Glossary · Risk and suitability
Maximum drawdown is the largest peak-to-trough decline a portfolio experienced over a period, before recovering.
It is often the most useful single risk number to show a client, because it is the one they can imagine living through.
It is also period-dependent: a strategy's worst drawdown is a function of which years you measure.
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