iShares China Large-Cap ETF drawdown: 52.6% below the all-time high
IShares China Large-Cap ETF is 52.6% below its all-time high, set Oct 31, 2007 (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
- −52.6%
- 47.4% of ATH
- All-time high
- $72.84
- Oct 31, 2007
- Time below the high
- 18.9 yrs
- since Oct 31, 2007
- Worst-ever drawdown
- −73.3%
- Oct 27, 2008
- Longest underwater
- 18.9 yrs
- between all-time highs
- Today's level first reached
- Dec 20, 2006
- 19.7 yrs ago
- Last time this deep
- never before
- no prior −52.6% episode
% of all-time high since 2004#
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 31, 2007 | Oct 27, 2008 | −73.3% | 12 mo | not yet | 18.9 yrs+ |
| Jan 3, 2007 | Mar 5, 2007 | −21.3% | 2 mo | May 16, 2007 | 4 mo |
| May 8, 2006 | Jun 13, 2006 | −21.2% | 36 days | Oct 12, 2006 | 5 mo |
| Jul 23, 2007 | Aug 16, 2007 | −16.0% | 24 days | Aug 24, 2007 | 32 days |
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 2004: how far iShares China Large-Cap 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 iShares China Large-Cap ETF from its all-time high?
- iShares China Large-Cap ETF is currently 52.6% below its all-time high, set Oct 31, 2007 (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 iShares China Large-Cap ETF drawdown ever?
- The deepest decline on record in our data (since 2004) took iShares China Large-Cap ETF 73.3% below its prior high, bottoming Oct 27, 2008. The table on this page lists every major episode with its peak, trough and recovery date.
Methodology & related#
Daily data since -1 from FXI; no free deep history exists for iShares China Large-Cap 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.