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# Cumulative Return

Cumulative Return is the total return since the first Account Balance entry, adjusted for deposits/withdrawals.

**Today's Cumulative Return = (1 + Yesterday's Cumulative Return) \* (1 + Today's Daily Return) - 1**

*For example:* If your Cumulative Return yesterday was 10%, and today's Daily Return is 2%, today's Cumulative Return would be 12.2%.

Read about how [Daily Return](/wingman-concepts/all-metrics-and-terms/daily-return.md) is calculated to understand how it smoothes the effect of deposits.


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