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Top 5 Largest 72-Hour Stock Market Crashes in History (by % Drop)
Black Monday (1987) Oct 16–19, 1987 – Dow Jones ~31% drop — Triggered by automated program trading and panic selling.
1929 Crash (Great Depression) Oct 28–30, 1929 – Dow Jones ~28% drop — Speculation bubble burst and mass margin call liquidations.
Liberation Day Crash (2025) Apr 2–4, 2025 – S&P 500 ~16.2% drop — Sudden imposition of historic tariffs sparked global trade panic.
COVID-19 Crash Mar 9–12, 2020 – S&P 500 ~16% drop — Pandemic fear + economic shutdown pricing + oil price war.
Lehman Brothers Crash (GFC) Oct 6–9, 2008 – S&P 500 ~15.5% drop — Banking system froze after Lehman’s collapse and credit panic.
Updated version of u/incitatus451's chart here.
Highlighted drawdowns (Great Depression, GFC, Dotcom Bubble, Oil Shocks, Covid-19) have been smoothed. Grey lines show the rest of the top 20 drawdowns.
Made with yfinance lib data in Python and Canva.