What Is Maximum Drawdown? Why Can a Profitable Long-Term Trading Strategy Still Experience Unbearable Consecutive Losses?

In cryptocurrency trading, some strategies may be profitable over the long term but experience significant losses along the way. If traders do not assess in advance how far their account could fall, they may be forced to exit before the strategy has a chance to recover. Maximum drawdown is an important metric for measuring this risk.

First, what is maximum drawdown?

Maximum drawdown (MDD) is the largest percentage decline in an account’s net asset value from a previous p

BigMingBrotherInThe 36 minutes ago

Honestly, when I see prices like these, my first reaction isn't excitement; it's to calm down and think it through. You need to know what these stocks used to trade at, what they trade at now, and how far they've fallen in between. SanDisk has indeed more than halved from its peak, and Micron has slid all the way down from over $1,000. Intel is even worse—Intel at $50 is something you never would have imagined before. But there's a reason things are cheap; the market isn't stupid, and there's definitely logic behind a drop this steep.
Can you buy now? My view is: don't go all in at once. Build

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PleaseCallMeMr.Mai2 hours agoBearish

The Apple gifts for fans have all been distributed. 😊

KamileUray 2 hours ago

We are tracking the falling wedge forming in #xag #Gümüş . As long as it holds the 48.5 low, the wedge may still play out.
It broke through 51 resistance with volume and is now coming back to test the resistance it broke. The broken resistance may act as support. After the retest, it could rise toward 54-55 resistance.
If there is no close above the 54-55 zone, the decline could resume, indicating that the rise was a reaction to the downtrend.
If it closes above the 54-55 zone, the rise is expected to continue further.
After that, we will watch the 59 level. If it closes above, the upper edge

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GLk666 24 minutes ago

Ake knew you were going to get hard, but didn’t know you were this hard.

YufengA 37 minutes ago

From the four-hour structure, this pullback broke through the short-term consolidation range with a large bearish candle with a full body, directly disrupting the previous short-term bullish uptrend. Profit-taking at higher levels and concentrated selling pressure completely reversed the short-term strength, and the broader market has officially entered a weak correction phase.

After a rapid, deep decline, slight buying support emerged at short-term lows, and prices have temporarily stabilized and moved sideways. However, the overall rebound is extremely weak, with a slow and feeble recovery;

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DragonFlyOfficial 10 minutes ago

#ETHDrops5.5%

WORKED FOR 8S
ETH DROPS 5.5%: WHAT TRIGGERED THE SELL-OFF, AND WHAT HAPPENS NEXT?

WHY DID ETHEREUM SUDDENLY FALL?

Is Ethereum facing a deeper correction, or is this another temporary market shock? That is the question many crypto investors are asking after ETH suffered a sharp decline, losing more than 5.5% during the latest wave of market selling.

Ethereum, the second-largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization, has come under significant pressure as investors moved away from riskier assets. The decline was not limited to ETH. Bitcoin and several other major cryptocurre

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GateUser-6c30d667 an hour ago

$MAGIC
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#MAGIC is at strong support level. In this move we can see 100%+ gain here ✍🏻
#MAGICUSDT #MAGICBTC #BTC #Bitcoin #NFTs

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cryptosana an hour ago

Pump market update

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ChenAn an hour ago

At 21:30 tonight, the US October employment and wage data will be released together, marking a key macro pricing window affecting short-term BTC and ETH volatility.

Current market expectations: nonfarm payrolls previously rose by 29,000, with consensus at 65,000; the unemployment rate is expected to remain unchanged from the previous 4.20%; annual wage growth is expected to decline from 3.00% to 2.90%. The key market driver is not the absolute data figures, but the repricing of the Fed rate-cut path driven by data surprises.

▫️If employment data is stronger than expected: Labor market resili

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Goku3567 2 hours ago

GM Saiyans! 🙌
“Never lose that childlike part of yourself that marvels at the simplest things, laughs for no reason, and believes anything is possible.”
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$BTC : $75.406
$ETH : $2.216
#BTC Fear & Greed Index: 28
#Bitcoin Dominance: 60%

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ARiceLoverWhoLovesToEatRice.26 minutes ago

Last night, the Nasdaq 100 plunged 6.36%, and $BTC was not spared...

