Performance analysis of UAUG (Innovator U.S. Equity Ultra Buffer ETF - August)
Annual Return
Over the past 3 years, UAUG has had an average annual return of +14.64%, underperforming the benchmark SPY, which returned +22.77% annual.
Over the past 5 years, UAUG has had an average annual return of +8.02%, underperforming the benchmark SPY, which returned +14% annual.
Since Aug 1, 2019, UAUG has had an average annual return of +7.94%, underperforming the benchmark SPY, which returned +16.53% annual.
| 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| +4.95% | +12.42% | +15.51% | +17.72% | -10.81% | +4.94% | +7.96% | +4.07% |
Monthly Return
| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Annually Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | +0.75% | +0% | -2.18% | +4.83% | +1.49% | +0.08% | +4.95% | ||||||
| 2025 | +1.65% | -0.54% | -3.56% | -0.24% | +4.43% | +3.77% | +2.20% | +1.14% | +1.60% | +0.66% | +0.29% | +0.60% | +12.42% |
| 2024 | +1.10% | +3.22% | +1.78% | -1.63% | +3.29% | +1.42% | +0.89% | +1.68% | +1.47% | -0.44% | +2.71% | -0.87% | +15.51% |
| 2023 | +2.99% | -1.51% | +2.10% | +0.94% | -0.29% | +5.89% | +3.21% | -0.81% | -2.88% | -1.08% | +5.22% | +3.06% | +17.72% |
| 2022 | -1.40% | -1.07% | +1.66% | -4.09% | -0.55% | -2.79% | +0.06% | -1.89% | -4.28% | +3.55% | +2.53% | -2.78% | -10.81% |
| 2021 | -0.58% | +0.72% | +1.04% | +0.65% | +0.19% | +0.32% | +0.26% | +0.89% | -1.55% | +2.08% | -0.58% | +1.44% | +4.94% |
| 2020 | +0.12% | -3.33% | -5.49% | +5.69% | +2.01% | +0.91% | +4.82% | +1.19% | -0.97% | -0.62% | +3.15% | +0.74% | +7.96% |
| 2019 | -0.14% | +0.88% | +0.82% | +1.50% | +0.95% | +4.07% |
Drawdown analysis of UAUG (Innovator U.S. Equity Ultra Buffer ETF - August)
The maximum drawdown for the UAUG was -13.91%, occurring on Oct 12, 2022. Recovery took 190 trading sessions.
Since Aug 1, 2019 UAUG has experienced the following drawdowns:
- 10% or more: 3 times
| Depth | Start | To Bottom | Bottom | To Recover | End | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| -13.91% | Jan 4, 2022 | 194 | Oct 12, 2022 | 190 | Jul 18, 2023 | 384 |
| -13.64% | Feb 19, 2020 | 22 | Mar 20, 2020 | 80 | Jul 15, 2020 | 102 |
| -10.34% | Feb 19, 2025 | 34 | Apr 8, 2025 | 41 | Jun 6, 2025 | 75 |
| -5.62% | Aug 1, 2023 | 62 | Oct 27, 2023 | 18 | Nov 22, 2023 | 80 |
| -3.96% | Feb 2, 2026 | 39 | Mar 30, 2026 | 9 | Apr 13, 2026 | 48 |
| -2.88% | Mar 27, 2024 | 16 | Apr 19, 2024 | 11 | May 6, 2024 | 27 |
| -2.74% | Jul 31, 2024 | 5 | Aug 7, 2024 | 6 | Aug 15, 2024 | 11 |
| -2.21% | Aug 26, 2020 | 19 | Sep 23, 2020 | 13 | Oct 12, 2020 | 32 |
| -2.03% | Aug 30, 2024 | 4 | Sep 6, 2024 | 5 | Sep 13, 2024 | 9 |
| -2.00% | Oct 13, 2020 | 13 | Oct 30, 2020 | 4 | Nov 5, 2020 | 17 |
| -1.96% | Oct 28, 2025 | 17 | Nov 20, 2025 | 8 | Dec 3, 2025 | 25 |
| -1.71% | Dec 6, 2024 | 9 | Dec 19, 2024 | 19 | Jan 21, 2025 | 28 |
| -1.70% | Sep 12, 2019 | 14 | Oct 2, 2019 | 11 | Oct 17, 2019 | 25 |
| -1.68% | Aug 31, 2021 | 23 | Oct 4, 2021 | 12 | Oct 20, 2021 | 35 |
| -1.52% | Aug 1, 2019 | 2 | Aug 5, 2019 | 21 | Sep 4, 2019 | 23 |
| -1.43% | Dec 28, 2023 | 4 | Jan 4, 2024 | 10 | Jan 19, 2024 | 14 |
| -1.36% | Nov 16, 2021 | 10 | Dec 1, 2021 | 16 | Dec 23, 2021 | 26 |
| -1.18% | Oct 22, 2024 | 9 | Nov 4, 2024 | 2 | Nov 6, 2024 | 11 |
| -1.18% | Jan 29, 2024 | 2 | Jan 31, 2024 | 2 | Feb 2, 2024 | 4 |
| -1.13% | Oct 8, 2025 | 2 | Oct 10, 2025 | 6 | Oct 20, 2025 | 8 |
| -1.08% | Jan 23, 2020 | 6 | Jan 31, 2020 | 4 | Feb 6, 2020 | 10 |
| -1.02% | Dec 19, 2023 | 1 | Dec 20, 2023 | 3 | Dec 26, 2023 | 4 |
| -0.96% | Jan 21, 2021 | 6 | Jan 29, 2021 | 5 | Feb 5, 2021 | 11 |
| -0.92% | Jan 9, 2026 | 6 | Jan 20, 2026 | 4 | Jan 26, 2026 | 10 |
| -0.89% | Nov 11, 2024 | 4 | Nov 15, 2024 | 6 | Nov 25, 2024 | 10 |