Performance analysis of BAUG (Innovator U.S. Equity Buffer ETF - August)
Annual Return
Over the past 3 years, BAUG has had an average annual return of +16.45%, underperforming the benchmark SPY, which returned +19.31% annual.
Over the past 5 years, BAUG has had an average annual return of +11.23%, underperforming the benchmark SPY, which returned +12.55% annual.
Since Aug 1, 2019, BAUG has had an average annual return of +11.65%, underperforming the benchmark SPY, which returned +15.85% annual.
| 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| +7.65% | +14.81% | +21.15% | +20.11% | -10.30% | +12.05% | +12.20% | +6.33% |
Monthly Return
| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Annually Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | +0.93% | -0.19% | -3.10% | +6.72% | +2.28% | +0.55% | +0.48% | +7.65% | |||||
| 2025 | +1.99% | -0.67% | -3.85% | -0.61% | +4.64% | +4.24% | +2.45% | +1.71% | +2.16% | +1.08% | +0.32% | +0.72% | +14.81% |
| 2024 | +1.35% | +3.95% | +2.56% | -2.85% | +4.37% | +2.93% | +1.66% | +2.16% | +1.54% | -0.45% | +3.67% | -1.27% | +21.15% |
| 2023 | +4.48% | -1.53% | +2.42% | +0.82% | +0.35% | +5.11% | +3.22% | -1.21% | -3.53% | -1.58% | +6.96% | +3.53% | +20.11% |
| 2022 | -2.95% | -2.00% | +3.04% | -6.40% | +0.70% | -4.17% | +6.19% | -2.93% | -7.22% | +6.30% | +3.97% | -4.13% | -10.30% |
| 2021 | -0.88% | +1.43% | +2.98% | +0.96% | +0.66% | +0.61% | +0.33% | +1.74% | -2.67% | +4.35% | -0.93% | +3.07% | +12.05% |
| 2020 | +0.17% | -5.95% | -9.04% | +9.66% | +3.38% | +1.35% | +4.33% | +3.96% | -1.96% | -2.02% | +7.34% | +1.92% | +12.20% |
| 2019 | -0.78% | +1.35% | +1.42% | +2.68% | +1.54% | +6.33% |
Drawdown analysis of BAUG (Innovator U.S. Equity Buffer ETF - August)
The maximum drawdown for the BAUG was -24.20%, occurring on Mar 23, 2020. Recovery took 84 trading sessions.
The current BAUG drawdown is -0.22%.
Since Aug 1, 2019 BAUG has experienced the following drawdowns:
- 20% or more: 1 time
- 10% or more: 3 times
| Depth | Start | To Bottom | Bottom | To Recover | End | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| -24.20% | Feb 19, 2020 | 23 | Mar 23, 2020 | 84 | Jul 22, 2020 | 107 |
| -15.59% | Jan 4, 2022 | 194 | Oct 12, 2022 | 179 | Jun 30, 2023 | 373 |
| -13.78% | Feb 19, 2025 | 34 | Apr 8, 2025 | 52 | Jun 24, 2025 | 86 |
| -7.48% | Jul 31, 2023 | 63 | Oct 27, 2023 | 18 | Nov 22, 2023 | 81 |
| -5.66% | Feb 25, 2026 | 23 | Mar 30, 2026 | 9 | Apr 13, 2026 | 32 |
| -5.38% | Sep 2, 2020 | 14 | Sep 23, 2020 | 33 | Nov 9, 2020 | 47 |
| -4.09% | Mar 28, 2024 | 15 | Apr 19, 2024 | 15 | May 10, 2024 | 30 |
| -3.95% | Jul 31, 2024 | 3 | Aug 5, 2024 | 8 | Aug 15, 2024 | 11 |
| -3.15% | Aug 30, 2021 | 24 | Oct 4, 2021 | 12 | Oct 20, 2021 | 36 |
| -3.11% | Aug 1, 2019 | 16 | Aug 23, 2019 | 8 | Sep 5, 2019 | 24 |
| -3.02% | Oct 28, 2025 | 17 | Nov 20, 2025 | 8 | Dec 3, 2025 | 25 |
| -2.82% | Aug 30, 2024 | 4 | Sep 6, 2024 | 6 | Sep 16, 2024 | 10 |
| -2.75% | Sep 12, 2019 | 14 | Oct 2, 2019 | 16 | Oct 24, 2019 | 30 |
| -2.54% | Nov 16, 2021 | 10 | Dec 1, 2021 | 7 | Dec 10, 2021 | 17 |
| -2.22% | Dec 6, 2024 | 22 | Jan 10, 2025 | 6 | Jan 21, 2025 | 28 |
| -1.99% | Jul 16, 2024 | 7 | Jul 25, 2024 | 4 | Jul 31, 2024 | 11 |
| -1.95% | Jan 20, 2021 | 7 | Jan 29, 2021 | 5 | Feb 5, 2021 | 12 |
| -1.79% | Jul 22, 2020 | 2 | Jul 24, 2020 | 6 | Aug 3, 2020 | 8 |
| -1.76% | Dec 10, 2021 | 6 | Dec 20, 2021 | 3 | Dec 23, 2021 | 9 |
| -1.74% | Oct 8, 2025 | 2 | Oct 10, 2025 | 6 | Oct 20, 2025 | 8 |
| -1.59% | Oct 18, 2024 | 11 | Nov 4, 2024 | 2 | Nov 6, 2024 | 13 |
| -1.59% | Jan 17, 2020 | 9 | Jan 31, 2020 | 3 | Feb 5, 2020 | 12 |
| -1.53% | Dec 28, 2023 | 4 | Jan 4, 2024 | 4 | Jan 10, 2024 | 8 |
| -1.51% | Mar 1, 2021 | 3 | Mar 4, 2021 | 5 | Mar 11, 2021 | 8 |
| -1.49% | Feb 2, 2026 | 3 | Feb 5, 2026 | 13 | Feb 25, 2026 | 16 |