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QTAP

GradeBChicago Board Options Exchange

Innovator Growth Accelerated Plus ETF

Accelerated Upside · Innovator · Inception 2021-04-01

$53.08−0.12 (−0.22%)

As of Sep 23, 2026, 3:07 PM EDT

Intraday session: down, 48 prints from 53.19 to 53.08. Range 53.03 to 53.17. Use the arrow keys to read each point.$53.05$53.10$53.1510 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM
Expense ratio
0.79%
Fund size
$20M
1Y return
+21.8%
Yield · Last 12 months
Holdings
5
Volume · 30D
0M sh
NAV per share
$52.83
52W range
low $42.60high $53.19

The ETF.net QTAP Grade

B

60/ 100

Rank 2 of 8 in Nasdaq-100 Accelerated

Confidence Low

Six-pillar profile for QTAP. Scores out of 100: Cost 46, Risk 84, Mission not scored, Tradability 64, Holdings not scored, Durability 73. Strongest: Risk (84). Weakest: Cost (46). Based on 4 of 6 pillars.
F< 25
D≥ 25
C≥ 40
B≥ 55
A≥ 70

Score 60 of 100 sits in the B band. Bands: A ≥ 70, B ≥ 55, C ≥ 40, D ≥ 25, F < 25; the scale skips E.

  • Cost

    What you pay to own it — the expense ratio plus trading frictions, ranked within its category.
    CScore 46
    Category rank3/8 · top 38%
  • Mission

    How faithfully it does the job it claims — tracking its mandate or index with minimal slippage.
    Not scored
  • Risk

    How violently it can move — volatility, drawdown depth, and downside capture versus its category.
    AScore 84
    Category rank1/7 · top 14%
  • Tradability

    How cheaply and easily you can get in and out — liquidity, spread, and premium/discount stability.
    BScore 64
    Category rank3/8 · top 38%
  • Holdings

    What it actually owns — the quality, breadth, and concentration of the underlying portfolio.
    Not scored
  • Durability

    Whether it will still be here — the fund’s assets, age, flows, and issuer staying power.
    AScore 73
    Category rank3/8 · top 38%

Graded as of Sep 22, 2026 · Based on 4 of 6 pillars

Our read on QTAP

ETF.net Research

BTriple QQQ's upside to a cap, roughly one-for-one on the way down, over a one-year stretch that resets each April. Leveraged-style math without a daily reset, and no buffer underneath it.

Stated mandate

The Fund seeks to deliver three times the positive return of the Invesco QQQ Trust over the current annual outcome period, subject to a 22.80% gross cap, while approximately matching QQQ losses. It uses FLEX Options and provides no downside buffer.

Why people hold it

  1. 01Three up, one down: the options structure targets 3x QQQ's gain to a cap while tracking its decline about one-for-one across the annual outcome period.innovatoretfs.com
  2. 02Outcomes are measured over a full year rather than daily, so the structure sidesteps the compounding drift baked into daily 3x leveraged funds.innovatoretfs.com
  3. 03The 0.79% expense ratio sits right at the median for the five accelerated-upside funds in its peer group.
  4. 04One of the original Accelerated ETFs, listed April 2021, and it stands near the top of the small group of funds built this way.globenewswire.com

Worth knowing

  1. 01No buffer here. Downside exposure runs roughly one-for-one with QQQ, so a rough year in the Nasdaq-100 shows up in full.innovatoretfs.com
  2. 02The cap is set at the start of each annual period, so buying mid-period means different upside, downside and cap than the headline terms.innovatoretfs.com
  3. 03A small, thinly traded fund, which makes limit orders worth the trouble. Sibling vintages QTJL, QTOC and QTJA run the same design off other reset months.

QTAP Holdings

As of Sep 22, 2026, 10:01 PM
Asset class
Stocks
Holdings
5
Top-10 weight
165%
Largest holding
QQQ 03/31/2027 5.78 C109.5%

Sectors

The fund’s holdings, weight-ordered — page 1 of 1.
#TickerCompanyWeight %SharesMarket valueIn ETFs
001QQQ 03/31/2027 5.78 C109.54%297$22M1
002QQQ 03/31/2027 577.18 C54.84%594$11M1
003Cash & Other0.29%57,317$57K674
004US BANK MMDA - USBGFS 9 09/01/20370.12%22,940$23K161

Showing 1–4 of 4 holdings

QTAP Performance

Shows how $10,000 changes over the selected period, with cash distributions reinvested at the closing price on each ex-dividend date.

QTAP$12,180
SPY tracks large US stocks. It provides market context, rather than representing this fund’s strategy, asset class or investment benchmark.$11,723
Sep 22, 2025 to Sep 22, 2026. QTAP $12,180. SPY $11,723. Use the arrow keys to read each point.$9,319$10,856$12,392Sep 2025Mar 2026Sep 2026

Sep 22, 2025 – Sep 22, 2026

Returns run to the Sep 22, 2026 close, with cash distributions reinvested. Each period starts on the same date that many months or years earlier. Periods over one year show the average yearly return.

Trailing total return for QTAP. Periods over one year show the average yearly return.
PeriodQTAP
Year to date+18.8%
1 month+2.1%
3 months+4.0%
1 year+21.8%
3 years+21.2%per year
5 years+13.0%per year
10 yearsFund is under 10 years oldper year

As of the close, with distributions reinvested.

Calendar-year total return with cash distributions hypothetically reinvested at the ex-dividend date’s closing price. The current year shows year to date.

Annual total returns for QTAP
YearReturn barQTAP
2026 YTD+18.8%
2025+19.3%
2024+17.4%
2023+43.3%
2022−25.9%
2021+15.6%

Since listing, Apr 1, 2021

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QTAP Dividends

This fund pays no distributions.
Last 12 months
Payout per share
Last 12 months

No distributions in the last 12 months.

QTAP Risk

How much the fund’s monthly returns vary, scaled to a year.
8.9%
Annualised · 36 months to Aug 2026
How it’s calculated: standard deviation

The sample standard deviation of monthly total returns, multiplied by the square root of 12.

Uses up to 36 complete months, with at least 12 required. Total returns include reinvested distributions.

Return above 3-month US Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
1.60
vs 3-month T-bills · to Aug 2026
How it’s calculated: Sharpe ratio

Subtract each month’s Treasury-bill return from the fund’s monthly total return.

Divide the average of those excess returns by their sample standard deviation, then multiply by the square root of 12.

Uses up to 36 complete months, with at least 12 required. Each month uses the Treasury yield quoted at the end of the previous month.

The largest fall from a peak to the low that followed.
−29.4%
Trough Dec 2022
How it’s calculated: maximum drawdown

The largest percentage decline from an earlier peak, using total returns with reinvested distributions.

Uses up to five years through the last close, with at least 12 months required.

How strongly the fund’s returns move with its asset-class index.
0.55
vs its asset-class index
How it’s calculated: beta

The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.

QTAP Cost

Expense ratio0.79%
  • The middle half of Nasdaq-100 Accelerated funds
  • Median 0.79%

2 of the 8 Nasdaq-100 Accelerated funds charge less.

QTAP costs $79.00 a year on $10,000. The median Nasdaq-100 Accelerated fund costs $79.00.