Which resets first, BJUL or JULC?

BJUL ends its outcome period on Jun 30, 2027 and JULC on Jun 30, 2027. A new cap is set the day after each.

Which is cheaper, BJUL or JULC?

BJUL charges 0.79% a year and JULC charges 0.30%, so JULC is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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BJUL vs JULC: Cap, Buffer & Days Left

JULC can fall 4.2% before its buffer engages as of Oct 12, 2026, and BJUL 3.6% as of Oct 13, 2026. Net assets on Oct 12, 2026: $364m for Innovator U.S. Equity Buffer ETF - Jul and $2m for Corgi U.S. Equities 10% Structured Buffer ETF - July Series.

JULC costs 0.49 points a year less; BJUL is far larger, $364m against $2m.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

BJUL vs JULC: Cap, Buffer & Days Left
	BJUL	JULC
Expense ratio	0.79%	0.30%
Net assets, as of Oct 12, 2026	$364m	$2m
Total return, 1 year	+14.7%	not published
What it tracks	SPY	SPY
Holdings in common	not published
Index fall to the buffer	3.9%	4.2%

BJULBetween buffer and cap

BJUL: reference +4.1% since period start, fund +3.5%; buffer 0 to −9; cap +18.1%; Between buffer and cap. Figures to Oct 13, 2026.

JULCBetween buffer and cap

JULC: reference +4.3% since period start, fund +4.0%; buffer 0 to −10; cap +18.2%; Between buffer and cap. Figures to Oct 12, 2026.

ETFIQ Downside Cover Score · JULC scores higherIf the market falls into a bear market from here, how much does the buffer absorb?

BJUL 19.7

JULC 37.3

0.2, the lowest in this set99.8, the highest

A percentile among the 292 buffer ETFs on stocks with a live outcome period. Today's position against one 20% fall; it ignores smaller falls, and stock buffers are never ranked against bond or commodity ones. All buffer ETFs ranked by it → How it is computed →

Where each one stands today

BJUL resets first, on Jun 30, 2027, 260 days from now; JULC runs to Jun 30, 2027, 261 days. A fall from here reaches BJUL’s buffer after 3.6% and JULC’s after 4.2%. Both track SPY, so what separates them is where each is in its own period.

Performance, window by window

Performance, window by window: BJUL vs JULC: Cap, Buffer & Days Left
	Total return		Gap to the reference's price return
Window	BJUL	JULC	BJUL	JULC
3 months	+3.2%	+3.4%	−0.7 pts	−0.5 pts
6 months	+8.8%	not published	−4.6 pts	not published
1 year	+14.7%	not published	−4.4 pts	not published
3 years	+62.0%	not published	−18.3 pts	not published
Since launch Not the same days: BJUL Aug 2018 · JULC Jul 2026	+119.3%	+3.7%	−47.7 pts	−0.7 pts

Each fund's gap is to its reference's price return, dividends left out: the basis the outcome period uses. Source: ETFIQ. Open this comparison in the app →

On the same fields

BJUL

Innovator U.S. Equity Buffer ETF - Jul · Absorbs the first 9% of loss on SPY and caps the gain at 18.1%, over a period ending Jun 30, 2027

JULC

Corgi U.S. Equities 10% Structured Buffer ETF - July Series · Absorbs the first 10% of loss on SPY and caps the gain at 18.2%, over a period ending Jun 30, 2027

Issuer Innovator Corgi

Reference index SPY SPY

Buffer 9% 10%

Outcome period Jun 30, 2026 to Jun 30, 2027 Jul 1, 2026 to Jun 30, 2027

Days left 260 261

Starting cap +18.1% +18.2%

Can still gain 13.9% not published

Fall before buffer 3.6% 4.2%

Protection left, index points 9.0% of 9.0% 10.0% of 10.0%

Index return this period +4.1% +4.3%

Fund return this period +3.5% +4.0%

State today Open Open

Expense ratio 0.79% 0.30%

Net assets, as of Oct 12, 2026 $364m $2m

As of Oct 13, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

About BJUL

From its price on Oct 13, 2026, the fund can gain about 13.9% more before it reaches its cap. The fund's price can fall 3.6% from here before the buffer starts absorbing losses, by the issuer's figure. In index terms, SPY can fall 3.9% 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. 260 days remained on Oct 13, 2026. On Jun 30, 2027 the period ends and a new cap is set.

About JULC

The fund's price can fall 4.2% from here before the buffer starts absorbing losses, by the issuer's figure. In index terms, SPY can fall 4.2% from today's level to the point where the buffer begins. Protection left, in index points: 10.0% of the 10.0% buffer still sits below today's SPY level. 261 days remained on Oct 12, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which resets first, BJUL or JULC?: BJUL ends its outcome period on Jun 30, 2027 and JULC on Jun 30, 2027. A new cap is set the day after each.
Which is cheaper, BJUL or JULC?: BJUL charges 0.79% a year and JULC charges 0.30%, so JULC is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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SPY →BJUL on its own →JULC on its own →How every figure is computed →Standards and sources →

Where these figures came from

BJUL filings on SEC EDGAR ↗Innovator page for BJUL ↗JULC filings on SEC EDGAR ↗Corgi website ↗

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How this is computed

It is a place in a set, not a rating or a recommendation.

ETFIQ calculates every figure from each issuer’s published outcome-period terms. Buffer ETFs hold options on an index, not shares, so there is no holdings overlap to report.

Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested.

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