Performance analysis of QBUF (Innovator Nasdaq-100 10 Buffer ETF Quarterly)
Annual Return
Since Jul 1, 2024, QBUF has had an average annual return of +9.83%, underperforming the benchmark SPY, which returned +17.53% annual.
| 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| +3.03% | +11.07% | +5.92% |
Monthly Return
| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Annually Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | +0.74% | -0.39% | -0.70% | +4.09% | +0.84% | +0.35% | -1.84% | +3.03% | |||||
| 2025 | +1.45% | -0.69% | -0.63% | +0.78% | +2.70% | +0.73% | +1.58% | +0.78% | +1.78% | +1.61% | +0.26% | +0.23% | +11.07% |
| 2024 | -0.36% | +0.80% | +1.21% | +0.16% | +2.54% | +1.45% | +5.92% |
Drawdown analysis of QBUF (Innovator Nasdaq-100 10 Buffer ETF Quarterly)
The maximum drawdown for the QBUF was -8.84%, occurring on Apr 8, 2025. Recovery took 24 trading sessions.
The current QBUF drawdown is -1.87%.
| Depth | Start | To Bottom | Bottom | To Recover | End | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| -8.84% | Feb 20, 2025 | 33 | Apr 8, 2025 | 24 | May 13, 2025 | 57 |
| -5.62% | Jul 10, 2024 | 18 | Aug 5, 2024 | 36 | Sep 25, 2024 | 54 |
| -2.30% | Nov 3, 2025 | 13 | Nov 20, 2025 | 5 | Nov 28, 2025 | 18 |
| -2.09% | Jan 28, 2026 | 36 | Mar 20, 2026 | 12 | Apr 8, 2026 | 48 |
| -1.89% | Jun 29, 2026 | 13 | Jul 17, 2026 | Ongoing | Ongoing | Ongoing |
| -1.53% | Dec 11, 2025 | 4 | Dec 17, 2025 | 3 | Dec 22, 2025 | 7 |
| -1.47% | Dec 26, 2025 | 15 | Jan 20, 2026 | 6 | Jan 28, 2026 | 21 |
| -1.35% | Oct 8, 2025 | 2 | Oct 10, 2025 | 6 | Oct 20, 2025 | 8 |
| -1.17% | Oct 29, 2024 | 2 | Oct 31, 2024 | 4 | Nov 6, 2024 | 6 |
| -1.17% | Jan 22, 2025 | 3 | Jan 27, 2025 | 10 | Feb 10, 2025 | 13 |
| -1.13% | Nov 8, 2024 | 5 | Nov 15, 2024 | 7 | Nov 26, 2024 | 12 |
| -1.07% | Jan 6, 2025 | 5 | Jan 14, 2025 | 1 | Jan 15, 2025 | 6 |
| -0.82% | Jul 28, 2025 | 4 | Aug 1, 2025 | 4 | Aug 7, 2025 | 8 |
| -0.78% | Aug 14, 2025 | 5 | Aug 21, 2025 | 5 | Aug 28, 2025 | 10 |
| -0.73% | Dec 16, 2024 | 3 | Dec 19, 2024 | 3 | Dec 24, 2024 | 6 |
| -0.66% | Sep 26, 2024 | 3 | Oct 1, 2024 | 6 | Oct 9, 2024 | 9 |
| -0.63% | Aug 28, 2025 | 2 | Sep 2, 2025 | 3 | Sep 5, 2025 | 5 |
| -0.63% | Oct 22, 2024 | 1 | Oct 23, 2024 | 4 | Oct 29, 2024 | 5 |
| -0.51% | May 16, 2025 | 5 | May 23, 2025 | 4 | May 30, 2025 | 9 |
| -0.42% | Jul 10, 2025 | 2 | Jul 14, 2025 | 3 | Jul 17, 2025 | 5 |
| -0.36% | Oct 21, 2025 | 1 | Oct 22, 2025 | 1 | Oct 23, 2025 | 2 |
| -0.29% | Jun 13, 2025 | 1 | Jun 16, 2025 | 5 | Jun 24, 2025 | 6 |
| -0.28% | Jun 4, 2026 | 1 | Jun 5, 2026 | 9 | Jun 18, 2026 | 10 |
| -0.26% | Oct 6, 2025 | 1 | Oct 7, 2025 | 1 | Oct 8, 2025 | 2 |
| -0.25% | Nov 26, 2024 | 1 | Nov 27, 2024 | 1 | Nov 29, 2024 | 2 |