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S&P 500 Underwater Chart
A clean standalone drawdown chart showing how far the S&P 500 is sitting below its own running peak at every point in time.
The deep history is for NASDUCK paid members.
This free chart covers the last five years. Everything older, plus the CSV and JSON downloads, comes with a paid NASDUCK subscription.
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The latest series values and a keyboard-readable date table are below the chart. CSV and JSON downloads are for NASDUCK paid members.
Dates & readable data
Selected historical events
Curated anchors for market context, rather than a complete news feed. Toggle markers above to place them on the chart.
How To Read It
- This chart tells you how much damage remains from the last peak, even if price action feels calmer now.
- Short, shallow drawdowns usually confirm a strong trend; deep, long ones often signal regime change.
- Use it to compare both pain and recovery speed across cycles.
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