Performance analysis of UDEC (Innovator U.S. Equity Ultra Buffer ETF - December)
Annual Return
Over the past 3 years, UDEC has had an average annual return of +12.51%, underperforming the benchmark SPY, which returned +22.77% annual.
Over the past 5 years, UDEC has had an average annual return of +7.30%, underperforming the benchmark SPY, which returned +14.05% annual.
Since Dec 2, 2019, UDEC has had an average annual return of +7.32%, underperforming the benchmark SPY, which returned +16.38% annual.
| 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| +5.27% | +12.97% | +9.53% | +16.80% | -9.43% | +6.44% | +6.71% | +1.16% |
Monthly Return
| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Annually Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | +0.83% | -0.34% | -2.49% | +5.10% | +2.20% | +0.03% | +5.27% | ||||||
| 2025 | +1.65% | -0.87% | -3.00% | -0.03% | +3.15% | +3.03% | +1.45% | +1.43% | +2.32% | +1.35% | +1.44% | +0.48% | +12.97% |
| 2024 | +0.99% | +2.08% | +1.19% | -1.06% | +2.43% | +1.24% | +0.51% | +0.96% | +0.58% | +0.63% | +0.79% | -1.13% | +9.53% |
| 2023 | +3.19% | -1.40% | +2.14% | +1.06% | +0.30% | +4.47% | +1.85% | -0.43% | -4.05% | -2.25% | +8.73% | +2.61% | +16.80% |
| 2022 | -1.85% | -1.00% | +1.43% | -3.97% | +0.02% | -3.01% | +2.36% | -1.29% | -0.75% | +0.56% | -0.02% | -2.17% | -9.43% |
| 2021 | -0.55% | +0.81% | +1.59% | +0.82% | +0.27% | +0.65% | +0.09% | +0.49% | -0.17% | +0.61% | +0.24% | +1.43% | +6.44% |
| 2020 | -0.00989% | -3.27% | -4.58% | +5.34% | +1.77% | +0.54% | +1.64% | +2.06% | -0.69% | -1.14% | +4.42% | +0.87% | +6.71% |
| 2019 | +1.16% | +1.16% |
Drawdown analysis of UDEC (Innovator U.S. Equity Ultra Buffer ETF - December)
The maximum drawdown for the UDEC was -13.37%, occurring on Mar 20, 2020. Recovery took 94 trading sessions.
The current UDEC drawdown is -0.03%.
Since Dec 2, 2019 UDEC has experienced the following drawdowns:
- 10% or more: 2 times
| Depth | Start | To Bottom | Bottom | To Recover | End | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| -13.37% | Feb 19, 2020 | 22 | Mar 20, 2020 | 94 | Aug 4, 2020 | 116 |
| -10.26% | Jan 4, 2022 | 247 | Dec 28, 2022 | 134 | Jul 13, 2023 | 381 |
| -8.94% | Feb 19, 2025 | 34 | Apr 8, 2025 | 52 | Jun 24, 2025 | 86 |
| -8.15% | Jul 28, 2023 | 64 | Oct 27, 2023 | 13 | Nov 15, 2023 | 77 |
| -4.44% | Jan 28, 2026 | 42 | Mar 30, 2026 | 10 | Apr 14, 2026 | 52 |
| -2.81% | Jul 16, 2024 | 14 | Aug 5, 2024 | 8 | Aug 15, 2024 | 22 |
| -2.70% | Oct 12, 2020 | 14 | Oct 30, 2020 | 4 | Nov 5, 2020 | 18 |
| -2.47% | Nov 12, 2025 | 6 | Nov 20, 2025 | 3 | Nov 25, 2025 | 9 |
| -2.30% | Sep 2, 2020 | 14 | Sep 23, 2020 | 12 | Oct 9, 2020 | 26 |
| -2.16% | Dec 6, 2024 | 22 | Jan 10, 2025 | 6 | Jan 21, 2025 | 28 |
| -1.96% | Mar 28, 2024 | 15 | Apr 19, 2024 | 11 | May 6, 2024 | 26 |
| -1.78% | Oct 8, 2025 | 2 | Oct 10, 2025 | 7 | Oct 21, 2025 | 9 |
| -1.46% | Jul 25, 2025 | 5 | Aug 1, 2025 | 5 | Aug 8, 2025 | 10 |
| -1.26% | Feb 24, 2021 | 6 | Mar 4, 2021 | 6 | Mar 12, 2021 | 12 |
| -1.14% | Dec 11, 2025 | 4 | Dec 17, 2025 | 3 | Dec 22, 2025 | 7 |
| -1.13% | Dec 10, 2021 | 6 | Dec 20, 2021 | 3 | Dec 23, 2021 | 9 |
| -1.08% | Jan 12, 2026 | 5 | Jan 20, 2026 | 6 | Jan 28, 2026 | 11 |
| -1.07% | Jan 23, 2025 | 7 | Feb 3, 2025 | 3 | Feb 6, 2025 | 10 |
| -1.06% | Jan 25, 2021 | 2 | Jan 27, 2021 | 7 | Feb 5, 2021 | 9 |
| -1.04% | May 7, 2021 | 3 | May 12, 2021 | 11 | May 27, 2021 | 14 |
| -1.00% | Dec 27, 2023 | 5 | Jan 4, 2024 | 6 | Jan 12, 2024 | 11 |
| -0.95% | Jan 17, 2020 | 9 | Jan 31, 2020 | 3 | Feb 5, 2020 | 12 |
| -0.95% | Aug 30, 2024 | 4 | Sep 6, 2024 | 5 | Sep 13, 2024 | 9 |
| -0.90% | Aug 14, 2025 | 5 | Aug 21, 2025 | 1 | Aug 22, 2025 | 6 |
| -0.69% | Aug 28, 2025 | 2 | Sep 2, 2025 | 2 | Sep 4, 2025 | 4 |