MSTR drawdown: 80.4% below the all-time high
Strategy Inc Common Stock (MSTR) is 80.4% below its all-time high, set Nov 20, 2024 (as of market close, Aug 14, 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. "All-time" means since our price data begins (1998).
- Below all-time high
- −80.4%
- 19.6% of ATH
- All-time high
- $473.8
- Nov 20, 2024
- Time below the high
- 1.7 yrs
- since Nov 20, 2024
- Worst-ever drawdown
- −99.9%
- Jul 26, 2002
- Longest underwater
- 24.7 yrs
- between all-time highs
- Today's level first reached
- Dec 6, 1999
- 26.7 yrs ago
- Last time this deep
- Feb 8, 2024
- in a previous episode
% of all-time high since 1998#
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.
% of all-time high on the price basis — the all-time high considers the full history of MSTR, including years before the visible window. Dividends are excluded on this basis (the convention headlines use).
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 10, 2000 | Jul 26, 2002 | −99.9% | 2.4 yrs | Nov 11, 2024 | 24.7 yrs |
| Nov 20, 2024 | Jun 26, 2026 | −82.6% | 1.6 yrs | not yet | 1.7 yrs+ |
| Aug 25, 1998 | Apr 19, 1999 | −65.2% | 8 mo | Sep 23, 1999 | 13 mo |
| Dec 10, 1999 | Dec 27, 1999 | −29.1% | 17 days | Jan 10, 2000 | 31 days |
| Feb 16, 2000 | Feb 29, 2000 | −20.4% | 13 days | Mar 1, 2000 | 14 days |
| Nov 3, 1999 | Nov 12, 1999 | −17.3% | 9 days | Nov 22, 1999 | 19 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 1998: how far MSTR 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: MSTR is on this chart precisely because it survived — the many stocks that fell this far and never recovered (or were delisted) aren't on anyone's chart, 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 MSTR from its all-time high?
- MSTR is currently 80.4% below its all-time high, set Nov 20, 2024 (as of market close, Aug 14, 2026). Prices only, the convention headlines use; with dividends reinvested the gap is usually smaller.
- What was the biggest MSTR drawdown ever?
- The deepest decline on record in our data (since 1998) took the stock 99.9% below its prior high, bottoming Jul 26, 2002. The table on this page lists every major episode with its peak, trough and recovery date.
Methodology & related#
Daily closing prices since 1998 (split-adjusted). "All-time" means since our price data begins — MSTR may have traded earlier. For a 150-year index 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, 150 years of returns and the rolling-returns explorer. Past performance does not predict future returns; not investment advice.