iShares Semiconductor ETF drawdown: 19.5% below the all-time high
IShares Semiconductor ETF is 19.5% below its all-time high, set Jun 22, 2026 (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
- −19.5%
- 80.5% of ATH
- All-time high
- $655.01
- Jun 22, 2026
- Time below the high
- 3 mo
- since Jun 22, 2026
- Worst-ever drawdown
- −70.5%
- Nov 20, 2008
- Longest underwater
- 12.6 yrs
- between all-time highs
- Today's level first reached
- May 11, 2026
- 4 mo ago
- Last time this deep
- Jun 3, 2025
- in a previous episode
% of all-time high since 2001#
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 2, 2001 | Nov 20, 2008 | −70.5% | 7.3 yrs | Mar 20, 2014 | 12.6 yrs |
| Dec 27, 2021 | Oct 14, 2022 | −46.2% | 10 mo | Dec 14, 2023 | 2.0 yrs |
| Jul 10, 2024 | Apr 8, 2025 | −41.7% | 9 mo | Sep 18, 2025 | 14 mo |
| Feb 19, 2020 | Mar 20, 2020 | −34.3% | 30 days | Jun 5, 2020 | 4 mo |
| Jun 22, 2026 | Jul 29, 2026 | −29.0% | 37 days | not yet | 3 mo+ |
| Mar 12, 2018 | Dec 24, 2018 | −26.1% | 9 mo | Apr 3, 2019 | 13 mo |
| Jun 1, 2015 | Feb 11, 2016 | −25.1% | 8 mo | Jul 25, 2016 | 14 mo |
| Apr 24, 2019 | May 31, 2019 | −18.2% | 37 days | Jul 24, 2019 | 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 2001: how far iShares Semiconductor 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 Semiconductor ETF from its all-time high?
- iShares Semiconductor ETF is currently 19.5% below its all-time high, set Jun 22, 2026 (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 Semiconductor ETF drawdown ever?
- The deepest decline on record in our data (since 2001) took iShares Semiconductor ETF 70.5% below its prior high, bottoming Nov 20, 2008. The table on this page lists every major episode with its peak, trough and recovery date.
Methodology & related#
Daily data since -1 from SOXX; no free deep history exists for iShares Semiconductor 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.