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Stocks 20% or more below their high

51%
of stocks, 5 Oct 2026

Inside its usual range of 27% to 62%. The record is 100%, in June 2006. Down from 56% a year ago.

201020200%20%40%60%80%100%100%, Jun 2006usual range, 27% to 62%51%200520102015202020250%20%40%60%80%100%100%, Jun 2006usual range, 27% to 62%51%200520102015202020250%20%40%80%100%100%, Jun 2006usual range, 27% to 62%51%200520102015202020250%20%40%60%80%100%100%, Jun 2006usual range, 27% to 62%51%

What it is. The share of liquid stocks trading 20% or more below their own 52-week high.

How to read it. Twenty per cent down is the usual definition of a bear market. This counts how many stocks are in their own bear market, whatever the index is doing.

Source: NSE bhavcopy Method Data

The numbers

Latest51%5 Oct 2026
A week ago50%
A month ago43%
A year ago56%
Usual range27% to 62%
Median46%
Lowest2%29 Dec 2003
Highest100%14 Jun 2006
Percentile, full history58
Percentile, last 5 years55

The usual range is the middle half of readings since 2003. A percentile is the share of the 5,729 readings since 11 Sept 2003 that were below today's. Data: statistics, history (JSON); history as CSV.

To cite: tipsheet, “Stocks 20% or more below their high”, data to 5 Oct 2026, https://tipsheet.markets/i/stocks-20pct-below-high/

Read it with

Net new 52-week highs −22below usual
Stocks above their 50-day average 30%below usual
Stocks above their 200-day average 50%usual

the usual range: the middle half of all readingstodayEach line runs from the lowest reading ever to the highest.