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Seasonality Calendar

Average monthly returns for SPY (US Large Cap) across all available history. Past seasonal patterns are not a reliable predictor of any single future month.

Jan

+0.76%

61% positive years

Feb

-0.03%

52% positive years

Mar

+0.95%

68% positive years

Apr

+2.00%

74% positive years

May

+1.20%

71% positive years

Jun

+0.44%

65% positive years

Jul

+1.37%

60% positive years

Aug

-0.02%

64% positive years

Sep

-0.47%

55% positive years

Oct

+1.68%

64% positive years

Nov

+2.45%

76% positive years

Dec

+0.97%

70% positive years

Year-by-Year Monthly Returns

YearJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
1993+2.3%-2.6%+2.7%+0.4%-0.5%+3.9%-0.7%+1.9%-1.0%+1.2%
1994+3.5%-2.9%-4.2%+1.1%+1.6%-2.3%+3.2%+3.8%-2.5%+2.8%-4.0%+0.7%
1995+3.3%+4.1%+2.8%+3.0%+4.0%+2.0%+3.2%+0.5%+4.2%-0.3%+4.4%+1.6%
1996+3.6%+0.3%+1.7%+1.1%+2.3%+0.9%-4.5%+1.9%+5.6%+3.2%+7.3%-2.4%
1997+6.2%+1.0%-4.4%+6.3%+6.3%+4.1%+7.9%-5.2%+4.8%-2.5%+3.9%+1.9%
1998+1.3%+6.9%+4.9%+1.3%-2.1%+4.3%-1.3%-14.1%+6.4%+8.1%+5.6%+6.6%
1999+3.5%-3.2%+4.2%+3.8%-2.3%+5.5%-3.1%-0.5%-2.2%+6.4%+1.7%+5.7%
2000-5.0%-1.5%+9.7%-3.5%-1.6%+2.0%-1.6%+6.5%-5.5%-0.5%-7.5%-0.5%
2001+4.4%-9.5%-5.6%+8.5%-0.6%-2.4%-1.0%-5.9%-8.2%+1.3%+7.8%+0.6%
2002-1.0%-1.8%+3.3%-5.8%-0.6%-7.4%-7.9%+0.7%-10.5%+8.2%+6.2%-5.7%
2003-2.5%-1.4%+0.2%+8.5%+5.5%+1.1%+1.8%+2.1%-1.1%+5.4%+1.1%+5.0%
2004+2.0%+1.4%-1.3%-1.9%+1.7%+1.8%-3.2%+0.2%+1.0%+1.3%+4.4%+3.0%
2005-2.2%+2.1%-1.8%-1.9%+3.2%+0.1%+3.8%-0.9%+0.8%-2.4%+4.4%-0.2%
2006+2.4%+0.6%+1.6%+1.3%-3.0%+0.3%+0.5%+2.2%+2.7%+3.2%+2.0%+1.3%
2007+1.5%-2.0%+1.2%+4.4%+3.4%-1.5%-3.1%+1.3%+3.9%+1.4%-3.9%-1.1%
2008-6.0%-2.6%-0.9%+4.8%+1.5%-8.4%-0.9%+1.5%-9.4%-16.5%-7.0%+1.0%
2009-8.2%-10.7%+8.3%+9.9%+5.9%-0.1%+7.5%+3.7%+3.5%-1.9%+6.2%+1.9%
2010-3.6%+3.1%+6.1%+1.5%-7.9%-5.2%+6.8%-4.5%+9.0%+3.8%0.0%+6.7%
2011+2.3%+3.5%+0.0%+2.9%-1.1%-1.7%-2.0%-5.5%-6.9%+10.9%-0.4%+1.0%
2012+4.6%+4.3%+3.2%-0.7%-6.0%+4.1%+1.2%+2.5%+2.5%-1.8%+0.6%+0.9%
2013+5.1%+1.3%+3.8%+1.9%+2.4%-1.3%+5.2%-3.0%+3.2%+4.6%+3.0%+2.6%
2014-3.5%+4.6%+0.8%+0.7%+2.3%+2.1%-1.3%+3.9%-1.4%+2.4%+2.7%-0.3%
2015-3.0%+5.6%-1.6%+1.0%+1.3%-2.0%+2.3%-6.1%-2.5%+8.5%+0.4%-1.7%
2016-5.0%-0.1%+6.7%+0.4%+1.7%+0.3%+3.6%+0.1%+0.0%-1.7%+3.7%+2.0%
2017+1.8%+3.9%+0.1%+1.0%+1.4%+0.6%+2.1%+0.3%+2.0%+2.4%+3.1%+1.2%
2018+5.6%-3.6%-2.7%+0.5%+2.4%+0.6%+3.7%+3.2%+0.6%-6.9%+1.9%-8.8%
2019+8.0%+3.2%+1.8%+4.1%-6.4%+7.0%+1.5%-1.7%+1.9%+2.2%+3.6%+2.9%
2020-0.0%-7.9%-12.5%+12.7%+4.8%+1.8%+5.9%+7.0%-3.7%-2.5%+10.9%+3.7%
2021-1.0%+2.8%+4.5%+5.3%+0.7%+2.2%+2.4%+3.0%-4.7%+7.0%-0.8%+4.6%
2022-5.3%-3.0%+3.8%-8.8%+0.2%-8.2%+9.2%-4.1%-9.2%+8.1%+5.6%-5.8%
2023+6.3%-2.5%+3.7%+1.6%+0.5%+6.5%+3.3%-1.6%-4.7%-2.2%+9.1%+4.6%
2024+1.6%+5.2%+3.3%-4.0%+5.1%+3.5%+1.2%+2.3%+2.1%-0.9%+6.0%-2.4%
2025+2.7%-1.3%-5.6%-0.9%+6.3%+5.1%+2.3%+2.1%+3.6%+2.4%+0.2%+0.1%
2026+1.5%-0.9%-4.9%+10.5%+5.3%-1.0%0.0%

Based on historical data. Past performance does not guarantee future results. This site is for educational purposes only and does not constitute investment advice.