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iShares Russell Mid-Cap Value ETF drawdown: 4.4% below the all-time high (price)

IShares Russell Mid-Cap Value ETF is 4.4% below its all-time high, set Aug 14, 2026 (as of market close, Oct 16, 2026), measured on price alone — dividends are not included, the convention headlines and crash histories use. 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
−4.4%
95.6% of ATH
All-time high
$173.44
Aug 14, 2026
Time below the high
2 mo
since Aug 14, 2026
Worst-ever drawdown
−63.9%
Mar 9, 2009
Longest underwater
5.7 yrs
between all-time highs
Today's level first reached
Jun 25, 2026
4 mo ago
Last time this deep
Apr 2, 2026
in a previous episode

% of all-time high since 2001: price#

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.

Basis
Range
All-time high = 100%40%60%80%
IWS close · log20.0050.00100
20052010201520202025

The deepest drawdowns on record#

Every decline of 15% or more from an all-time high (price basis), deepest first.

PeakTroughDepthPeak → troughRecovered byUnderwater
Jun 4, 2007Mar 9, 2009−63.9%1.8 yrsFeb 8, 20135.7 yrs
Feb 20, 2020Mar 23, 2020−43.8%32 daysDec 31, 202010 mo
Apr 10, 2002Oct 9, 2002−30.9%6 moOct 7, 200318 mo
Jan 4, 2022Sep 30, 2022−22.3%9 moMar 21, 20242.2 yrs
Jan 26, 2018Dec 24, 2018−22.2%11 moNov 27, 20191.8 yrs
Nov 25, 2024Apr 8, 2025−21.2%4 moSep 11, 202510 mo
Mar 20, 2015Feb 11, 2016−20.7%11 moJul 22, 201616 mo
Aug 3, 2001Sep 21, 2001−17.2%49 daysFeb 26, 20027 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 2001: how far iShares Russell Mid-Cap Value ETF stood below its all-time high, and the total return over the following 1, 5 and 10 years.

1950–19992000–today

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 Russell Mid-Cap Value ETF from its all-time high?
iShares Russell Mid-Cap Value ETF is currently 4.4% below its all-time high, set Aug 14, 2026 (as of market close, Oct 16, 2026). Prices only, the convention headlines use; with dividends reinvested the gap is usually smaller.
What was the biggest iShares Russell Mid-Cap Value ETF drawdown ever?
The deepest decline on record in our data (since 2001) took iShares Russell Mid-Cap Value ETF 63.9% below its prior high, bottoming Mar 9, 2009. The table on this page lists every major episode with its peak, trough and recovery date.

Methodology & related#

Daily data since -1 from IWS; no free deep history exists for iShares Russell Mid-Cap Value 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.

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