It tumbled from above $80,000 to around $75,000, falling more than 6% in 24 hours, while the crypto market saw over $1 billion in liquidations.

I've been watching the correlation between BTC and U.S. stocks, and this once again confirmed a pattern:

When global capital starts collectively reducing risk exposure, BTC still finds it hard to decouple; especially when market volatility surges, leveraged liquidations further amplify short-term declines.

BTC has now returned to the vicinity of its previous key low, and the $75,

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TheSmartApe🔥44 minutes ago

the @Enter_Elysium launchpad war has a clear winner. and it’s not @AscendLaunch.
@MontraXYZ launched its first coin 30 hours ago. in the last 24 hours it did 55% of all launchpad volume on elysium.
last 24h, platform tokens excluded:
> montra: $4.49m. 55%
> ascend: $2.39m. 29%
> elyspump: $608k. 7.5%
> @TheKleos_: $402k. 4.9%
> @Boxa_Elysium: $68k. 0.8%
montra has done the most volume every single hour for the last 12 hours.
and it’s not one coin carrying it. take out its biggest coin, $eaccat, and montra still did about $3m. more than ascend did in total.
the money is moving in the same direc

GoodLuckIsComingYourWay!2 hours ago

Keep me posted—we’re getting ready to roll

StarshineWisdomEyesSmartTravel an hour ago

$BTC Price: 75722, down 5.91% over 24h, with a trading volume of 2075.5M USDT. Technical signals are bearish: MA5=75860.8 is below MA20=76724.7, with clear resistance from short-term moving averages; RSI=30.2 is approaching oversold territory; the MACD histogram at -8.414 shows bearish momentum persisting; Bollinger Bands [73837.6, 79611.8], with price trading near the lower band; the Fear and Greed Index is 28, indicating market fear. The funding rate remains positive at +0.0059%, making long positions costly and vulnerable to liquidation.
Overall view: The short-term outlook remains bearish,

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skyvera 28 minutes ago

🔹Michael Saylor Warns That AI-Powered Hackers Are Targeting Crypto Assets! How Can Platforms Prove

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AxelAdlerJr 16 minutes ago

Tech stocks suffered their biggest one-day drop since COVID and the VIX surged nearly 70%. Why did the Democrats’ victory rattle AI investors, and how is the selloff putting pressure on Bitcoin?
I break it down in Morning Brief #295 👇

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CryptoMishuan hour ago

GateSquare2026-11-06 03:10:38

🤖 After AI tech stocks plunged, will the next wave of opportunity be in applications?

U.S. stocks saw a sharp correction overnight, with chip, server, and data center stocks all under pressure. AI’s high valuations are once again being put to the test.

But the AI story isn’t over. The market’s focus is shifting:
From “who is investing the most in computing power” to “who can actually make money with AI.”

🔍 Google: Can AI search and advertising generate more revenue?
☁️ Microsoft, Amazon: Can cloud computing and AI services continue to deliver growth?
🚀 Meta, Palantir, Oracle: Can AI commercialization open up new profit opportunities?

If capital shifts from AI computing power to applications, who do you think is most likely to rebound first?
Join #美股史诗级抛售 on Gate Square to share your observations on AI stocks, market outlook, or trading strategies.

🎁 The Gate AI Applications Campaign is also underway. Trade designated AI application and cloud service stocks and complete tasks for a chance to enter a lucky draw and compete for the leaderboard. You could win up to 1,888 USDT in Google stock trial funds.

👉 Campaign entry: https://www.gate.com/zh/campaigns/6916

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BlockchainTuoge30 minutes ago

$RAM 's -23.87% move slapped me in the face. The day before yesterday, I watched it surge to 6.68 and got carried away, chasing it at 6.2, thinking “I’ll add more if it breaks above the previous high.” Instead, it tanked right after I bought, dropping as low as 4.51. For those two hours, my heart was racing harder than the candlesticks.
The lesson is simple: with a market doing only 11.5M in trading volume, pumps and dumps happen in an instant. Applying large-cap “breakout logic” to a small-cap coin was just asking to get rekt. At the current price of 5.04, my plan is not to average down. I’ll

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