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The Largest Single-Day Market Moves

Across all 10,866 published replays, we computed every single close-to-close percentage move and ranked them by magnitude. Every figure is reproducible from the replay it links to — methodology: Methodology

Largest single-day declines (Top 30, daily bars)

#MarketWindow fromReplayMove
1Commodities2001-11-15Oats Historical Replay: 2001-11 to 2002-05−45.8%
2Commodities1999-11-12Platinum Historical Replay: 1999-11 to 2000-05−43.5%
3Commodities2008-07-17Platinum Historical Replay: 2008-07 to 2009-01−38.6%
4Commodities2008-07-14Platinum Historical Replay: 2008-07 to 2009-01−38.6%
5Commodities2020-01-29RBOB Gasoline Historical Replay: 2020-01 to 2020-06−32.8%
6Commodities2019-11-14RBOB Gasoline Historical Replay: 2019-11 to 2020-05−32.8%
7Commodities2020-03-17RBOB Gasoline Historical Replay: 2020-03 to 2020-05−32.8%
8Commodities2020-02-05RBOB Gasoline Historical Replay: 2020-02 to 2020-05−32.8%
9Equities2023-08-03Qatar QE Uptrend Replay (2023-08-17 to 2023-09-01)−32.2%
10Commodities2022-06-08Oats Historical Replay: 2022-06 to 2022-09−29.0%
11Commodities2022-05-24Oats Historical Replay: 2022-05 to 2022-08−29.0%
12Equities2024-05-23Qatar QE Downtrend Replay (2024-06-05 to 2024-06-26)−28.2%
13FX2004-08-09USD/BRL Historical Replay: 2004-08 to 2006-04−27.0%
14FX2004-07-21USD/BRL Historical Replay: 2004-07 to 2006-08−27.0%
15Equities2025-01-02Qatar QE Downtrend Replay (2025-01-21 to 2025-02-03)−26.9%
16Commodities2022-01-27Natural Gas Historical Replay: 2022-01 to 2022-05−25.9%
17Commodities2020-07-01Rough Rice Historical Replay: 2020-07 to 2020-10−25.9%
18Commodities2020-06-08Rough Rice Historical Replay: 2020-06 to 2020-09−25.9%
19Commodities2020-06-23Rough Rice Historical Replay: 2020-06 to 2020-09−25.9%
20Commodities2020-05-06Rough Rice Historical Replay: 2020-05 to 2020-08−25.9%
21Commodities2020-03-17Brent Crude Oil Historical Replay: 2020-03 to 2020-05−24.4%
22Commodities2020-02-05Brent Crude Oil Historical Replay: 2020-02 to 2020-05−24.4%
23Commodities2019-11-14Brent Crude Oil Historical Replay: 2019-11 to 2020-05−24.4%
24Commodities2020-01-29Brent Crude Oil Historical Replay: 2020-01 to 2020-06−24.4%
25Commodities2020-03-24Brent Crude Oil Historical Replay: 2020-03 to 2020-06−24.4%
26Commodities2020-04-08Brent Crude Oil Historical Replay: 2020-04 to 2020-07−24.4%
27Commodities2022-04-06Cotton Historical Replay: 2022-04 to 2022-07−23.9%
28Commodities2022-06-08Cotton Historical Replay: 2022-06 to 2022-09−23.9%
29Commodities2022-05-24Cotton Historical Replay: 2022-05 to 2022-08−23.9%
30Commodities2013-04-26Corn Historical Replay: 2013-04 to 2013-08−23.6%

Largest single-day gains (Top 30, daily bars)

