Nasdaq-100 Index (NDX)
Benchmark index · United States · data since 1985-10-01 · last close 2026-07-24
1d
-1.15%
7d
-1.62%
30d
-3.74%
YTD
+11.40%
1y
+21.14%
Nasdaq-100 Index (NDX) monthly returns (%)
| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1.2 | -2.3 | -4.9 | 15.6 | 10.5 | -0.2 | -7.1 | · | · | · | · | · |
| 2025 | 2.2 | -2.8 | -7.7 | 1.5 | 9.0 | 6.3 | 2.4 | 0.8 | 5.4 | 4.8 | -1.6 | -0.7 |
| 2024 | 1.9 | 5.3 | 1.2 | -4.5 | 6.3 | 6.2 | -1.6 | 1.1 | 2.5 | -0.8 | 5.2 | 0.4 |
| 2023 | 10.6 | -0.5 | 9.5 | 0.5 | 7.6 | 6.5 | 3.8 | -1.6 | -5.1 | -2.1 | 10.7 | 5.5 |
| 2022 | -8.5 | -4.6 | 4.2 | -13.4 | -1.6 | -9.0 | 12.6 | -5.2 | -10.6 | 4.0 | 5.5 | -9.1 |
| 2021 | 0.3 | -0.1 | 1.4 | 5.9 | -1.3 | 6.3 | 2.8 | 4.2 | -5.7 | 7.9 | 1.8 | 1.1 |
| 2020 | 3.0 | -5.9 | -7.7 | 15.2 | 6.2 | 6.3 | 7.4 | 11.1 | -5.7 | -3.2 | 11.0 | 5.0 |
| 2019 | 9.1 | 2.8 | 4.0 | 5.5 | -8.4 | 7.6 | 2.3 | -2.0 | 0.8 | 4.3 | 4.0 | 3.9 |
| 2018 | 8.7 | -1.4 | -4.0 | 0.4 | 5.5 | 1.1 | 2.7 | 5.8 | -0.3 | -8.7 | -0.3 | -8.9 |
| 2017 | 5.2 | 4.2 | 2.0 | 2.7 | 3.7 | -2.5 | 4.1 | 1.8 | -0.2 | 4.5 | 1.9 | 0.5 |
| 2016 | -6.8 | -1.8 | 6.7 | -3.2 | 4.2 | -2.4 | 7.1 | 0.9 | 2.2 | -1.5 | 0.2 | 1.1 |
| 2015 | -2.1 | 7.0 | -2.4 | 1.9 | 2.1 | -2.5 | 4.4 | -6.8 | -2.2 | 11.2 | 0.3 | -1.5 |
| 2014 | -1.9 | 5.0 | -2.7 | -0.4 | 4.3 | 3.0 | 1.1 | 4.9 | -0.8 | 2.7 | 4.3 | -2.3 |
| 2013 | 2.6 | 0.3 | 2.9 | 2.4 | 3.3 | -2.4 | 6.2 | -0.5 | 4.7 | 5.0 | 3.3 | 3.0 |
| 2012 | 8.3 | 6.3 | 5.0 | -1.1 | -7.3 | 3.6 | 1.0 | 4.9 | 1.0 | -5.4 | 1.1 | -0.6 |
| 2011 | 2.9 | 3.0 | -0.5 | 2.8 | -1.3 | -2.0 | 1.6 | -5.2 | -4.5 | 10.3 | -2.8 | -0.8 |
| 2010 | -6.4 | 4.5 | 7.7 | 2.2 | -7.4 | -6.1 | 7.2 | -5.2 | 13.1 | 6.3 | -0.3 | 4.8 |
| 2009 | -2.6 | -5.4 | 10.7 | 12.7 | 3.0 | 2.9 | 8.5 | 1.4 | 5.8 | -3.0 | 6.0 | 5.3 |
| 2008 | -11.7 | -5.2 | 2.1 | 7.6 | 6.0 | -9.6 | 0.7 | 1.3 | -14.8 | -16.3 | -11.2 | 2.2 |
| 2007 | 2.0 | -1.7 | 0.6 | 5.4 | 3.2 | 0.3 | -0.1 | 2.9 | 5.2 | 7.1 | -6.7 | -0.2 |
| 2006 | 4.0 | -2.4 | 2.0 | -0.2 | -7.1 | -0.3 | -4.2 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 3.4 | -1.9 |
| 2005 | -6.3 | -0.6 | -1.9 | -4.2 | 8.6 | -3.2 | 7.5 | -1.5 | 1.3 | -1.4 | 5.9 | -1.6 |
| 2004 | 1.7 | -1.5 | -2.2 | -2.6 | 4.6 | 3.4 | -7.7 | -2.3 | 3.2 | 5.2 | 5.7 | 3.2 |
| 2003 | -0.1 | 2.7 | 0.9 | 8.6 | 8.3 | 0.3 | 6.3 | 5.0 | -2.8 | 8.6 | 0.6 | 3.1 |
| 2002 | -1.7 | -12.3 | 6.9 | -12.1 | -5.4 | -13.0 | -8.5 | -2.0 | -11.7 | 18.9 | 12.8 | -11.8 |
| 2001 | 10.7 | -26.4 | -17.6 | 17.9 | -3.0 | 1.7 | -8.0 | -12.7 | -20.5 | 16.8 | 16.9 | -1.2 |
| 2000 | -3.7 | 19.5 | 3.1 | -14.2 | -11.9 | 13.2 | -4.1 | 13.0 | -12.4 | -8.1 | -23.6 | -6.6 |
| 1999 | 15.9 | -9.5 | 9.4 | 1.4 | -2.2 | 9.9 | -1.1 | 5.5 | 0.5 | 9.5 | 12.5 | 25.0 |
| 1998 | 8.1 | 11.5 | 2.2 | 2.3 | -4.5 | 12.2 | 3.0 | -17.2 | 18.0 | 4.1 | 11.2 | 17.9 |
