Polar Capital Technology Trust (PCT-L)
FTSE 100 · Investment trusts · data since 1996-12-16 · last close 2026-07-24
1d
-0.31%
7d
+2.87%
30d
-8.11%
YTD
+39.12%
1y
+67.66%
Polar Capital Technology Trust (PCT-L) monthly returns (%)
| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 7.1 | 2.8 | -6.1 | 25.6 | 18.0 | 0.2 | -9.5 | · | · | · | · | · |
| 2025 | 7.6 | -10.7 | -14.2 | 0.3 | 13.2 | 11.3 | 10.6 | -1.0 | 9.9 | 8.9 | -4.4 | 1.9 |
| 2024 | 3.5 | 7.6 | 3.8 | -2.7 | 2.4 | 10.4 | -6.5 | -4.0 | 1.4 | 3.5 | 8.2 | 3.7 |
| 2023 | 9.6 | 2.8 | 3.0 | -3.0 | 13.9 | -0.2 | 5.0 | -2.4 | -1.6 | -3.6 | 11.7 | 8.3 |
| 2022 | -15.2 | -2.1 | 0.5 | -10.4 | -4.5 | -5.2 | 15.9 | -5.6 | -5.6 | -0.6 | -1.1 | -8.0 |
| 2021 | -1.5 | -4.2 | 0.9 | 7.7 | -6.5 | 7.2 | 2.8 | 5.2 | -5.5 | 4.0 | 6.1 | 2.3 |
| 2020 | 1.0 | -7.7 | 6.0 | 13.3 | 7.5 | 6.7 | -4.2 | 11.5 | -5.1 | 1.4 | 2.1 | 7.7 |
| 2019 | 8.7 | 1.7 | 3.0 | 7.8 | -4.9 | 3.9 | 11.5 | -6.4 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 5.8 | 5.9 |
| 2018 | 2.0 | 1.0 | -7.2 | 5.5 | 9.4 | 0.0 | 1.1 | 8.5 | -3.5 | -11.6 | 1.5 | -7.5 |
| 2017 | 3.3 | 7.0 | -0.4 | 1.6 | 7.1 | -4.4 | 6.3 | 2.6 | -0.8 | 9.1 | 0.3 | -1.0 |
| 2016 | -8.6 | -2.5 | 3.3 | -1.9 | 5.0 | 5.1 | 17.3 | -0.2 | 10.8 | -1.9 | 4.0 | 2.4 |
| 2015 | -1.2 | 1.5 | -0.7 | 2.0 | 1.3 | -3.8 | 3.4 | -5.4 | -5.6 | 11.8 | 6.0 | -0.8 |
| 2014 | -4.5 | 3.4 | -1.6 | -7.6 | 5.2 | 2.0 | -0.0 | 3.7 | 2.4 | 4.7 | 8.2 | 2.3 |
| 2013 | -89.5 | 6.7 | 2.3 | -4.0 | 4.5 | -1.7 | 6.9 | -0.3 | 1.8 | 5.0 | 1.6 | 3.8 |
| 2012 | 7.4 | 11.0 | 2.1 | -2.4 | -8.0 | 2.0 | 3.9 | 3.8 | 0.1 | -6.6 | 0.8 | -1.5 |
| 2011 | -0.4 | -3.5 | 0.8 | 2.6 | -4.7 | 0.5 | -2.5 | -7.4 | 0.5 | 8.9 | -6.9 | -0.9 |
| 2010 | -6.7 | 5.7 | 14.8 | 5.9 | -5.5 | 0.0 | 0.9 | -5.0 | 13.1 | 4.3 | 1.4 | 12.9 |
| 2009 | 917.5 | -4.6 | 17.8 | 11.9 | -3.7 | 3.7 | 11.6 | 3.9 | 8.6 | -6.2 | 4.4 | 13.5 |
| 2008 | -14.8 | 2.7 | -2.7 | 7.5 | 6.2 | -8.9 | -1.9 | 10.5 | -19.3 | -9.9 | -11.3 | 10.8 |
| 2007 | 0.6 | 3.5 | -6.8 | -1.6 | -0.3 | 0.0 | -0.2 | -1.1 | 1.4 | 1.4 | -8.8 | -0.8 |
| 2006 | 7.0 | -0.3 | -4.4 | -1.7 | -12.9 | 0.7 | -4.7 | 4.4 | 3.5 | 4.6 | -1.2 | 4.3 |
| 2005 | 0.0 | 2.6 | -2.0 | -4.6 | 9.4 | 5.8 | 10.1 | -3.8 | 2.3 | -2.4 | 13.0 | 6.9 |
| 2004 | 3.8 | -1.2 | -3.1 | 1.9 | -5.2 | 5.3 | -8.5 | 1.0 | 2.6 | 3.2 | 7.1 | 0.0 |
| 2003 | -9.0 | 0.2 | 3.1 | 4.8 | 7.5 | 4.3 | 11.1 | 6.5 | -1.5 | 8.1 | -1.8 | -2.5 |
| 2002 | -3.3 | -15.5 | 8.0 | -13.2 | -2.4 | -15.3 | -7.4 | -3.2 | -21.8 | 25.8 | 18.4 | -13.6 |
| 2001 | 5.2 | -26.0 | -15.6 | 23.7 | -7.8 | -11.9 | -7.4 | -8.3 | -16.8 | 14.9 | 9.8 | 5.0 |
| 2000 | -1.5 | 28.6 | -5.5 | -6.3 | -3.4 | 6.9 | 4.1 | 18.1 | -12.7 | -6.2 | -28.2 | 6.3 |
| 1999 | 14.9 | -5.5 | 13.0 | 4.2 | -4.9 | 8.6 | 8.5 | 8.3 | 1.6 | 16.8 | 36.8 | 17.9 |
| 1998 | -0.3 | 16.2 | 2.2 | -0.4 | 1.7 | -0.8 | 8.2 | -23.1 | 0.5 | 9.8 | 11.3 | 10.6 |
| 1997 | 1.5 | -16.5 | 1.2 | 2.3 | 6.2 | -1.1 | 8.0 | -6.2 | 12.9 | -5.6 | -5.2 | 1.8 |
| 1996 | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | 3.0 |
| Avg | 28.1 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 2.3 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 3.1 | 0.2 | -0.9 | 3.2 | 3.1 | 3.2 |
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 | +28.1% | +0.2% | +0.5% | +2.3% | +1.5% | +1.0% | +3.6% | +0.2% | -0.9% | +3.2% | +3.1% | +3.1% |
| Win rate | 53%/30 | 57%/30 | 57%/30 | 57%/30 | 53%/30 | 57%/30 | 66%/29 | 45%/29 | 59%/29 | 66%/29 | 69%/29 | 67%/30 |
Win rate = share of positive months / sample size.
Risk & extremes
Max drawdown
-90.9%
Worst peak-to-trough fall on record
Monthly volatility
±49.5%
Std. dev. of monthly returns
Positive months
59%
Share of completed months in the green
Best month
+917.48%
2009-01
Worst month
-89.54%
2013-01
Longest streaks
7▲ / 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 Polar Capital Technology Trust
Polar Capital Technology Trust does respectable public-company things — with price receipts on this site going back to 1996. And the long game: $100 at its first close here (1996) would be about $7,021 today.
Did you know?
- Its best month on record was January 2009 at +917.48%; its worst, January 2013 at -89.54%.
Trivia for entertainment — the numbers come from our price data; the jokes don't.