Metric guide

Max Drawdown (10y)

Worst peak-to-trough drop within the last ~10 years

Standalone ranking availableFoxScore methodology

Plain-language summary

What this metric tells you

Max Drawdown (10y) shows the deepest peak-to-trough loss within the selected 10-year window. It answers the question: how bad did the pain get at the worst point?

Key takeaway

Drawdown is about pain, not final outcome. A great long-term winner can still look brutal on this metric if the journey included one severe collapse.

FoxScore context

How FoxScore uses it

FoxScore uses this as a harsh long-memory risk lens where enough history exists.
It reveals how ugly a complete long cycle could become, not just a recent wobble.
Coverage is narrower here, so the ranking is strongest for mature assets with deep history.

What it measures

The single worst decline from a local high to the following low within the window.
How much damage an investor would have had to sit through at the worst moment.
A harsher but more realistic view of risk than volatility alone.

How to read it

Values are usually negative because they measure losses from a peak.
Closer to 0 is better because it means the worst setback was milder.
Large negative values mean the asset suffered one very deep hole somewhere in the lookback period.

What can mislead

How often losses happened or how long the recovery took.
You treat one historical worst event as if it fully describes day-to-day risk.
You ignore recovery speed or present trend quality.

Most useful when

You care about downside pain more than headline return.
You want to eliminate assets whose past path would have been too hard to hold.
You want a reality check on strong performance numbers.

Important limits

How often losses happened or how long the recovery took.
Whether the asset later recovered strongly after the drawdown.
Whether the current setup is improving right now.

Methodology and sources

Technical definition, calculation notes and sources stay available here without dominating the explanation.

Description

Max drawdown (10y) shows the largest decline within roughly the last 10 years.

For newer assets, 10-year data may be missing - in that case this metric isn’t shown and isn’t ranked.

Calculation

1) H_t = max(Price_{t-10y..t})
2) DD_t = (Price_t / H_t) − 1
3) maxdd_10y = min(DD_t)

Interpretation

Less negative is better (closer to 0).

Source

msci.com

Open source

Current ranking by this metric

Use the ranking after the explanation, not as a standalone investment signal.

Assets in this universe

1
Bitcoin
BTC · crypto
-83.2 %
2
Litecoin
LTC · crypto
-93.4 %
3
Ethereum
ETH · crypto
-94.0 %
4
Ethereum Classic
ETC · crypto
-94.3 %
5
Stellar
XLM · crypto
-96.4 %
6
Zcash
ZEC · crypto
-99.7 %

Rank	Asset	Value
1	Bitcoin BTC · crypto	-83.2 %
2	Litecoin LTC · crypto	-93.4 %
3	Ethereum ETH · crypto	-94.0 %
4	Ethereum Classic ETC · crypto	-94.3 %
5	Stellar XLM · crypto	-96.4 %
6	Zcash ZEC · crypto	-99.7 %

Assets with missing values are hidden. · Top Assets · 6 Entries · Bottom Assets · 6 Entries

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Read together with

These related metrics add the context this metric cannot provide on its own.

Return (10y)

Read it with Return (10y) to judge decade-long payoff against decade-long pain.

CAGR/Drawdown Ratio

Use CAGR/Drawdown Ratio when you want the long-run growth story adjusted for worst damage.

Max Drawdown (5y)

Compare 10-year and 5-year drawdown to see whether the truly ugly event is old history or still relevant.