BFEB vs CPSY: which one stands where?
As of Oct 1, 2026 BFEB can fall 8.5% before its buffer engages and CPSY 4.5%, and CPSY resets 31 days sooner. Innovator U.S. Equity Buffer ETF - Feb and Calamos S&P 500 ® Structured Alt Protection ETF - January.
BFEB: reference +10.2% since period start, fund +8.7%; buffer 0 to −9; cap +16.6%; Between buffer and cap.
CPSY: reference +11.6% since period start, fund +4.2%; buffer −1 to floor; cap +5.9%; At its cap.
These are two different products. CPSY is a floor fund, which caps how far a holder can fall. BFEB is a buffer fund, which absorbs the first part of a fall and leaves everything below it with the holder.
CPSY is already at its cap, so more rise in the index adds nothing to it before the period ends.
They do not reset together. CPSY has 92 days of its period left and BFEB has 123, so the two are not the same bet on the same months.
Where each one stands today
CPSY resets first, on Jan 1, 2027, 92 days from now; BFEB runs to Jan 31, 2027, 123 days. A fall from here reaches BFEB’s buffer after 8.5% and CPSY’s after 4.5%. Both track SPY, so what separates them is where each is in its own period.
Every figure is ETFIQ’s own, from the issuer’s published outcome-period terms. A buffer ETF holds FLEX options on its reference index rather than shares, so there is no holdings overlap between two of them to report.
Performance, window by window
| Total return | Gap to the reference | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Window | BFEB | CPSY | BFEB | CPSY |
| 3 months | +2.8% | +1.7% | +0.3 pts | −0.8 pts |
| 6 months | +12.5% | +4.3% | −4.5 pts | −12.7 pts |
| 1 year | +14.4% | +5.9% | −1.3 pts | −9.8 pts |
| 3 years | +62.3% | not published | −22.7 pts | not published |
BFEB and CPSY over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ. Open the live comparison on ETFIQ →
On the same fields
BFEB and CPSY on the same fields, as of Oct 1, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
BFEB in plain words
From its price on Oct 1, 2026, the fund can gain about 6.8% more before it reaches its cap. The fund's price can fall 8.5% from here before the buffer starts absorbing losses, by the issuer's figure. In index terms, SPY can fall 9.3% from today's level to the point where the buffer begins. Protection left, in index points: 9.0% of the 9.0% buffer still sits below today's SPY level. 123 days remained on Oct 1, 2026. On Jan 31, 2027 the period ends and a new cap is set.
CPSY in plain words
SPY had already risen past this fund's cap of +5.9% for the period on Oct 1, 2026, so in index terms there is no more upside to collect. The fund's price can fall 4.5% from here before the buffer starts absorbing losses, by the issuer's figure. In index terms, SPY can fall 10.9% from today's level to the point where the buffer begins. Protection left, in index points: 99.5% of the 99.5% buffer still sits below today's SPY level. 92 days remained on Oct 1, 2026. On Jan 1, 2027 the period ends and a new cap is set.
Questions people ask
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