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Rank change is against last month\u2019s edition.\n The 25 buffer ETFs that lost money most over Jun 2025 to May 2026, of 101 that lost money. Computed by ETFIQ. # Fund Name Net flow Share of assets Rank change \n 1 DECW AllianzIM U.S. Equity Buffer20 ETF - Dec \u2212$205m \u00b7 same \n 2 JANW AllianzIM U.S. Equity Buffer20 ETF - Jan \u2212$177m \u00b7 same \n 3 UDEC Innovator U.S. Equity Ultra Buffer ETF - Dec \u2212$151m \u00b7 \u25b2 1 \n 4 PDEC Innovator U.S. Equity Power Buffer ETF - Dec \u2212$149m \u00b7 \u25b2 1 \n 5 SIXO AllianzIM U.S. Equity Buffer10 ETF - Apr \u2212$146m \u00b7 new \n 6 XBAP Innovator U.S. Equity Accelerated 9 Buffer ETF - Apr \u2212$140m \u00b7 same \n 7 BDEC Innovator U.S. Equity Buffer ETF - Dec \u2212$120m \u00b7 new \n 8 JANT AllianzIM U.S. Equity Buffer10 ETF - Jan \u2212$109m \u00b7 \u25bc 1 \n 9 SIXD AllianzIM U.S. Equity Buffer10 ETF - Jun \u2212$105m \u00b7 same \n 10 GMAR FT Vest U.S. Equity Moderate Buffer ETF - March \u2212$95.1m \u00b7 \u25bc 2 \n 11 OCTT AllianzIM U.S. Equity Buffer10 ETF - Oct \u2212$94.6m \u00b7 \u25bc 1 \n 12 IAPR Innovator Intl Developed Power Buffer ETF - Apr \u2212$79.1m \u00b7 \u25b2 2 \n 13 ZDEK Innovator Equity Defined Protection ETF - 1 Yr December \u2212$76.6m \u00b7 \u25bc 2 \n 14 UAPR Innovator U.S. Equity Ultra Buffer ETF - Apr \u2212$75.7m \u00b7 new \n 15 BAPR Innovator U.S. Equity Buffer ETF - Apr \u2212$68.6m \u00b7 \u25b2 3 \n 16 XMAR FT Vest U.S. Equity Enhance & Moderate Buffer ETF - March \u2212$68.4m \u00b7 \u25bc 3 \n 17 NAPR Innovator Growth-100 Power Buffer ETF - Apr \u2212$67.3m \u00b7 \u25bc 2 \n 18 PJUN Innovator U.S. Equity Power Buffer ETF - Jun \u2212$63.1m \u00b7 \u25b2 4 \n 19 PFEB Innovator U.S. Equity Power Buffer ETF - Feb \u2212$54.8m \u00b7 \u25b2 1 \n 20 GDEC FT Vest U.S. Equity Moderate Buffer ETF - December \u2212$53.1m \u00b7 new \n 21 XBJL Innovator U.S. Equity Accelerated 9 Buffer ETF - Jul \u2212$50.4m \u00b7 \u25bc 4 \n 22 KAUG Innovator U.S. Small Cap Power Buffer ETF - Aug \u2212$49.0m \u00b7 new \n 23 UFEB Innovator U.S. Equity Ultra Buffer ETF - Feb \u2212$40.7m \u00b7 new \n 24 QJUN FT Vest Nasdaq-100\u00ae Buffer ETF - June \u2212$40.3m \u00b7 new \n 25 XDEC FT Vest U.S. Equity Enhance & Moderate Buffer ETF - Decemb \u2212$39.7m \u00b7 \u25bc 4 \n SEC Form N-PORT, item B.6, monthly, every fund with a filing for every month of the window.\n \n Other flow rankings\n Buffer \u00b7 inflows All ETFs \u00b7 outflows Every flows ranking The 12 months list in the flows tool Where these figures came from\n SEC Form N-PORT data sets: monthly sales and redemptions, item B.6 SEC Form N-CEN data sets: each fund\u2019s creation unit, item E.3.a ETFIQ links to the documents behind every figure. It is not affiliated with any issuer, and a link is not an endorsement.\n ETFIQ is an independent publisher and makes no recommendations; a rank is a sort of one published figure, not an opinion.\n\n Cite this page. ETFIQ, The buffer ETFs that lost the most, data as of Oct 8, 2026. https://etfiq.com/flows/rankings/desk/buffer/outflows/ Free to use with attribution for figures ETFIQ computes; issuer data stays under its owner's terms. The underlying files are at Open data .\n Other forms Plain ETFIQ, The buffer ETFs that lost the most, data as of Oct 8, 2026. https://etfiq.com/flows/rankings/desk/buffer/outflows/ APA ETFIQ. (Oct 8, 2026). The buffer ETFs that lost the most. Retrieved from https://etfiq.com/flows/rankings/desk/buffer/outflows/ Markdown [The buffer ETFs that lost the most (ETFIQ, Oct 8, 2026)](https://etfiq.com/flows/rankings/desk/buffer/outflows/)","source":"ETFIQ, independent ETF data. 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