Performance analysis of BUFF (Innovator Laddered Allocation Power Buffer ETF)
Annual Return
Over the past 3 years, BUFF has had an average annual return of +12.60%, underperforming the benchmark SPY, which returned +22.77% annual.
Over the past 5 years, BUFF has had an average annual return of +8.80%, underperforming the benchmark SPY, which returned +14% annual.
Since Oct 20, 2016, BUFF has had an average annual return of +8.66%, underperforming the benchmark SPY, which returned +15.91% annual.
| 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| +5.70% | +11.02% | +12.05% | +16.51% | -4.44% | +8.37% | -12.12% | +32.32% | -7.02% | +15.63% | +12.16% |
Monthly Return
| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Annually Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | +0.90% | +0.10% | -1.89% | +4.64% | +1.76% | +0.17% | +5.70% | ||||||
| 2025 | +1.56% | -0.19% | -3.14% | -0.18% | +3.75% | +2.93% | +1.32% | +1.11% | +1.46% | +0.65% | +0.80% | +0.60% | +11.02% |
| 2024 | +0.95% | +2% | +1.14% | -0.91% | +2.41% | +1.21% | +0.80% | +1.09% | +1.01% | +0.02% | +2.31% | -0.53% | +12.05% |
| 2023 | +3.23% | -0.87% | +2.05% | +0.89% | +0.38% | +4.17% | +1.83% | -0.34% | -2.49% | -1.40% | +6.02% | +2.24% | +16.51% |
| 2022 | -1.39% | -0.98% | +1.96% | -4.61% | +0.32% | -3.50% | +4.54% | -1.51% | -4.61% | +4.96% | +3.05% | -2.16% | -4.44% |
| 2021 | -0.53% | +1.25% | +1.95% | +0.97% | +0.39% | +0.82% | +0.39% | +0.57% | -0.86% | +2.06% | -0.54% | +1.64% | +8.37% |
| 2020 | -3.87% | -9.28% | -25.42% | +5.24% | +11.86% | +5.84% | +1.59% | +2.85% | -0.66% | -1.04% | +4.37% | +1.15% | -12.12% |
| 2019 | +7.02% | +3.79% | +2.29% | +2.33% | -0.90% | +3.71% | +1.22% | +2.15% | +1.75% | -0.51% | +0.09% | +5.70% | +32.32% |
| 2018 | +4.04% | -3.74% | -1.70% | -2.19% | +0.50% | -2.80% | +3.22% | +1.78% | -0.45% | -2.59% | +4.31% | -6.97% | -7.02% |
| 2017 | +1.62% | +1.52% | +1.39% | +0.78% | +2.90% | -0.18% | +1.16% | +0.59% | +0.92% | +1.53% | +3.50% | -1.05% | +15.63% |
Drawdown analysis of BUFF (Innovator Laddered Allocation Power Buffer ETF)
The maximum drawdown for the BUFF was -46.23%, occurring on Mar 23, 2020. Recovery took 925 trading sessions.
Since Oct 20, 2016 BUFF has experienced the following drawdowns:
- 40% or more: 1 time
- 30% or more: 1 time
- 20% or more: 1 time
- 10% or more: 3 times
| Depth | Start | To Bottom | Bottom | To Recover | End | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| -46.23% | Jan 17, 2020 | 44 | Mar 23, 2020 | 925 | Nov 22, 2023 | 969 |
| -16.19% | Jan 23, 2018 | 232 | Dec 24, 2018 | 70 | Apr 5, 2019 | 302 |
| -10.24% | Feb 19, 2025 | 34 | Apr 8, 2025 | 41 | Jun 6, 2025 | 75 |
| -3.58% | Feb 25, 2026 | 23 | Mar 30, 2026 | 7 | Apr 9, 2026 | 30 |
| -3.55% | Jul 10, 2019 | 18 | Aug 5, 2019 | 10 | Aug 19, 2019 | 28 |
| -3.49% | Dec 8, 2016 | 15 | Dec 30, 2016 | 16 | Jan 25, 2017 | 31 |
| -3.47% | Sep 26, 2019 | 47 | Dec 3, 2019 | 7 | Dec 12, 2019 | 54 |
| -3.31% | Oct 20, 2016 | 9 | Nov 2, 2016 | 5 | Nov 9, 2016 | 14 |
| -3.25% | Jul 16, 2024 | 14 | Aug 5, 2024 | 8 | Aug 15, 2024 | 22 |
| -2.76% | Jun 19, 2017 | 12 | Jul 6, 2017 | 29 | Aug 16, 2017 | 41 |
| -2.44% | Feb 15, 2017 | 6 | Feb 24, 2017 | 13 | Mar 15, 2017 | 19 |
| -2.40% | Jun 20, 2019 | 4 | Jun 26, 2019 | 5 | Jul 3, 2019 | 9 |
| -2.40% | Nov 23, 2016 | 3 | Nov 29, 2016 | 1 | Nov 30, 2016 | 4 |
| -2.30% | Jan 25, 2017 | 10 | Feb 8, 2017 | 3 | Feb 13, 2017 | 13 |
| -1.94% | Oct 28, 2025 | 17 | Nov 20, 2025 | 4 | Nov 26, 2025 | 21 |
| -1.90% | Apr 30, 2019 | 6 | May 8, 2019 | 9 | May 21, 2019 | 15 |
| -1.81% | May 24, 2019 | 2 | May 29, 2019 | 5 | Jun 5, 2019 | 7 |
| -1.75% | Mar 28, 2024 | 15 | Apr 19, 2024 | 11 | May 6, 2024 | 26 |
| -1.63% | Nov 30, 2017 | 21 | Jan 2, 2018 | 4 | Jan 8, 2018 | 25 |
| -1.60% | Aug 22, 2019 | 1 | Aug 23, 2019 | 4 | Aug 29, 2019 | 5 |
| -1.51% | Sep 4, 2019 | 4 | Sep 10, 2019 | 6 | Sep 18, 2019 | 10 |
| -1.46% | Aug 27, 2024 | 7 | Sep 6, 2024 | 6 | Sep 16, 2024 | 13 |
| -1.41% | Apr 15, 2019 | 4 | Apr 22, 2019 | 4 | Apr 26, 2019 | 8 |
| -1.40% | Oct 24, 2017 | 1 | Oct 25, 2017 | 14 | Nov 14, 2017 | 15 |
| -1.33% | Mar 15, 2017 | 17 | Apr 7, 2017 | 10 | Apr 24, 2017 | 27 |