Performance analysis of UOCT (Innovator U.S. Equity Ultra Buffer ETF - October)
Annual Return
Over the past 3 years, UOCT has had an average annual return of +11.67%, underperforming the benchmark SPY, which returned +22.45% annual.
Over the past 5 years, UOCT has had an average annual return of +8.26%, underperforming the benchmark SPY, which returned +13.88% annual.
Since Oct 1, 2018, UOCT has had an average annual return of +7.24%, underperforming the benchmark SPY, which returned +14.88% annual.
| 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| +5.07% | +10.67% | +8.98% | +18.66% | -4.33% | +5.83% | +8% | +10.88% | -6.19% |
Monthly Return
| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Annually Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | +0.71% | -0.18% | -2.57% | +5.18% | +2.09% | -0.09% | +5.07% | ||||||
| 2025 | +1.48% | -0.48% | -3.03% | -0.15% | +3.65% | +2.86% | +1.63% | +1.36% | +1.43% | +0.75% | +0.27% | +0.57% | +10.67% |
| 2024 | +0.90% | +1.87% | +0.97% | -0.49% | +1.71% | +0.75% | +0.58% | +0.65% | +0.37% | -0.20% | +2.39% | -0.82% | +8.98% |
| 2023 | +3.48% | -0.73% | +1.79% | +1.28% | +1.02% | +2.35% | +0.85% | +0.68% | +0.63% | -1.02% | +5.03% | +2.02% | +18.66% |
| 2022 | -1.07% | -0.97% | +1.32% | -3.29% | -0.00876% | -3.64% | +2.76% | -2.29% | -0.85% | +2.81% | +2.52% | -1.45% | -4.33% |
| 2021 | -1.03% | +0.73% | +1.56% | +0.64% | +0.31% | +0.67% | +0.10% | +0.35% | -0.25% | +1.94% | -0.54% | +1.24% | +5.83% |
| 2020 | -0.04% | -2.81% | -5.12% | +5.31% | +2.19% | +0.69% | +1.88% | +1.68% | +0.59% | -0.88% | +3.63% | +1.01% | +8% |
| 2019 | +2.91% | +1.65% | +0.41% | +2.69% | -3.86% | +3.69% | +1% | -1.72% | +1.31% | +0.60% | +1.29% | +0.64% | +10.88% |
| 2018 | -3.18% | +1.18% | -4.24% | -6.19% |
Drawdown analysis of UOCT (Innovator U.S. Equity Ultra Buffer ETF - October)
The maximum drawdown for the UOCT was -13.67%, occurring on Mar 23, 2020. Recovery took 82 trading sessions.
The current UOCT drawdown is -0.12%.
Since Oct 1, 2018 UOCT has experienced the following drawdowns:
- 10% or more: 1 time
| Depth | Start | To Bottom | Bottom | To Recover | End | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| -13.67% | Feb 19, 2020 | 23 | Mar 23, 2020 | 82 | Jul 20, 2020 | 105 |
| -9.21% | Feb 19, 2025 | 34 | Apr 8, 2025 | 43 | Jun 10, 2025 | 77 |
| -8.67% | Jan 4, 2022 | 194 | Oct 12, 2022 | 118 | Apr 3, 2023 | 312 |
| -7.72% | Oct 2, 2018 | 57 | Dec 24, 2018 | 75 | Apr 12, 2019 | 132 |
| -5.04% | Jul 26, 2019 | 20 | Aug 23, 2019 | 67 | Nov 27, 2019 | 87 |
| -4.34% | May 3, 2019 | 20 | Jun 3, 2019 | 13 | Jun 20, 2019 | 33 |
| -4.24% | Jan 27, 2026 | 43 | Mar 30, 2026 | 10 | Apr 14, 2026 | 53 |
| -3.08% | Oct 16, 2023 | 9 | Oct 27, 2023 | 5 | Nov 3, 2023 | 14 |
| -2.50% | Oct 12, 2020 | 14 | Oct 30, 2020 | 5 | Nov 6, 2020 | 19 |
| -2.22% | Oct 28, 2025 | 17 | Nov 20, 2025 | 8 | Dec 3, 2025 | 25 |
| -1.70% | Jul 31, 2024 | 3 | Aug 5, 2024 | 6 | Aug 13, 2024 | 9 |
| -1.57% | Dec 6, 2024 | 22 | Jan 10, 2025 | 6 | Jan 21, 2025 | 28 |
| -1.48% | Nov 5, 2021 | 19 | Dec 3, 2021 | 15 | Dec 27, 2021 | 34 |
| -1.26% | Mar 28, 2024 | 15 | Apr 19, 2024 | 10 | May 3, 2024 | 25 |
| -1.24% | Oct 8, 2025 | 2 | Oct 10, 2025 | 7 | Oct 21, 2025 | 9 |
| -1.15% | Jan 12, 2026 | 5 | Jan 20, 2026 | 5 | Jan 27, 2026 | 10 |
| -1.14% | Oct 22, 2024 | 8 | Nov 1, 2024 | 3 | Nov 6, 2024 | 11 |
| -1.12% | Jul 28, 2025 | 4 | Aug 1, 2025 | 5 | Aug 8, 2025 | 9 |
| -1.11% | Jan 20, 2021 | 7 | Jan 29, 2021 | 5 | Feb 5, 2021 | 12 |
| -1.10% | May 1, 2023 | 3 | May 4, 2023 | 7 | May 15, 2023 | 10 |
| -1.07% | Jul 12, 2019 | 5 | Jul 19, 2019 | 3 | Jul 24, 2019 | 8 |
| -0.99% | Dec 11, 2025 | 4 | Dec 17, 2025 | 4 | Dec 23, 2025 | 8 |
| -0.92% | Sep 2, 2020 | 5 | Sep 10, 2020 | 11 | Sep 25, 2020 | 16 |
| -0.91% | Nov 11, 2024 | 4 | Nov 15, 2024 | 6 | Nov 25, 2024 | 10 |
| -0.89% | Apr 19, 2023 | 5 | Apr 26, 2023 | 2 | Apr 28, 2023 | 7 |