Performance analysis of UJUL (Innovator U.S. Equity Ultra Buffer ETF - July)
Annual Return
Over the past 3 years, UJUL has had an average annual return of +12.87%, underperforming the benchmark SPY, which returned +22.45% annual.
Over the past 5 years, UJUL has had an average annual return of +8.56%, underperforming the benchmark SPY, which returned +13.88% annual.
Since Aug 8, 2018, UJUL has had an average annual return of +7.14%, underperforming the benchmark SPY, which returned +14.97% annual.
| 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| +4.63% | +12.34% | +13.85% | +17.64% | -6.95% | +4.61% | +4.96% | +12.99% | -5.62% |
Monthly Return
| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Annually Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | +0.73% | +0.30% | -2.18% | +4.48% | +1.23% | +0.10% | +4.63% | ||||||
| 2025 | +1.74% | -0.53% | -3.95% | -0.56% | +5.03% | +5.06% | +0.92% | +1.19% | +1.43% | +0.68% | +0.31% | +0.68% | +12.34% |
| 2024 | +1.29% | +2.45% | +1.36% | -0.67% | +2.19% | +0.59% | +1.05% | +1.70% | +1.40% | -0.21% | +3% | -1.02% | +13.85% |
| 2023 | +3.72% | -1.26% | +2.52% | +1.71% | +0.75% | +3.93% | +1.67% | -0.73% | -2.87% | -1.14% | +5.41% | +2.99% | +17.64% |
| 2022 | -1.12% | -1.03% | +1.59% | -4.01% | -0.80% | -3.34% | +3.79% | -1.67% | -4.12% | +3.37% | +2.84% | -2.25% | -6.95% |
| 2021 | -0.62% | +0.77% | +1.05% | +0.15% | +0.37% | +0.08% | +0.52% | +0.61% | -1.25% | +1.96% | -0.30% | +1.21% | +4.61% |
| 2020 | +0.19% | -3.61% | -5.44% | +5.77% | +2.06% | +1.95% | +1.14% | +1.06% | -0.56% | -0.78% | +2.70% | +0.84% | +4.96% |
| 2019 | +3.08% | +1.50% | +0.94% | +3.01% | -5.45% | +5.60% | +0.72% | -0.68% | +0.92% | +0.86% | +1.46% | +0.69% | +12.99% |
| 2018 | +1.09% | +0.59% | -3.32% | +0.45% | -4.43% | -5.62% |
Drawdown analysis of UJUL (Innovator U.S. Equity Ultra Buffer ETF - July)
The maximum drawdown for the UJUL was -14.11%, occurring on Mar 20, 2020. Recovery took 54 trading sessions.
Since Aug 8, 2018 UJUL has experienced the following drawdowns:
- 10% or more: 3 times
| Depth | Start | To Bottom | Bottom | To Recover | End | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| -14.11% | Feb 19, 2020 | 22 | Mar 20, 2020 | 54 | Jun 8, 2020 | 76 |
| -11.38% | Feb 19, 2025 | 34 | Apr 8, 2025 | 41 | Jun 6, 2025 | 75 |
| -10.73% | Mar 29, 2022 | 136 | Oct 12, 2022 | 150 | May 18, 2023 | 286 |
| -7.86% | Aug 27, 2018 | 82 | Dec 24, 2018 | 81 | Apr 23, 2019 | 163 |
| -5.80% | Apr 29, 2019 | 24 | Jun 3, 2019 | 13 | Jun 20, 2019 | 37 |
| -5.64% | Jul 31, 2023 | 63 | Oct 27, 2023 | 16 | Nov 20, 2023 | 79 |
| -4.09% | Jul 16, 2024 | 16 | Aug 7, 2024 | 10 | Aug 21, 2024 | 26 |
| -4.00% | Jun 8, 2020 | 14 | Jun 26, 2020 | 14 | Jul 17, 2020 | 28 |
| -3.97% | Feb 25, 2026 | 23 | Mar 30, 2026 | 7 | Apr 9, 2026 | 30 |
| -3.85% | Jan 4, 2022 | 43 | Mar 8, 2022 | 15 | Mar 29, 2022 | 58 |
| -2.71% | Jul 29, 2019 | 5 | Aug 5, 2019 | 54 | Oct 21, 2019 | 59 |
| -2.13% | Aug 30, 2024 | 4 | Sep 6, 2024 | 6 | Sep 16, 2024 | 10 |
| -1.88% | Oct 12, 2020 | 14 | Oct 30, 2020 | 5 | Nov 6, 2020 | 19 |
| -1.88% | Mar 28, 2024 | 15 | Apr 19, 2024 | 10 | May 3, 2024 | 25 |
| -1.83% | Dec 11, 2024 | 20 | Jan 13, 2025 | 5 | Jan 21, 2025 | 25 |
| -1.74% | Aug 26, 2020 | 19 | Sep 23, 2020 | 12 | Oct 9, 2020 | 31 |
| -1.65% | Oct 27, 2025 | 18 | Nov 20, 2025 | 5 | Nov 28, 2025 | 23 |
| -1.63% | May 18, 2023 | 4 | May 24, 2023 | 2 | May 26, 2023 | 6 |
| -1.51% | Sep 3, 2021 | 18 | Sep 30, 2021 | 14 | Oct 20, 2021 | 32 |
| -1.28% | Jun 20, 2019 | 4 | Jun 26, 2019 | 4 | Jul 2, 2019 | 8 |
| -1.23% | Nov 16, 2021 | 12 | Dec 3, 2021 | 14 | Dec 23, 2021 | 26 |
| -1.17% | Oct 22, 2024 | 7 | Oct 31, 2024 | 4 | Nov 6, 2024 | 11 |
| -1.16% | Jun 12, 2025 | 5 | Jun 20, 2025 | 2 | Jun 24, 2025 | 7 |
| -1.15% | Jul 2, 2021 | 10 | Jul 19, 2021 | 4 | Jul 23, 2021 | 14 |
| -1.12% | Dec 28, 2023 | 4 | Jan 4, 2024 | 4 | Jan 10, 2024 | 8 |