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anuneha31 | How much can a stock fall in a day? |
For example,can a stock trading at $10,be wiped out and almost become a penny stock in a day?i have seen stocks rising 100% but falling i am not sure.
Back in India i think we have a 10% regulation,to avoid scams or shortselling i am not sure though,if there are any indian traders please tell me the details about this too.
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Oh i think even in India they have caps for the market,not for individuals stocks. |
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TJ
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Stocks can theoretically drop 100% (to zero) in a day. It doesn't happen frequently.
Back in late 2004, SGU dropped about 80% in one day when it gave reasons to suspect its viability.
http://finance.yahoo.com/q/bc?s=SGU&t=5y
That is probably the worst 1-day drop I can recall.
It is not unusual, however, for stocks to drop 30-50% in a day. Speculative biotech stocks, with no product in market and which trade on the basis of pipeline only can and do drop like that if they announce bad results in clinical trials (which they do, too frequently). |
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Practical Suzy
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yes, you can loose all your money in a day. Many people lost a fortune when the tech stocks crashed in 2001. |
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Screaming Eagle
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Yes, a stock can fall to Zero in a day, but no lower.
Short selling does not have a limit, they lose when the stock goes up, and there is no limit on how high a stock can go in a day. |
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Yada Yada Yada
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To zero, I believe. Different than the market. The market's have chokes in them to prevent complete collapses, but I don't recall seeing restrictions on individual stocks. |
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muncie birder
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In theory a stock can fall to zero in a single day, but in practice that seldom happens, if ever. There is always someone out there willing to speculate that it might be worth something and be willing to back up that speculation by purchasing it.
On Oct 19, 1987 Microsoft dropped from 64.25 to 45.00.
GE dropped from 49.75 to 38.75
So very steep drops in stock prices are not beyond the realm of possibility. |
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tjc
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It wasn't in one day, but ENRON became worthless in a very short time, both the common and preferred stock issues. |
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cab veteran
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A stock can be worthless in one day, where as the entire USA stock market has built in downward limits after falling so many points, something like 500 points, so we don't have another year like 1929. |
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