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The Nasdaq Fell 5.5% On 5 November, Its Worst Day Since April 2025, And Closed In A Correction, 11.9% Below Its 6 October Record
Every Trading Day The Nasdaq Composite Fell 3% Or More Since 1971, With 5 November 2026 Marked (Close). Pick A Threshold; Hover Or Tap A Bar.
Each Bar Is One Trading Day The Nasdaq Composite Fell By At Least The Chosen Amount, Hanging Down From Zero; Red Bars Fell More Than On 5 November. Hover Or Tap A Bar For The Date. 5 November Is In Yellow.
Today, Close
−5.5%
Day’s Low −5.7%
Below The Record
−11.9%
27,599.89 On 6 October 2026
Worse Days Since 1971
35
Of 14,055 Since 1971
Sessions From Record
22
Median Of 31 Past Corrections: 25
The Bottom Line
The Nasdaq Fell 5.5% On 5 November 2026 As Chip And AI Stocks Sold Off After The Midterms, Leaving It 11.9% Below Its 6 October Record. Only 35 Of 14,055 Sessions Since 1971 Fell Harder; 15 Of Them In The Dot Com Bust And 7 In 2008 To 2009.
What The Data Shows
Among The Worst, Not The Worst
The 5.5% Fall On 5 November Ranks 36th Of 14,056 Sessions Since 1971 And Is The Worst Since 4 April 2025, But Well Short Of The Records: −12.3% On 16 March 2020 And −11.4% On Black Monday, 19 October 1987.
Big Falls Cluster
Of 35 Days That Fell Harder, 15 Came In The 2000 To 2002 Dot Com Bust And 7 In The 2008 To 2009 Crash. Large Falls Arrive In Bursts During Bear Markets, Not Evenly Over Time.
An Ordinary Pace
From The 6 October 2026 Record It Took 22 Sessions To Fall 10%. The Median Across The 31 Earlier Corrections Since 1971 Is 25; The Fastest Took 3, In September 2020.
Read With Care
One Index
The Nasdaq Composite Is Heavy In Technology. The S&P 500 And Dow Fell Less That Day.
Percentages, Not Points
Falls Are Shown As A Share Of The Previous Close, So A 3% Day In 1974 And One In 2026 Compare Fairly; Point Falls Grow With The Index.
What A Correction Means
A Close At Least 10% Below The Last Record Close. It Says Nothing About What Comes Next.
Sources & Method
Data
Daily Closes From FRED (Series NASDAQCOM, From Nasdaq OMX), 5 February 1971 To 4 November 2026, Checked Against Nasdaq’s Own Historical Quotes. 5 November From Nasdaq’s Closing Quote Against The 4 November Close Of 25,736.51.
Data: FRED NASDAQCOM · Nasdaq.
