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Nasdaq — Historical Charts and Data

Every Nasdaq chart, valuation metric, drawdown record, and constituent breakdown from History of Market. 22 panels, refreshed daily.

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Nasdaq Composite History Nasdaq Composite · Century — Nasdaq Composite: Half a Century of Technological Leadership Half-century historical trajectory of the Nasdaq Composite, reflecting secular waves of technological innovation and capital formation. Nasdaq Momentum Regimes Nasdaq · Log YoY — Nasdaq Market Cycles: Momentum and Regime Transitions Log YoY momentum cycles in the Nasdaq, displaying amplified cyclical swings and deeper drawdown troughs than the broad market. Nasdaq 100 Intrayear Dips Nasdaq 100 · Constituent Return Ranking — 1-Week / 1-Month / YTD / 1-Year Return Rankings Annual maximum intrayear drawdowns versus net calendar-year returns for the Nasdaq 100. Nasdaq 100 Scatter Plot Nasdaq 100 · Constituents — Market Cap · 1-Year Return · QQQ Weight Cross-sectional map of top 100 tech constituents by market cap and 1-year performance dispersion.

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Nasdaq 100 Daily Return Distribution Nasdaq 100 · Daily Distribution vs. Normal Curve — Higher Volatility and Even Heavier Tails Histogram of Nasdaq 100 daily returns, highlighting heavier tail risk and volatility clustering relative to the S&P 500. Nasdaq 100 Extreme Day Multiplier Nasdaq 100 · Multiplicative Contribution by Extremes — Nasdaq 100 Compounding: Magnified Impact of Tail Days The disproportionate multiplicative impact of outlier gain and loss trading days on Nasdaq 100 capital growth.

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Nasdaq 100 Forward P/E Nasdaq 100 · Forward PE (Consensus) — Nasdaq 100 · Forward PE — Twenty-Five Years Quarter-century history of consensus forward P/E multiples for the Nasdaq 100 compared to 2000 bubble peaks. Nasdaq 100 Return Drivers Nasdaq 100 · Return Decomposition (Forward) — Nasdaq 100 · Rerating × Revision Decomposition of annual returns into fundamental earnings growth versus valuation multiple expansion.

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Nasdaq 100 Annual Returns QQQ · Annual Returns — QQQ Annual Returns Full historical calendar-year returns for the Nasdaq 100, pairing superior compounding with extreme drawdowns. Nasdaq 100 Return Distribution Nasdaq 100 · Return Distribution — Nasdaq 100 Annual Return Distribution Distribution histogram of Nasdaq 100 calendar-year returns, displaying high dispersion and fat-tail characteristics. Nasdaq 100 Horizon Matrix Nasdaq 100 · Annualized Matrix — Nasdaq 100 · Pick Entry, Pick Exit Annualized compound returns across all historical purchase and sale year combinations for the Nasdaq 100. Nasdaq 100 5-Year Rolling Returns Nasdaq 100 · 5Y Rolling — Nasdaq 100 · Five-Year Rolling Annualized Rolling five-year annualized return bands and downside risk testing across modern tech market cycles. QQQ · Return Decomposition — QQQ Total Return · Price / Dividend / Buyback Six years of reliable buyback data. Within tech's total return, the buyback component continues to grow.

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Nasdaq 100 Major Drawdowns Nasdaq 100 · Historical Drawdowns — Nasdaq 100 · Fifty-Nine Historical Drawdowns Historical drawdown catalog of the Nasdaq 100, from the -83% dot-com crash to modern liquidity contractions. Nasdaq 100 Intrayear Volatility Nasdaq 100 · Intrayear Drawdown — Nasdaq 100 · Deepest Intrayear Drop vs Year-End Outcome Deepest intrayear declines versus year-end returns: evaluating downside tolerance and recovery velocity. Nasdaq 100 Realized Volatility Nasdaq 100 · Realized Volatility — Nasdaq 100 · 20/60-Day Annualized Volatility Short and medium-term historical realized volatility clustering in the tech-heavy benchmark. VXN Tech Volatility Index VXN · Nasdaq 100 Fear Index — VXN · The Nasdaq 100 Volatility Index Option-implied volatility gauge specifically calibrated to the tech-heavy Nasdaq 100 index. Nasdaq 100 Trend Participation Breadth · Nasdaq 100 — Nasdaq 100 Breadth — Who Stands Above the Moving Averages Share of Nasdaq 100 constituents above their 200-day moving averages: assessing rally breadth versus leadership narrowing. Nasdaq 100 Monthly Seasonality Nasdaq 100 · Monthly Heatmap — Nasdaq 100 Monthly Return Heatmap Heat map of monthly returns and historical win rates across calendar months for the Nasdaq 100.

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Nasdaq 100 Concentration Nasdaq 100 · Top Holdings — Top Holdings & Cumulative Weight Market cap concentration of the largest mega-cap tech leaders and regulatory special-rebalancing thresholds. Nasdaq 100 Holdings & Turnover Nasdaq 100 · Constituents — Nasdaq 100 · Constituents and Weight Distribution Leading constituents, market capitalizations, and annual reconstitutions of the top 100 non-financial innovators. Nasdaq 100 Constituent Turnover Nasdaq 100 · Constituent Changes — Adds and Drops on the Nasdaq 100 Historical record of index additions and deletions: tracking the natural selection and turnover of market leaders.