Performance analysis of BUFB (Innovator Laddered Allocation Buffer ETF)
Annual Return
Over the past 3 years, BUFB has had an average annual return of +13.96%, underperforming the benchmark SPY, which returned +19.31% annual.
Since Feb 9, 2022, BUFB has had an average annual return of +10.49%, underperforming the benchmark SPY, which returned +13.04% annual.
| 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| +6.92% | +13.42% | +16.37% | +20.50% | -8.37% |
Monthly Return
| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Annually Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | +0.81% | -0.03% | -2.74% | +6.59% | +2.73% | -0.03% | -0.35% | +6.92% | |||||
| 2025 | +1.92% | -0.65% | -3.94% | -0.58% | +4.68% | +3.61% | +1.68% | +1.35% | +2.36% | +0.84% | +0.77% | +0.87% | +13.42% |
| 2024 | +1.67% | +2.45% | +1.63% | -1.37% | +3.17% | +2.09% | +0.68% | +1.72% | +1.03% | +0.09% | +3.09% | -0.87% | +16.37% |
| 2023 | +4.86% | -1.36% | +2.60% | +1.03% | +0.39% | +5.42% | +2.09% | -0.78% | -3.70% | -1.77% | +7.10% | +3.51% | +20.50% |
| 2022 | -3.04% | +3.03% | -6.39% | +0.29% | -5.41% | +6.64% | -2.39% | -6.80% | +6.20% | +4.14% | -3.74% | -8.37% |
Drawdown analysis of BUFB (Innovator Laddered Allocation Buffer ETF)
The maximum drawdown for the BUFB was -14.88%, occurring on Oct 14, 2022. Recovery took 163 trading sessions.
The current BUFB drawdown is -1.11%.
Since Feb 9, 2022 BUFB has experienced the following drawdowns:
- 10% or more: 2 times
| Depth | Start | To Bottom | Bottom | To Recover | End | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| -14.88% | Mar 29, 2022 | 138 | Oct 14, 2022 | 163 | Jun 9, 2023 | 301 |
| -13.75% | Feb 19, 2025 | 34 | Apr 8, 2025 | 52 | Jun 24, 2025 | 86 |
| -7.41% | Jul 28, 2023 | 64 | Oct 27, 2023 | 16 | Nov 20, 2023 | 80 |
| -6.11% | Feb 9, 2022 | 22 | Mar 14, 2022 | 10 | Mar 28, 2022 | 32 |
| -5.11% | Feb 25, 2026 | 23 | Mar 30, 2026 | 9 | Apr 13, 2026 | 32 |
| -4.60% | Jul 16, 2024 | 14 | Aug 5, 2024 | 10 | Aug 19, 2024 | 24 |
| -2.76% | Oct 29, 2025 | 16 | Nov 20, 2025 | 5 | Nov 28, 2025 | 21 |
| -2.73% | Apr 9, 2024 | 8 | Apr 19, 2024 | 11 | May 6, 2024 | 19 |
| -2.16% | Aug 30, 2024 | 4 | Sep 6, 2024 | 6 | Sep 16, 2024 | 10 |
| -2.12% | Jun 2, 2026 | 6 | Jun 10, 2026 | 3 | Jun 15, 2026 | 9 |
| -1.83% | Dec 16, 2024 | 18 | Jan 14, 2025 | 4 | Jan 21, 2025 | 22 |
| -1.56% | Jun 15, 2023 | 6 | Jun 26, 2023 | 4 | Jun 30, 2023 | 10 |
| -1.56% | Jun 15, 2026 | 8 | Jun 26, 2026 | 5 | Jul 6, 2026 | 13 |
| -1.47% | Jul 28, 2025 | 4 | Aug 1, 2025 | 7 | Aug 12, 2025 | 11 |
| -1.42% | Oct 9, 2025 | 1 | Oct 10, 2025 | 9 | Oct 23, 2025 | 10 |
| -1.30% | Feb 2, 2026 | 3 | Feb 5, 2026 | 13 | Feb 25, 2026 | 16 |
| -1.30% | Jan 12, 2026 | 5 | Jan 20, 2026 | 5 | Jan 27, 2026 | 10 |
| -1.23% | Dec 28, 2023 | 4 | Jan 4, 2024 | 2 | Jan 8, 2024 | 6 |
| -1.16% | Oct 21, 2024 | 8 | Oct 31, 2024 | 4 | Nov 6, 2024 | 12 |
| -1.11% | Jul 15, 2026 | 3 | Jul 20, 2026 | Ongoing | Ongoing | Ongoing |
| -1.07% | Dec 10, 2025 | 5 | Dec 17, 2025 | 3 | Dec 22, 2025 | 8 |
| -1.03% | Feb 9, 2024 | 2 | Feb 13, 2024 | 6 | Feb 22, 2024 | 8 |
| -1.00% | Dec 19, 2023 | 1 | Dec 20, 2023 | 3 | Dec 26, 2023 | 4 |
| -0.94% | Jun 30, 2023 | 4 | Jul 7, 2023 | 3 | Jul 12, 2023 | 7 |
| -0.90% | Nov 13, 2024 | 2 | Nov 15, 2024 | 6 | Nov 25, 2024 | 8 |