Performance analysis of PSEP (Innovator U.S. Equity Power Buffer ETF - September)
Annual Return
Over the past 3 years, PSEP has had an average annual return of +13.17%, underperforming the benchmark SPY, which returned +22.45% annual.
Over the past 5 years, PSEP has had an average annual return of +9.38%, underperforming the benchmark SPY, which returned +13.88% annual.
Since Sep 3, 2019, PSEP has had an average annual return of +9.66%, underperforming the benchmark SPY, which returned +16.88% annual.
| 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| +4.91% | +11.86% | +12.43% | +18.84% | -3.75% | +8.85% | +8.49% | +4.62% |
Monthly Return
| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Annually Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | +0.69% | -0.04% | -2.14% | +4.81% | +1.67% | -0.04% | +4.91% | ||||||
| 2025 | +1.60% | -0.33% | -2.95% | -0.29% | +3.78% | +2.87% | +1.61% | +1.64% | +1.70% | +0.58% | +0.53% | +0.67% | +11.86% |
| 2024 | +1.05% | +2.54% | +1.33% | -0.96% | +2.68% | +0.95% | +0.64% | +0.85% | +1.32% | -0.57% | +2.80% | -0.76% | +12.43% |
| 2023 | +4.23% | -1.51% | +2.17% | +1.07% | +0.45% | +5.01% | +2.56% | -0.68% | -2.76% | -1.02% | +5.58% | +2.67% | +18.84% |
| 2022 | -1.95% | -1.40% | +2.35% | -4.59% | +0.83% | -2.81% | +3.94% | +0.71% | -5.50% | +4.56% | +3.44% | -2.76% | -3.75% |
| 2021 | -0.79% | +1.12% | +2.61% | +1.37% | +0.54% | +0.61% | +0.23% | +0.41% | -2.06% | +3.13% | -0.52% | +1.96% | +8.85% |
| 2020 | +0.05% | -3.53% | -6.72% | +7.29% | +2.70% | +1.17% | +2.12% | +1.45% | -1.79% | -1.18% | +5.74% | +1.68% | +8.49% |
| 2019 | +1.18% | +1.09% | +1.38% | +0.90% | +4.62% |
Drawdown analysis of PSEP (Innovator U.S. Equity Power Buffer ETF - September)
The maximum drawdown for the PSEP was -17.89%, occurring on Mar 23, 2020. Recovery took 78 trading sessions.
The current PSEP drawdown is -0.08%.
Since Sep 3, 2019 PSEP has experienced the following drawdowns:
- 10% or more: 1 time
| Depth | Start | To Bottom | Bottom | To Recover | End | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| -17.89% | Feb 19, 2020 | 23 | Mar 23, 2020 | 78 | Jul 14, 2020 | 101 |
| -9.92% | Feb 19, 2025 | 34 | Apr 8, 2025 | 41 | Jun 6, 2025 | 75 |
| -9.80% | Jan 4, 2022 | 113 | Jun 16, 2022 | 156 | Jan 31, 2023 | 269 |
| -5.46% | Jul 31, 2023 | 63 | Oct 27, 2023 | 15 | Nov 17, 2023 | 78 |
| -4.63% | Sep 2, 2020 | 14 | Sep 23, 2020 | 31 | Nov 5, 2020 | 45 |
| -4.41% | Feb 2, 2023 | 25 | Mar 10, 2023 | 23 | Apr 13, 2023 | 48 |
| -4.08% | Feb 25, 2026 | 23 | Mar 30, 2026 | 9 | Apr 13, 2026 | 32 |
| -2.45% | Sep 3, 2021 | 20 | Oct 4, 2021 | 12 | Oct 20, 2021 | 32 |
| -2.28% | Jul 31, 2024 | 3 | Aug 5, 2024 | 6 | Aug 13, 2024 | 9 |
| -2.13% | Aug 30, 2024 | 4 | Sep 6, 2024 | 6 | Sep 16, 2024 | 10 |
| -2.12% | Oct 27, 2025 | 18 | Nov 20, 2025 | 5 | Nov 28, 2025 | 23 |
| -2.11% | Nov 16, 2021 | 10 | Dec 1, 2021 | 16 | Dec 23, 2021 | 26 |
| -2.02% | Mar 28, 2024 | 15 | Apr 19, 2024 | 11 | May 6, 2024 | 26 |
| -1.81% | Jan 21, 2021 | 6 | Jan 29, 2021 | 6 | Feb 8, 2021 | 12 |
| -1.78% | May 1, 2023 | 3 | May 4, 2023 | 10 | May 18, 2023 | 13 |
| -1.67% | Dec 11, 2024 | 5 | Dec 18, 2024 | 5 | Dec 26, 2024 | 10 |
| -1.66% | Apr 18, 2023 | 6 | Apr 26, 2023 | 2 | Apr 28, 2023 | 8 |
| -1.58% | Sep 12, 2019 | 14 | Oct 2, 2019 | 9 | Oct 15, 2019 | 23 |
| -1.57% | Jun 15, 2023 | 6 | Jun 26, 2023 | 4 | Jun 30, 2023 | 10 |
| -1.54% | Dec 26, 2024 | 9 | Jan 10, 2025 | 6 | Jan 21, 2025 | 15 |
| -1.54% | May 22, 2023 | 2 | May 24, 2023 | 2 | May 26, 2023 | 4 |
| -1.46% | Feb 24, 2021 | 6 | Mar 4, 2021 | 4 | Mar 10, 2021 | 10 |
| -1.44% | Oct 8, 2025 | 2 | Oct 10, 2025 | 9 | Oct 23, 2025 | 11 |
| -1.19% | Oct 18, 2024 | 9 | Oct 31, 2024 | 4 | Nov 6, 2024 | 13 |
| -1.17% | Dec 27, 2023 | 5 | Jan 4, 2024 | 4 | Jan 10, 2024 | 9 |