Performance analysis of BDEC (Innovator U.S. Equity Buffer ETF - December)
Annual Return
Over the past 3 years, BDEC has had an average annual return of +13.23%, underperforming the benchmark SPY, which returned +19.63% annual.
Over the past 5 years, BDEC has had an average annual return of +9.94%, underperforming the benchmark SPY, which returned +12.73% annual.
Since Dec 2, 2019, BDEC has had an average annual return of +11.29%, underperforming the benchmark SPY, which returned +15.81% annual.
| 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| +7.88% | +14.96% | +12.70% | +19.86% | -9.42% | +15.46% | +13.39% | +2.40% |
Monthly Return
| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Annually Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | +0.83% | -0.32% | -3.64% | +7.60% | +3.25% | -0.24% | +0.49% | +7.88% | |||||
| 2025 | +1.94% | -0.90% | -3.89% | -0.63% | +4.59% | +3.82% | +1.57% | +1.60% | +2.85% | +1.92% | +0.88% | +0.57% | +14.96% |
| 2024 | +1.46% | +3% | +1.58% | -1.62% | +3.17% | +1.70% | +0.60% | +1.35% | +0.82% | +0.49% | +1.11% | -1.51% | +12.70% |
| 2023 | +5.07% | -1.85% | +2.80% | +1.16% | +0.31% | +5.53% | +2.66% | -1.44% | -4.60% | -2.04% | +8.38% | +3.04% | +19.86% |
| 2022 | -3.45% | -2.09% | +2.84% | -6.69% | +0.72% | -5.45% | +6.38% | -1.96% | -6.83% | +7.07% | +5.25% | -4.27% | -9.42% |
| 2021 | -1.00% | +1.97% | +3.40% | +2.01% | +1.11% | +1.12% | +0.51% | +0.84% | -0.56% | +1.59% | +0.42% | +3.14% | +15.46% |
| 2020 | +0.11% | -6.38% | -8.32% | +8.98% | +3.70% | +1.02% | +3.68% | +4.07% | -1.43% | -1.83% | +8.21% | +2.31% | +13.39% |
| 2019 | +2.40% | +2.40% |
Drawdown analysis of BDEC (Innovator U.S. Equity Buffer ETF - December)
The maximum drawdown for the BDEC was -25.60%, occurring on Mar 23, 2020. Recovery took 95 trading sessions.
The current BDEC drawdown is -0.44%.
Since Dec 2, 2019 BDEC has experienced the following drawdowns:
- 20% or more: 1 time
- 10% or more: 3 times
| Depth | Start | To Bottom | Bottom | To Recover | End | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| -25.60% | Feb 19, 2020 | 23 | Mar 23, 2020 | 95 | Aug 6, 2020 | 118 |
| -16.43% | Jan 4, 2022 | 194 | Oct 12, 2022 | 166 | Jun 12, 2023 | 360 |
| -13.95% | Feb 19, 2025 | 34 | Apr 8, 2025 | 52 | Jun 24, 2025 | 86 |
| -9.02% | Jul 31, 2023 | 63 | Oct 27, 2023 | 24 | Dec 1, 2023 | 87 |
| -6.52% | Jan 28, 2026 | 42 | Mar 30, 2026 | 10 | Apr 14, 2026 | 52 |
| -4.65% | Oct 12, 2020 | 12 | Oct 28, 2020 | 7 | Nov 6, 2020 | 19 |
| -4.27% | Sep 2, 2020 | 14 | Sep 23, 2020 | 12 | Oct 9, 2020 | 26 |
| -4.08% | Jul 16, 2024 | 14 | Aug 5, 2024 | 9 | Aug 16, 2024 | 23 |
| -3.84% | Nov 11, 2025 | 7 | Nov 20, 2025 | 4 | Nov 26, 2025 | 11 |
| -2.83% | Dec 6, 2024 | 22 | Jan 10, 2025 | 7 | Jan 22, 2025 | 29 |
| -2.79% | Mar 28, 2024 | 15 | Apr 19, 2024 | 12 | May 7, 2024 | 27 |
| -2.62% | Jan 20, 2021 | 7 | Jan 29, 2021 | 6 | Feb 8, 2021 | 13 |
| -2.46% | Jun 2, 2026 | 6 | Jun 10, 2026 | 16 | Jul 6, 2026 | 22 |
| -2.43% | Feb 24, 2021 | 6 | Mar 4, 2021 | 5 | Mar 11, 2021 | 11 |
| -2.24% | May 7, 2021 | 3 | May 12, 2021 | 11 | May 27, 2021 | 14 |
| -2.17% | Oct 8, 2025 | 2 | Oct 10, 2025 | 7 | Oct 21, 2025 | 9 |
| -2.00% | Dec 10, 2021 | 6 | Dec 20, 2021 | 3 | Dec 23, 2021 | 9 |
| -2.00% | Jan 17, 2020 | 9 | Jan 31, 2020 | 4 | Feb 6, 2020 | 13 |
| -1.79% | Jun 15, 2023 | 6 | Jun 26, 2023 | 4 | Jun 30, 2023 | 10 |
| -1.79% | Dec 11, 2025 | 4 | Dec 17, 2025 | 4 | Dec 23, 2025 | 8 |
| -1.77% | Jan 12, 2026 | 5 | Jan 20, 2026 | 6 | Jan 28, 2026 | 11 |
| -1.72% | Jul 25, 2025 | 5 | Aug 1, 2025 | 5 | Aug 8, 2025 | 10 |
| -1.54% | Aug 30, 2024 | 4 | Sep 6, 2024 | 5 | Sep 13, 2024 | 9 |
| -1.47% | Oct 27, 2025 | 8 | Nov 6, 2025 | 2 | Nov 10, 2025 | 10 |
| -1.29% | Jan 23, 2025 | 7 | Feb 3, 2025 | 8 | Feb 13, 2025 | 15 |