Skip to content
Newsletter ·The Edge, Jason's market letter every Monday. Free.
Skip to content
build.logmembers=online.now=trades.logged=expectancy=net=
stats·Statistics & risk

Drawdown

Peak-to-trough decline in equity. Reported as max-DD (worst observed) and current-DD (active).

How the desk uses this

Statistics and risk terms like this one are the backbone of how the desk sizes positions and reports edge — not vibes, math.

Back to the full glossary