Performance analysis of ZAUG (Innovator Equity Defined Protection ETF - 1 Yr August)
Annual Return
Since Aug 1, 2024, ZAUG has had an average annual return of +7.59%, underperforming the benchmark SPY, which returned +21.43% annual.
| 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| +2.80% | +7.37% | +3.62% |
Monthly Return
| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Annually Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | +0.40% | +0.26% | -0.97% | +2.21% | +0.86% | +0.03% | +2.80% | ||||||
| 2025 | +0.95% | -0.11% | -1.58% | +0.02% | +2.46% | +1.81% | +0.98% | +0.71% | +0.99% | +0.26% | +0.25% | +0.44% | +7.37% |
| 2024 | +1.75% | +0.94% | -0.26% | +1.32% | -0.16% | +3.62% |
Drawdown analysis of ZAUG (Innovator Equity Defined Protection ETF - 1 Yr August)
The maximum drawdown for the ZAUG was -4.83%, occurring on Apr 8, 2025. Recovery took 26 trading sessions.
| Depth | Start | To Bottom | Bottom | To Recover | End | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| -4.83% | Feb 19, 2025 | 34 | Apr 8, 2025 | 26 | May 15, 2025 | 60 |
| -1.94% | Jan 24, 2025 | 4 | Jan 30, 2025 | 5 | Feb 6, 2025 | 9 |
| -1.72% | Feb 25, 2026 | 23 | Mar 30, 2026 | 7 | Apr 9, 2026 | 30 |
| -0.98% | Aug 30, 2024 | 4 | Sep 6, 2024 | 5 | Sep 13, 2024 | 9 |
| -0.91% | May 19, 2025 | 4 | May 23, 2025 | 6 | Jun 3, 2025 | 10 |
| -0.75% | Oct 28, 2025 | 17 | Nov 20, 2025 | 5 | Nov 28, 2025 | 22 |
| -0.67% | Dec 11, 2024 | 6 | Dec 19, 2024 | 4 | Dec 26, 2024 | 10 |
| -0.60% | Dec 26, 2024 | 10 | Jan 13, 2025 | 2 | Jan 15, 2025 | 12 |
| -0.53% | Oct 22, 2024 | 9 | Nov 4, 2024 | 2 | Nov 6, 2024 | 11 |
| -0.46% | Aug 1, 2024 | 4 | Aug 7, 2024 | 2 | Aug 9, 2024 | 6 |
| -0.44% | Sep 26, 2024 | 7 | Oct 7, 2024 | 4 | Oct 11, 2024 | 11 |
| -0.43% | Jan 12, 2026 | 5 | Jan 20, 2026 | 14 | Feb 9, 2026 | 19 |
| -0.40% | Oct 6, 2025 | 4 | Oct 10, 2025 | 6 | Oct 20, 2025 | 10 |
| -0.39% | Nov 8, 2024 | 5 | Nov 15, 2024 | 5 | Nov 22, 2024 | 10 |
| -0.39% | Jun 12, 2025 | 1 | Jun 13, 2025 | 1 | Jun 16, 2025 | 2 |
| -0.33% | Jun 16, 2025 | 1 | Jun 17, 2025 | 3 | Jun 23, 2025 | 4 |
| -0.32% | Dec 11, 2025 | 4 | Dec 17, 2025 | 3 | Dec 22, 2025 | 7 |
| -0.30% | Aug 14, 2025 | 3 | Aug 19, 2025 | 5 | Aug 26, 2025 | 8 |
| -0.30% | Sep 22, 2025 | 3 | Sep 25, 2025 | 3 | Sep 30, 2025 | 6 |
| -0.27% | Aug 28, 2025 | 2 | Sep 2, 2025 | 2 | Sep 4, 2025 | 4 |
| -0.23% | Feb 11, 2026 | 2 | Feb 13, 2026 | 7 | Feb 25, 2026 | 9 |
| -0.23% | Aug 21, 2024 | 1 | Aug 22, 2024 | 1 | Aug 23, 2024 | 2 |
| -0.22% | Aug 23, 2024 | 4 | Aug 29, 2024 | 1 | Aug 30, 2024 | 5 |
| -0.21% | Feb 6, 2025 | 1 | Feb 7, 2025 | 1 | Feb 10, 2025 | 2 |
| -0.17% | Jan 15, 2025 | 1 | Jan 16, 2025 | 1 | Jan 17, 2025 | 2 |