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Max drawdown

the worst hole a holder had to sit through · Risk & quality — durability and the shape of the bet

In plain English

The largest peak-to-trough drop the stock suffered over the period — the deepest decline a holder had to endure. It answers “how bad has it actually gotten?”, which an average like volatility can hide. The app uses it on the risk side of the Most Upside screen.

The calculation
max drawdown = the largest (peak − trough) ÷ peak over the period
What each piece means
peak
— a high-water mark in the price
trough
— the lowest point reached before a new high — the bottom of the hole
Dig deeper
See it run on live stocks →Weekly Monitor computes this on ~1,000 names — free, in your browser, every formula shown. Nothing here is advice.
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