Performance analysis of Innovator Equity Dual Directional 15 Buffer ETF September (DDFS)
Annual Return
Since Sep 2, 2025, DDFS has had an average annual return of +8.52%, underperforming the benchmark SPY, which returned +18.85% annual.
| 2026 | 2025 | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| +4.10% | +3.29% |
Monthly Return
| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Annually Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | +0.49% | +0.10% | -0.93% | +2.86% | +1.04% | +0.11% | +0.41% | +4.10% | |||||
| 2025 | +1.83% | +0.38% | +0.26% | +0.78% | +3.29% |
Drawdown analysis of Innovator Equity Dual Directional 15 Buffer ETF September (DDFS)
The maximum drawdown for the DDFS was -2.29%, occurring on Mar 30, 2026. Recovery took 6 trading sessions.
The current DDFS drawdown is -0.12%.
| Depth | Start | To Bottom | Bottom | To Recover | End | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| -2.29% | Feb 25, 2026 | 23 | Mar 30, 2026 | 6 | Apr 8, 2026 | 29 |
| -1.62% | Oct 27, 2025 | 18 | Nov 20, 2025 | 12 | Dec 9, 2025 | 30 |
| -0.96% | Sep 30, 2025 | 8 | Oct 10, 2025 | 9 | Oct 23, 2025 | 17 |
| -0.66% | Feb 2, 2026 | 3 | Feb 5, 2026 | 2 | Feb 9, 2026 | 5 |
| -0.58% | Jan 12, 2026 | 5 | Jan 20, 2026 | 5 | Jan 27, 2026 | 10 |
| -0.56% | Feb 9, 2026 | 5 | Feb 17, 2026 | 6 | Feb 25, 2026 | 11 |
| -0.45% | Jun 1, 2026 | 7 | Jun 10, 2026 | 3 | Jun 15, 2026 | 10 |
| -0.43% | Sep 22, 2025 | 3 | Sep 25, 2025 | 3 | Sep 30, 2025 | 6 |
| -0.43% | Dec 11, 2025 | 4 | Dec 17, 2025 | 2 | Dec 19, 2025 | 6 |
| -0.41% | Jun 16, 2026 | 6 | Jun 25, 2026 | 4 | Jul 1, 2026 | 10 |
| -0.31% | Sep 15, 2025 | 1 | Sep 16, 2025 | 4 | Sep 22, 2025 | 5 |
| -0.26% | Dec 26, 2025 | 4 | Jan 2, 2026 | 2 | Jan 6, 2026 | 6 |
| -0.23% | Jan 27, 2026 | 2 | Jan 29, 2026 | 2 | Feb 2, 2026 | 4 |
| -0.19% | Apr 17, 2026 | 2 | Apr 21, 2026 | 3 | Apr 24, 2026 | 5 |
| -0.16% | Jul 16, 2026 | 1 | Jul 17, 2026 | 2 | Jul 21, 2026 | 3 |
| -0.12% | Jul 21, 2026 | 2 | Jul 23, 2026 | Ongoing | Ongoing | Ongoing |
| -0.11% | May 14, 2026 | 1 | May 15, 2026 | 4 | May 21, 2026 | 5 |
| -0.10% | Apr 27, 2026 | 1 | Apr 28, 2026 | 2 | Apr 30, 2026 | 3 |
| -0.09% | Oct 23, 2025 | 1 | Oct 24, 2025 | 1 | Oct 27, 2025 | 2 |
| -0.07% | May 8, 2026 | 2 | May 12, 2026 | 1 | May 13, 2026 | 3 |
| -0.07% | Jul 1, 2026 | 1 | Jul 2, 2026 | 2 | Jul 7, 2026 | 3 |
| -0.05% | May 26, 2026 | 1 | May 27, 2026 | 1 | May 28, 2026 | 2 |
| -0.04% | Sep 11, 2025 | 1 | Sep 12, 2025 | 1 | Sep 15, 2025 | 2 |
| -0.04% | Jul 10, 2026 | 1 | Jul 13, 2026 | 3 | Jul 16, 2026 | 4 |
| -0.03% | Jul 7, 2026 | 1 | Jul 8, 2026 | 1 | Jul 9, 2026 | 2 |