Risk

Drawdown Analyzer

Every peak-to-trough fall in a fund's history — how deep, how long, and how long to recover.

−60%
Worst Nifty 50 crash (2008)
~4 yrs
GFC recovery time
~5 mo
COVID crash recovery
Sample output

Top drawdowns, ranked

A Nifty-50-style fund shows its deepest falls — roughly −38% in the March 2020 COVID crash, far more in 2008 — each annotated with how long it stayed underwater before recovering. Depth and recovery time together tell you how the fund behaves under stress, before you commit.

Illustrative result with sample data — run it on a real fund after signing up.

What it does

Know how a fund behaves when markets fall

Every drawdown event

Identify each peak-to-trough decline across the fund's full NAV history, ranked by depth.

Depth and duration

For each event, see how far it fell, how long the fall lasted, and how long recovery took.

Know the worst case

The maximum drawdown frames what a bad stretch has historically felt like for this fund.

How it works

A fund's full fall-and-recovery history

1

Pick a fund

Select any fund covered by TruFactor's NAV data.

2

We scan the NAV curve

We compute the running peak and the percentage decline from it at every date, marking each trough and recovery.

3

Study the events

Review the ranked list and the underwater curve to understand the fund's downside behaviour.

FAQ

Common questions

What is a drawdown?+

A drawdown is the percentage decline from a fund's peak NAV to a later trough. If NAV fell from ₹100 to ₹65, that's a 35% drawdown. The analysis shows not just how far a fund fell but how long it stayed underwater before reaching a new high.

Why does drawdown matter more than volatility?+

Standard deviation is abstract. Drawdown is intuitive: 'if I'd invested at the worst time, how much would I have lost, and for how long?' For anyone who might panic-sell in a crash, knowing historical drawdowns sets realistic expectations up front.

What's the maximum drawdown of a Nifty 50 index fund?+

Roughly 58–60% during the 2008 Global Financial Crisis and about 38% in the March 2020 COVID crash. The 2008 fall took around four years to recover; the 2020 crash recovered in about five months.

How is drawdown calculated?+

From daily NAV: we track the running maximum NAV and the percentage decline from that peak at each date. The chart plots that time series, and the top events are ranked by depth with their peak, trough and recovery dates.

Run it on your fund

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