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Peak to trough calculation

Hi everyone,
Once I have my algorithm set I would like to know not only what's the max drawdown but the period when it happened. As the summary results are monthly, is there any piece of code I can include so that I see the peak to trough and the exact dates?. For instance, in the attached backtest, the max drawdown is 62,5%, but in 12 months the max was 60,8%, maybe in this case the drawdown lasted more than 12...

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Maybe the drawdown plots in pyfolio will help. Check out this lecture for more information: https://www.quantopian.com/lectures/portfolio-analysis

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