Understand Passive Income Coverage and Investment Discipline

See which income counts as passive and how contribution consistency and large withdrawals affect discipline.

Written by the Hugo team
Updated July 29, 2026 · 1 min read

Passive Income Coverage

The primary calculation is:

(declared passive monthly income + estimated savings interest) ÷ monthly expenses × 100

Declared passive income comes from Income items with Passive income enabled. Hugo also estimates interest from savings accounts using trailing-12-month balance changes minus deposits. Investment-account gains are excluded because they are typically unrealized and can reverse.

If no declared or estimated passive income exists, Hugo displays a conservative fallback based on a 4% annual withdrawal rate from liquid net worth rather than automatically showing zero.

Investment Discipline Score

This metric uses investment accounts only:

  • 60% contribution consistency—the share of the trailing 12 months with positive net activity;
  • 40% withdrawal stability—the share of months in which withdrawals stayed below 10% of the prior month’s balance.

With fewer than two months of history, Hugo returns a neutral 50.

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