Innovator Laddered Fund of S&P 500 Power Buffer ETFs™
BUFF CBOE - exBATS
The Innovator Laddered Fund of U.S. Equity Power Buffer ETFs™ seeks to provide exposure to the investment results of the Refinitiv Laddered Power Buffer Strategy Index. The Index is comprised of an equal-weight allocation to each of the 12 Innovator U.S. Equity Power Buffer ETFs which provide the u...
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- Fund size
- 137M as of Feb 2020
- Expense ratio
- 0.49% per year
- Dividend yield
- – Quarterly
- Volatility · 1Y
- 5.2% Low Risk
- Beta
- 0.43 vs the market
- 52-week range
- 48.4254.46
How BUFF has paid off
Price return over every period, and total return with dividends reinvested, set against price alone.
Return by period
Price · to Oct 12Total return vs price return
Price onlyOver 1 year, BUFF returned +11.6% with dividends reinvested — dividends added 0.0 pts to the price move.
How bumpy is the ride?
Return only means something next to the risk taken to earn it. Volatility, drawdowns and market sensitivity over 1 year.
Volatility
Annualized · 1YA typical year sees the price swing about ±5% around its trend.
Drawdown from peak
How far below its previous high the price has been Deepest fall −3.6% on Mar 30, 2026 — 33 days after the previous high
More than 5% below a high 0% of the time.
Market sensitivity
BetaA beta of 0.43 means BUFF has moved less than the market.
Trend & momentum
Where the price sits against its moving averages, and how stretched the recent move is.
Price vs moving averages
Uptrend- 12-day average54.22 +0.5%
- 26-day average54.02 +0.8%
- 50-day average53.74 +1.3%
- 200-day average51.93 +4.9%
The price is above 4 of 4 averages. The 50-day average is above the 200-day, a sign of a rising longer-term trend.
Relative strength (RSI)
NeutralRSI compares recent gains with recent losses on a 0–100 scale. Above 70 a move is often considered stretched, below 30 washed out.
Technical indicators describe past prices. They are not a forecast.
Inside the fund
Smart Betas · DownsideProtection/UpsideLimits — tracking the Refinitiv Laddered Power Buffer Strategy Index.
- Assets under management137MUSD
- Expense ratio0.49%per year
- Holdings101
- Risk score5.4Medium
Launched October 2016. Fund data as of Feb 27, 2020.
Where BUFF shows up
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About Innovator Laddered Fund of S&P 500 Power Buffer ETFs™
The Innovator Laddered Fund of U.S. Equity Power Buffer ETFs™ seeks to provide exposure to the investment results of the Refinitiv Laddered Power Buffer Strategy Index. The Index is comprised of an equal-weight allocation to each of the 12 Innovator U.S. Equity Power Buffer ETFs which provide the upside of U.S. equities, subject to caps, while buffering against the first 15% of U.S. equity losses
- Featured in 2 curated themes
- 101 holdings
- Ticker
- BUFF
- Exchange
- CBOE - exBATS
- ISIN
- US45783G1022
- CUSIP
- 45783Y814
- Currency
- U.S. Dollar (USD)
- Country
- USA
- Sector
- Smart Betas
- Industry
- DownsideProtection/UpsideLimits
- Benchmark
- Refinitiv Laddered Power Buffer Strategy Index
All key statistics
Details
Shareas of Oct 12, 2026
Dataas of Feb 27, 2020
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Data for information only, not investment advice. Past performance does not guarantee future results.