#MarketWindow fromReplayMove
1FX2017-11-14USD/NAD Historical Replay: 2017-11 to 2018-05+128.7%
2FX2023-11-14USD/ARS Historical Replay: 2023-11 to 2024-05+118.3%
3Equities2021-01-13Qatar QE Uptrend Replay (2021-01-27 to 2021-02-18)+115.9%
4FX2022-03-22USD/RUB Historical Replay: 2022-03 to 2022-06+90.9%
5FX2016-09-26USD/EGP Historical Replay: 2016-09 to 2017-03+71.7%
6FX2023-11-14USD/EGP Historical Replay: 2023-11 to 2024-05+60.4%
7FX2020-02-05USD/NOK Historical Replay: 2020-02 to 2020-05+52.0%
8FX2020-02-19USD/NOK Historical Replay: 2020-02 to 2020-05+52.0%
9FX2014-10-14USD/UAH Historical Replay: 2014-10 to 2015-04+50.6%
10Commodities2015-07-02Iron Ore Historical Replay: 2015-07 to 2015-12+50.0%
11Commodities2021-11-24Natural Gas Historical Replay: 2021-11 to 2022-02+46.3%
12Commodities2022-01-20Natural Gas Historical Replay: 2022-01 to 2022-06+46.3%
13Commodities2021-10-18Natural Gas Historical Replay: 2021-10 to 2022-04+46.3%
14Commodities2021-11-16Natural Gas Historical Replay: 2021-11 to 2022-05+46.3%
15Equities1990-12-04OMX Helsinki Uptrend Replay (1990-12-18 to 1991-01-02)+40.4%
16FX2008-10-30USD/ISK Historical Replay: 2008-10 to 2009-04+39.3%
17Commodities2003-02-04Natural Gas Historical Replay: 2003-02 to 2003-07+38.3%
18Commodities2019-11-14WTI Crude Oil Historical Replay: 2019-11 to 2020-05+37.7%
19Commodities2020-01-29WTI Crude Oil Historical Replay: 2020-01 to 2020-06+37.7%
20Commodities2020-02-05WTI Crude Oil Historical Replay: 2020-02 to 2020-05+37.7%
21Commodities2020-03-17WTI Crude Oil Historical Replay: 2020-03 to 2020-05+37.7%
22Commodities2020-04-08WTI Crude Oil Historical Replay: 2020-04 to 2020-07+37.7%
23Commodities2020-03-24WTI Crude Oil Historical Replay: 2020-03 to 2020-06+37.7%
24FX2015-11-06USD/ARS Historical Replay: 2015-11 to 2016-04+35.6%
25Equities2023-06-06Qatar QE Uptrend Replay (2023-06-20 to 2023-07-13)+33.9%
26FX2023-11-14USD/NGN Historical Replay: 2023-11 to 2024-05+33.3%
27FX2023-04-05USD/NGN Historical Replay: 2023-04 to 2023-07+31.5%
28FX2023-05-24USD/NGN Historical Replay: 2023-05 to 2023-08+31.5%
29FX2022-01-28USD/RUB Historical Replay: 2022-01 to 2022-05+28.1%
30FX2022-01-27USD/RUB Historical Replay: 2022-01 to 2022-05+28.1%

National property series: largest monthly moves (Top 15)

#MarketWindow fromReplayMove
1Property2019-12-01Shanghai, China Historical Replay: 2019-12 to 2022-05−48.5%
2Property2019-04-01Shanghai, China Historical Replay: 2019-04 to 2021-09−48.5%
3Property2019-09-01Shanghai, China Historical Replay: 2019-09 to 2022-02−48.5%
4Property2019-06-01Shanghai, China Historical Replay: 2019-06 to 2021-11−48.5%
5Property2018-12-01Shanghai, China Historical Replay: 2018-12 to 2021-05−48.5%
6Property2020-06-01Shanghai, China Historical Replay: 2020-06 to 2022-11−48.5%
7Property2020-04-01Shanghai, China Historical Replay: 2020-04 to 2022-09−48.5%
8Property2018-11-01Shanghai, China Historical Replay: 2018-11 to 2021-04−48.5%
9Property2019-05-01Shanghai, China Historical Replay: 2019-05 to 2021-10−48.5%
10Property2019-10-01Shanghai, China Historical Replay: 2019-10 to 2022-03−48.5%
11Property2020-05-01Shanghai, China Historical Replay: 2020-05 to 2022-10−48.5%
12Property2019-12-01Beijing, China Historical Replay: 2019-12 to 2022-05−46.5%
13Property2018-11-01Beijing, China Historical Replay: 2018-11 to 2021-04−46.5%
14Property2019-10-01Beijing, China Historical Replay: 2019-10 to 2022-03−46.5%
15Property2020-05-01Beijing, China Historical Replay: 2020-05 to 2022-10−46.5%

Property series are monthly; their single-bar move is a month-over-month change and is not comparable to the daily moves above.

Scope and caveats

  • ① Moves beyond ±200% are excluded (28 entries): these include contract settlements that cross zero (the 2020 negative oil price, where a percentage is undefined) and currency redenominations — neither is an ordinary market trade.
  • ② Dates shown are replay window starts. Because source timestamps are inconsistent across the archive, we do not publish the precise day of each move — less precision, no false precision.
  • ③ The ranking is computed over published replays and is regenerated when new replays are added.