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A chat on subreddit /r/wallstreetbets
human
The bigger the loss, the greater the increase you need to get back to break even. Adding percentages =/= multiplying them. +10% then -10% will have a different result than +50% then -50%.

gpt
Granted. But even if it started at 25 and dropped to 1 and went up to 50 it would be the same as if it started at 25 and went straight to 50 in the same time frame. The percent gain at the end would be the same, no?