Drawdown (Underwater)

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status="ready" · 313 weekly closes of a simulated balanced portfolio, Jan 2019 to Dec 2024. Only the levels are given; the running peak, every dip, the trough and all the durations are derived in the component. Four dips reached 5% or deeper — the 32.9% crash into 27 Mar 2020 that took 217 days to get back, a 19.3% bear that stayed under for 679 days, a 7.2% winter dip, and a 9.3% one that is still open, hatched and flagged. The other 29 ripples stayed shallower than the threshold and are drawn in muted ink. Point at the plot, or Tab to it and use the arrow keys, to read any week.

Balanced portfolio · underwater

max -32.9% · 4 episodes past 5% · under water 87% of the time

below the running peak
deepest point
still under water
peak regained
dip under 5%

Dec 27, 2024
Portfolio value$200,636
peak$218,345
drawdown-8.1%
119 d into this dip

Max drawdown-32.9%Mar 27, 2020
Time under water87%1,904 d of 2,184 d
Now-8.1%119 d and counting

-32.9%Jan 31, 2020 → Sep 4, 2020
217 d under water · trough Mar 27, 2020 · 161 d back to the peak
-19.3%Dec 31, 2021 → Nov 10, 2023
679 d under water · trough Aug 26, 2022 · 441 d back to the peak
-9.3%Aug 30, 2024 → not recoveredstill under water
119 d under water so far · trough Dec 13, 2024 · 14 d since the trough
+1 shallower episode past 5%, in the data table

Every point is portfolio value against its own running peak, so the line can only hang below zero and touches it again exactly when a new high is set. Depth is one half of the story and duration is the other: this series spent 87% of its 2,184 d below a peak, at an average depth of -5.9% — the area under the curve over the whole span, not the average of the dips. 29 dips stayed shallower than 5% and are drawn in muted ink rather than ranked. Point at the plot, or Tab to it and use the arrow keys, to read any date.

Underwater chart: percent below the running peak for 313 weekly observations, Jan 4, 2019 to Dec 27, 2024. Max drawdown -32.9% on Mar 27, 2020, from a peak of $133,378. Under water 1,904 d of 2,184 d (87%), average depth -5.9%. 4 episodes reached 5% or deeper, plus 29 shallower ripples. Currently -8.1% below the peak, 119 d under water. Each episode follows in the data table.
Rank	Depth	Peak	Trough	Recovered	Under water	Trough to recovery
1	-32.9%	Jan 31, 2020 at $133,378	Mar 27, 2020 at $89,469	Sep 4, 2020	217 d	161 d
2	-19.3%	Dec 31, 2021 at $186,696	Aug 26, 2022 at $150,604	Nov 10, 2023	679 d	441 d
3	-9.3%	Aug 30, 2024 at $218,345	Dec 13, 2024 at $198,094	still under water	119 d so far	not yet
4	-7.2%	Nov 17, 2023 at $193,590	Jan 5, 2024 at $179,714	Feb 23, 2024	98 d	49 d

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Balanced portfolio · underwater

Percent below the running peak, with every dip and how long it took back

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A drawdown is measured against a running peak, so it needs at least two dated levels — a single observation is its own high and can only ever read 0%. Send the value series itself, not period returns.

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Balanced portfolio · underwater

Percent below the running peak, with every dip and how long it took back

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Balanced portfolio · underwater

Percent below the running peak, with every dip and how long it took back

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