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Innovator Equity Dual Directional 15 Buffer ETF - September (DDFS)

Defined Outcome | Exchange Traded Fund | Cboe US
22.32 USD -0.12 (-0.542%) ⇩ (Oct. 16, 2026, 3:31 p.m. EDT)

Short-term:★★⯪☆☆Long-term:★★⯪☆☆Dividends:☆☆☆☆☆
Hot Take ↕ | Oct. 10, 2026, 1:32 a.m. EDT

This instrument is a specialized hedging vehicle designed to cap losses during equity market declines, making it fundamentally unsuitable for standard directional investment strategies. The lack of any dividend history confirms it is a capital preservation tool rather than an income generator. While the recent price action shows a slight uptick against the 50-day moving average and the statistical model indicates a high-confidence minor upward drift over the next 45 days, these are artifacts of the buffer mechanism resetting or the underlying index stabilizing, not signs of organic business growth. Consequently, there is no long-term compounding potential or yield to justify a bullish stance beyond its specific hedging utility.

Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
AutoTheta ✓0.002171
AutoARIMA0.003409
AutoETS0.003521
MSTL0.003692

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoTheta

Forecast Reliability
Score 80%
H-stat 6.96
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.990
Excess Kurtosis -0.07
Attribute Value
Trailing P/E 23.86

Info Dump

Attribute Value
All Time High 24.28
All Time Low 20.39
Ask 22.34
Ask Size 100
Average Daily Volume10 Day 15,330
Average Daily Volume3 Month 75,720
Average Volume 75,720
Average Volume10Days 15,330
Beta3 Year 0.0
Bid 22.27
Bid Size 400
Category Defined Outcome
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Day High 22.445
Day Low 22.28
Display Name Eq Dual Directional 15 Buffer
Dividend Yield 0.0
Eps Trailing Twelve Months 0.9355037
Esg Populated 0
Exchange BTS
Exchange Data Delayed By 0
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fifty Day Average 22.29876
Fifty Day Average Change 0.019540787
Fifty Day Average Change Percent 0.0008763172
Fifty Two Week Change Percent 6.912577
Fifty Two Week High 24.28
Fifty Two Week High Change -1.9617004
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.08079491
Fifty Two Week Low 20.696
Fifty Two Week Low Change 1.6223011
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.078387186
Fifty Two Week Range 20.696 - 24.28
First Trade Date Milliseconds 1,756,819,800,000
Full Exchange Name Cboe US
Fullday Change -0.09000015
Fullday Change Percent -0.40107018
Fullday Price 22.3183
Fund Family Innovator ETFs
Fund Inception Date 1,756,425,600
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Language en-US
Legal Type Exchange Traded Fund
Long Business Summary The fund has adopted a policy pursuant to Rule 35d-1 under the 1940 Act to invest, under normal circumstances, at least 80% of its net assets (plus any borrowings for investment purposes) in investments that provide exposure to the SPDR® S&P 500® ETF Trust (the “Underlying ETF”). The fund is non-diversified.
Long Name Innovator Equity Dual Directional 15 Buffer ETF - September
Market us_market
Market State CLOSED
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_1942003731
Nav Price 22.4362
Net Assets 116,298,152.0
Net Expense Ratio 0.79
Open 22.445
Phone (215) 979-3750
Previous Close 22.44
Price Hint 2
Quote Source Name Delayed Quote
Quote Type ETF
Region US
Regular Market Change -0.1217
Regular Market Change Percent -0.542336
Regular Market Day High 22.445
Regular Market Day Low 22.28
Regular Market Day Range 22.28 - 22.445
Regular Market Open 22.445
Regular Market Previous Close 22.44
Regular Market Price 22.3183
Regular Market Time 1,792,179,063
Regular Market Volume 1,995
Short Name Innovator Equity Dual Direction
Source Interval 15
Symbol DDFS
Total Assets 116,298,152
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 0.0
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.0
Trailing P E 23.856987
Trailing Peg Ratio None
Trailing Three Month Nav Returns 1.14514
Trailing Three Month Returns 1.14514
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 21.773556
Two Hundred Day Average Change 0.5447445
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent 0.025018629
Type Disp ETF
Volume 1,995
Yield 0.0
Ytd Return 5.13438