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Bitcoin Allocation Calculator

See how adding Bitcoin affects your portfolio's risk and return. Powered by J.P. Morgan 2026 Capital Market Assumptions.

Your Current Portfolio

60%
30%
10%

Stocks = MSCI ACWI · Bonds = US Aggregate · Cash = Money Market

Optimal Bitcoin Allocation
20.0%
Sharpe ratio improves by 26.8% (0.2680.340) with only 3.1pp more volatility

Side-by-Side Comparison

Metric0% BTC1% BTC2% BTC5% BTC10% BTC15% BTC20% BTC
Expected Return6.0%6.0%6.1%6.4%6.9%7.3%7.8%
Volatility10.6%10.7%10.7%10.9%11.6%12.5%13.7%
Sharpe Ratio0.2680.2760.2830.3020.3240.3360.340
Est. Max Drawdown-26.6%-26.7%-26.8%-27.3%-28.9%-31.3%-34.3%

Max drawdown estimated as 2.5× annual volatility (95th percentile approximation). Highlighted column has the best Sharpe ratio.

Risk-Return Frontier

Each point represents a different Bitcoin allocation (0–20%). The teal dot marks the optimal Sharpe ratio.

Key Insight: Adding 20.0% Bitcoin to your 60/30/10 portfolio improves the Sharpe ratio by 26.8% while increasing volatility by only 3.1 percentage points. Bitcoin's low correlation to traditional assets (0.35 to equities) provides meaningful diversification even at small allocations.

Methodology

Expected returns and correlations from J.P. Morgan 2026 Long-Term Capital Market Assumptions (30th edition). Bitcoin assumptions are Portfolio Lab estimates (15% geometric return, 42.5% volatility) informed by published institutional research. Read our methodology.

Sharpe Ratio = (Portfolio Return − Risk-Free Rate) / Portfolio Volatility. Risk-free rate: 3.1% (US Cash, JPM LTCMA).

Max drawdown is a statistical estimate (2.5× annual volatility), not a historical backtest. Actual drawdowns can be larger.

This tool uses forward-looking assumptions, not historical data. Past performance does not guarantee future results.

Read the full analysis: How Much Bitcoin Should Be in Your Portfolio?

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