Drawdown
The percentage decline from a portfolio's (or asset's) peak value to a subsequent trough. Maximum drawdown — the worst such decline over a period — is the risk number most investors actually feel: a 50% drawdown requires a 100% gain to recover. Strategy comparisons that ignore drawdown flatter volatile approaches; every DeployQuant backtest reports it alongside return.
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