Learn: Drawdowns, Explained with Data
This library explains drawdowns with data: what they are, how the biggest declines rank, how DrawdownAlerts scores their severity, and where today's valuations sit versus each stock's own history. Every guide is built on daily price history across the assets we track.
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Biggest Drawdowns Ranked
Hundreds of tracked stocks and cryptocurrencies ranked by drawdown depth and duration, recomputed daily from the latest market data.
Stocks Below Historical Valuation
Tracked stocks ranked by where today's P/S and EV/EBITDA ratios sit within each stock's own record, updated daily.
What Is a Drawdown?
The percentage decline from an asset's all-time high: definition, formula, and real examples.
S&P 500 Drawdown History
Every significant S&P 500 drawdown since 1985 with depth, duration, recovery time, and Severity Score.
Nasdaq Drawdown History
Every significant Nasdaq Composite drawdown since 1985, including the dot-com crash, with depth, duration, and recovery time.
Drawdowns vs Corrections vs Bear Markets
Clear definitions and key differences between the three terms, with historical examples and data.
Maximum Drawdown vs Severity Score
How the Drawdown Severity Score differs from maximum drawdown (MDD), and when to use each metric.
The Drawdown Severity Score
The proprietary 0-12+ scale that measures how statistically unusual a decline is versus an asset's own history.
Methodology
Full transparency on how the Severity Score is calculated: data sources, statistics, and score interpretation.
Glossary
Definitions of key drawdown terms: maximum drawdown, peak-to-trough, recovery time, severity zones, and more.
Why Markets Spend Time Below Their Highs
The S&P 500 has traded below a prior high about 90% of the time, and which severity levels are historically rare.
Know the moment one of these drawdowns turns rare
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