ARK Innovation ETF drawdown: 46.6% below the all-time high
ARK Innovation ETF is 46.6% below its all-time high, set Feb 12, 2021 (as of market close, Sep 11, 2026). The chart shows every day as a percentage of the highest level reached up to that point: 100% means a fresh record, everything below is a drawdown.
- Below all-time high
- −46.6%
- 53.4% of ATH
- All-time high
- $156.58
- Feb 12, 2021
- Time below the high
- 5.6 yrs
- since Feb 12, 2021
- Worst-ever drawdown
- −81.1%
- Dec 28, 2022
- Longest underwater
- 5.6 yrs
- between all-time highs
- Today's level first reached
- Jul 20, 2020
- 6.1 yrs ago
- Last time this deep
- never before
- no prior −46.6% episode
% of all-time high since 2014#
The classic underwater chart (drawdown curve), drawn as % of the all-time high — 100% is a fresh record, everything below it is time spent underwater. Basis and range are in the URL, so a particular view is a link.
The deepest drawdowns on record#
Every decline of 15% or more from an all-time high (price basis), deepest first.
| Peak | Trough | Depth | Peak → trough | Recovered by | Underwater |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 12, 2021 | Dec 28, 2022 | −81.1% | 1.9 yrs | not yet | 5.6 yrs+ |
| Feb 19, 2020 | Mar 18, 2020 | −42.5% | 28 days | May 20, 2020 | 3 mo |
| Jun 23, 2015 | Feb 11, 2016 | −33.5% | 8 mo | Oct 5, 2016 | 15 mo |
| Aug 31, 2018 | Dec 24, 2018 | −28.9% | 4 mo | Jul 24, 2019 | 11 mo |
| Jul 24, 2019 | Oct 8, 2019 | −18.6% | 2 mo | Nov 26, 2019 | 4 mo |
| Mar 12, 2018 | Apr 2, 2018 | −15.9% | 21 days | Jun 5, 2018 | 3 mo |
Price basis (no dividends) — the convention crash histories use. With dividends reinvested, recoveries arrive years earlier; switch the basis on the chart above to see it.
Drawdown vs what came next#
One dot per month since 2014: how far ARK Innovation ETF stood below its all-time high, and the total return over the following 1, 5 and 10 years.
Read this with survivorship bias in mind: a single asset's history is one surviving sample, so past recoveries here say little about the odds ahead. Monthly windows also overlap heavily (they are not independent samples). Not investment advice.
FAQ#
- How far is ARK Innovation ETF from its all-time high?
- ARK Innovation ETF is currently 46.6% below its all-time high, set Feb 12, 2021 (as of market close, Sep 11, 2026). Prices only, the convention headlines use; with dividends reinvested the gap is usually smaller.
- What was the biggest ARK Innovation ETF drawdown ever?
- The deepest decline on record in our data (since 2014) took ARK Innovation ETF 81.1% below its prior high, bottoming Dec 28, 2022. The table on this page lists every major episode with its peak, trough and recovery date.
Methodology & related#
Daily data since -1 from ARKK; no free deep history exists for ARK Innovation ETF — for a 150-year drawdown record see the S&P 500 drawdown page. The price basis excludes dividends; the total-return basis reinvests them; the real basis additionally deflates by CPI. See also returns by year. Past performance does not predict future returns; not investment advice.