DDFO Innovator Equity Dual Directional 15 Buffer ETF - Oct
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Since Sep 30, 2026, DDFO returned 0.6%, against SPY's 0.5% price return. It can gain 9.9% more before its cap.
Promise check: Not measuredIts dual payoff has terms ETFIQ does not hold in full.
DDFO risk and return scorecard
vs SPY · Oct 2025 to Oct 2026 · 55 weekly returns · dividend-adjusted
Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records; risk-free rate: U.S. Treasury, Daily Treasury Bill Rates, 13-week coupon equivalent Method · Data
Money in and out
Net fund flows · Nov 3, 2026What you earned
Where does it stand in this outcome period?
Outcome period Sep 30, 2026 to Sep 30, 2027More on DDFO
Every number below is on this page. Open what you need.Price, 1 year
$23.06+0.4%1 day, priceClose, Nov 4, 2026
Price only. No distribution was paid over these days, so total return is the same. Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices.
Source: Tiingo end-of-day prices. Data as of Nov 4, 2026. Updated every trading night. Report a data error
Points (pts) are percentage points.
| Window | Total return | SPY price return | Gap to SPY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1M Oct 5 – Nov 4, 2026 | 0.0% | −1.0% | +1.0 pts |
| 3M Aug 5 – Nov 4, 2026 | +1.5% | −0.4% | +1.9 pts |
| 6M May 6 – Nov 4, 2026 | +3.5% | +4.5% | −1.0 pts |
| YTD Dec 31, 2025 – Nov 4, 2026 | +6.7% | +12.4% | −5.7 pts |
| 1Y Nov 4, 2025 – Nov 4, 2026 | +8.2% | +13.6% | −5.4 pts |
| Since launch Oct 1, 2025 – Nov 4, 2026 | +8.5% | +14.7% | −6.2 pts |
| Since launch, annualised Oct 1, 2025 – Nov 4, 2026 | +7.8% | – | – |
Total returns, distributions reinvested. SPY's column is its price return, dividends left out: the basis the outcome period uses. Listed Oct 2025: no 3 years windows.
Source: Tiingo end-of-day prices, with distributions reinvested.
DDFO: reference +0.5% since period start, fund +0.6%; buffer 0 to −15; cap +10.7%; Between buffer and cap. Data to Nov 4, 2026.
Money in and out
Daily data · as of Nov 3, 2026DDFO: in the 18 trading days to Nov 3, 2026, net $32.2m came in, over 17 of 18 trading days.
Nov 3, 2026
monthly, from SEC filings
monthly, from SEC filings
DDFO, net flow each trading day over the 65 sessions from Aug 4, 2026 to Nov 3, 2026: money came in on 13 days and went out on 0 days, of the 17 days with daily data; the other 48 have none. Before Oct 6, 2026 ETFIQ has the fund’s monthly data only, from SEC filings: that span is shaded and draws no bars, and its months are in the month by month list.
In on 13 days, out on 0. 48 days missing.
DDFO, net flow each trading day over the 251 sessions from Nov 4, 2025 to Nov 3, 2026: money came in on 13 days and went out on 0 days, of the 17 days with daily data; the other 234 have none. Before Oct 6, 2026 ETFIQ has the fund’s monthly data only, from SEC filings: that span is shaded and draws no bars, and its months are in the month by month list.
In on 13 days, out on 0. 234 days missing.
DDFO, net flow each trading day over the 400 sessions from Apr 2, 2025 to Nov 3, 2026: money came in on 13 days and went out on 0 days, of the 17 days with daily data; the other 383 have none. Before Oct 6, 2026 ETFIQ has the fund’s monthly data only, from SEC filings: that span is shaded and draws no bars, and its months are in the month by month list.
In on 13 days, out on 0. 383 days missing.
Daily data starts Oct 9, 2026.
How this is computed
Computed by ETFIQ from Innovator’s daily data: each day’s change in shares outstanding times the previous day’s net asset value. Percentages are of net assets at the start of each window. Numbers are net: money in less money out. Every day and month ETFIQ holds for DDFO, back to Aug 2025, is in its flows file. Flows across every fund · How these flows are computed · Compare DDFO with other funds in the flows tool
Every trading day, last 3 months17 days
Most recent first.
Week by week, last year5 weeks
Net flow into DDFO each week, Oct 9, 2026 to Nov 3, 2026, most recent first, each week named by its last trading day with data. Computed by ETFIQ.
Month by month, money in and money outAug 2025 to Nov 2026
DDFO, money in and money out each month from Aug 2025 to Oct 2026: two bars a month, money in above the line and money out below. Bars for Aug 2025 to Jul 2026 are from DDFO’s SEC filings (N-PORT item B.6), and for Oct 2026 ETFIQ’s sums of its days. Aug 2026 to Sep 2026 have no data. Nov 2026 is still in progress, so it is in the list and not drawn. Of the 14 months listed, money came in on net in 4 and went out in 6.
Bars for Aug 2025 to Jul 2026 are from DDFO’s SEC filings (N-PORT item B.6), and for Oct 2026 ETFIQ’s sums of its days. Of the 14 months listed, money came in on net in 4 and went out in 6.
Most recent first.
How this is computed
N-PORT months: money in is sales plus reinvestments; money out is redemptions. Months summed from daily data: money in adds the days money came in; money out adds the days it went out.
N-PORT months are the filed sales plus reinvestments less redemptions. Later months add up the daily data; the Source column names any missing day.
Source: ETFIQ, from the fund’s daily share counts and net asset values, and its SEC N-PORT filings. Data as of Nov 3, 2026. Last checked Nov 5, 2026.
DDFO key stats
Trading
as of Nov 4, 2026
Liquid: trades at a typical spread of 0.13%, and its holdings can absorb $15bn a day.
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About DDFO
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12 seats on DDFO, as of Nov 4, 2026: 1 Supports, 2 Challenges, 7 Not enough data, 2 Does not apply.
Questions people ask about DDFO
- How much can DDFO still gain?
- About 9.9% from its price on Nov 4, 2026, before it reaches its cap, by the issuer's published number. The cap for the period was set at +10.7%.
- How far can DDFO fall before the buffer helps?
- 0.7% in fund-price terms on Nov 4, 2026, by the issuer's number. In index terms SPY can fall 0.5% from that level before the buffer begins. Losses until that point are the holder's.
- How much of the DDFO buffer is left?
- 15.0% of the 15.0% buffer sat below the SPY level on Nov 4, 2026. That is an ETFIQ calculation in index points, on one definition for every issuer.
- When does DDFO reset?
- The outcome period ends on Sep 30, 2027, 330 days from the data on Nov 4, 2026. A new cap is set the next day and the buffer starts again.
- What does DDFO cost?
- The prospectus expense ratio is 0.79% a year.
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