Performance analysis of KSEP (Innovator U.S. Small Cap Power Buffer ETF - September)
Annual Return
Since Sep 3, 2024, KSEP has had an average annual return of +12.08%, underperforming the benchmark SPY, which returned +21.50% annual.
| 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| +9.07% | +8.54% | +3.08% |
Monthly Return
| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Annually Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | +2.81% | +0.38% | -2.00% | +5.68% | +2% | +0.05% | +9.07% | ||||||
| 2025 | +1.80% | -2.91% | -3.17% | -1.17% | +2.60% | +2.54% | +0.43% | +4.81% | +1.79% | +0.71% | +0.92% | +0.14% | +8.54% |
| 2024 | +2.33% | -0.59% | +5.10% | -3.59% | +3.08% |
Drawdown analysis of KSEP (Innovator U.S. Small Cap Power Buffer ETF - September)
The maximum drawdown for the KSEP was -14.92%, occurring on Apr 8, 2025. Recovery took 94 trading sessions.
Since Sep 3, 2024 KSEP has experienced the following drawdowns:
- 10% or more: 1 time
| Depth | Start | To Bottom | Bottom | To Recover | End | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| -14.92% | Nov 25, 2024 | 90 | Apr 8, 2025 | 94 | Aug 22, 2025 | 184 |
| -4.76% | Jan 22, 2026 | 46 | Mar 30, 2026 | 7 | Apr 9, 2026 | 53 |
| -4.31% | Oct 27, 2025 | 18 | Nov 20, 2025 | 8 | Dec 3, 2025 | 26 |
| -2.31% | Nov 11, 2024 | 4 | Nov 15, 2024 | 6 | Nov 25, 2024 | 10 |
| -1.82% | Oct 16, 2024 | 11 | Oct 31, 2024 | 4 | Nov 6, 2024 | 15 |
| -1.78% | Oct 6, 2025 | 4 | Oct 10, 2025 | 2 | Oct 14, 2025 | 6 |
| -1.68% | Dec 11, 2025 | 4 | Dec 17, 2025 | 12 | Jan 6, 2026 | 16 |
| -1.49% | Sep 19, 2024 | 10 | Oct 3, 2024 | 7 | Oct 14, 2024 | 17 |
| -1.24% | Sep 4, 2024 | 2 | Sep 6, 2024 | 5 | Sep 13, 2024 | 7 |
| -1.19% | Oct 15, 2025 | 2 | Oct 17, 2025 | 5 | Oct 24, 2025 | 7 |
| -1.14% | May 6, 2026 | 9 | May 19, 2026 | 2 | May 21, 2026 | 11 |
| -1.13% | Sep 18, 2025 | 5 | Sep 25, 2025 | 6 | Oct 3, 2025 | 11 |
| -0.93% | Aug 22, 2025 | 1 | Aug 25, 2025 | 2 | Aug 27, 2025 | 3 |
| -0.84% | Aug 28, 2025 | 3 | Sep 3, 2025 | 2 | Sep 5, 2025 | 5 |
| -0.61% | Jan 16, 2026 | 1 | Jan 20, 2026 | 1 | Jan 21, 2026 | 2 |
| -0.60% | Sep 8, 2025 | 2 | Sep 10, 2025 | 1 | Sep 11, 2025 | 3 |
| -0.47% | Sep 11, 2025 | 1 | Sep 12, 2025 | 4 | Sep 18, 2025 | 5 |
| -0.44% | Apr 27, 2026 | 2 | Apr 29, 2026 | 1 | Apr 30, 2026 | 3 |
| -0.32% | Apr 17, 2026 | 2 | Apr 21, 2026 | 3 | Apr 24, 2026 | 5 |
| -0.30% | May 1, 2026 | 1 | May 4, 2026 | 1 | May 5, 2026 | 2 |
| -0.20% | Dec 4, 2025 | 2 | Dec 8, 2025 | 2 | Dec 10, 2025 | 4 |
| -0.11% | Nov 6, 2024 | 1 | Nov 7, 2024 | 1 | Nov 8, 2024 | 2 |
| -0.11% | Jan 6, 2026 | 1 | Jan 7, 2026 | 1 | Jan 8, 2026 | 2 |
| -0.09% | May 28, 2026 | 2 | Jun 1, 2026 | 1 | Jun 2, 2026 | 3 |
| -0.06% | Apr 9, 2026 | 1 | Apr 10, 2026 | 1 | Apr 13, 2026 | 2 |