Gain needed to recover and Price multiple needed; the Impermanent loss calculator returns Price change and Impermanent loss. That is the whole difference — open the one whose figure you need.

Is there a tool for the next step?

Stop-Loss & Take-Profit Calculator is the closest one after this: Place the stop and target of a long or short position from a risk:reward ratio, two percentages or two exact prices — with risk and reward per share, the realised R:R, the break-even win rate and optional position sizing.

What else is worth having open alongside it?

Capital Gains Calculator and Break-even price calculator — they come up in the same task often enough to be worth a second tab.

Further reading

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ExplainerLeverage, Liquidation, and the Asymmetry of LossesLiquidation distance is (1 ÷ L − m) ÷ (1 − m): at 20× that is 2.56 percent on a 2.5 percent maintenance margin, inside a normal day. Recovering a loss needs 1 ÷ (1 − L) − 1, so 90 percent lost needs 900 percent back. Combined, repeated leveraged bets on a market with a genuine +0.08 percent edge compound at −1.23 percent per period at 10×.GuideWhere to Set a Stop-Loss and a Take-ProfitThe stop goes where your idea is wrong, not where your comfort runs out — and then the position size adapts to it. Here is the volatility argument, the sizing arithmetic, and the win rate each reward multiple demands.ExplainerWhat Is Slippage in Crypto? Price Impact, Tolerance and What It CostsPrice impact is arithmetic: on a constant-product pool it equals your trade size divided by the reserve plus your trade. Here is the formula, a table of trade size against impact, and why the setting called slippage tolerance changes none of it.ExplainerRisk/Reward Ratio Explained: The Win Rate Each Ratio RequiresA 1:3 ratio does not make you right more often — it lets you be wrong three times out of four and still break even. Here is the inversion, a table of ratio against required win rate, and what costs do to both.GuidePosition Sizing: What the 1 Percent Rule Actually ConstrainsThe rule caps the loss, not the position. Here is the formula, a worked example, and what a run of ten losses costs at 1 percent versus 2 percent.How-toHow to Calculate Your Liquidation Price on a Leveraged PositionThe liquidation price follows directly from your leverage: at 10x a 10 percent move wipes you out. Here is the formula, the maintenance margin that moves it closer, and how to read the number before you open.