| 1997 | 12.2 | -7.7 | -6.3 | 9.8 | 9.6 | -0.2 | 15.6 | -3.0 | 2.1 | -7.1 | 3.0 | -5.7 |
| 1996 | 2.7 | 5.2 | -2.1 | 9.4 | 3.9 | -2.2 | -6.1 | 4.3 | 11.2 | 2.0 | 10.9 | -1.5 |
| 1995 | 0.3 | 6.7 | 3.4 | 5.0 | 4.0 | 10.2 | 5.7 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 2.3 | -0.8 | -3.0 |
| 1994 | 3.9 | -0.4 | -7.1 | -2.5 | 1.5 | -4.9 | 2.7 | 7.5 | -1.0 | 4.9 | -2.0 | -0.1 |
| 1993 | 2.9 | -5.2 | 2.4 | -5.4 | 8.3 | -0.5 | -3.6 | 5.6 | 2.7 | 2.2 | -1.1 | 3.0 |
| 1992 | 2.3 | 2.2 | -6.6 | -4.7 | 2.4 | -4.5 | 3.2 | -3.7 | 4.7 | 5.1 | 6.6 | 2.6 |
| 1991 | 15.9 | 7.6 | 5.9 | -0.5 | 5.8 | -8.9 | 7.1 | 5.6 | 0.1 | 1.7 | -2.6 | 16.2 |
| 1990 | -9.8 | 3.0 | 2.5 | -3.4 | 14.7 | 1.0 | -6.3 | -13.3 | -8.6 | -2.5 | 11.6 | 4.1 |
| 1989 | 5.1 | -1.4 | 1.1 | 7.8 | 7.0 | -4.6 | 4.7 | 3.6 | 2.0 | -1.7 | 0.8 | -0.3 |
| 1988 | 1.8 | 8.5 | 0.4 | 1.5 | -1.5 | 9.1 | -4.2 | -5.6 | 4.9 | -2.6 | -3.2 | 4.9 |
| 1987 | 17.9 | 9.6 | 1.8 | -0.7 | 2.1 | 0.3 | 3.8 | 6.7 | -1.9 | -27.0 | -8.6 | 13.9 |
| 1986 | 0.5 | 5.6 | 6.0 | 4.1 | 5.3 | -0.3 | -11.0 | 4.8 | -9.4 | 5.1 | 2.4 | -4.4 |
| 1985 | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | 3.0 | 9.2 | 5.0 |
| Avg | 2.5 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 1.9 | 2.4 | 0.8 | 1.5 | 0.5 | -0.5 | 1.7 | 2.5 | 1.7 |
Values in %. Current and first-listed months are partial (greyed).
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Seasonality — average by calendar month
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | +2.5% | +0.5% | +0.8% | +1.9% | +2.4% | +0.8% | +1.7% | +0.5% | -0.5% | +1.7% | +2.5% | +1.7% |
| Win rate | 71%/41 | 49%/41 | 66%/41 | 61%/41 | 68%/41 | 51%/41 | 68%/40 | 60%/40 | 55%/40 | 63%/41 | 68%/41 | 54%/41 |
Win rate = share of positive months / sample size.
Risk & extremes
Max drawdown
-82.9%
Worst peak-to-trough fall on record
Monthly volatility
±6.8%
Std. dev. of monthly returns
Positive months
61%
Share of completed months in the green
Best month
+24.98%
1999-12
Worst month
-26.98%
1987-10
Longest streaks
10▲ / 6▼
Consecutive up / down months
Drawdown & rolling returns
Percent below the all-time high at each month-end — how far underwater the asset was.
About Nasdaq-100 Index
Nasdaq-100 Index isn't a company — it's the scoreboard: United States's benchmark index, tracked here like any other asset, because sometimes the market itself is the most interesting ticker — with price history on this site back to 1985. And the long game: $100 at its first close here (1985) would be about $26,224 today.
Did you know?
- Its best month on record was December 1999 at +24.98%; its worst, October 1987 at -26.98%.
- It has closed January in the green 29 out of 41 times — past performance, future shrug.
Trivia for entertainment — the numbers come from our price data; the jokes don't.