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QTOC

GradeCChicago Board Options Exchange

Innovator Growth Accelerated Plus ETF - October

Accelerated Upside · Innovator · Inception 2021-10-01 · SEC filings

$39.23+0.01 (+0.01%)

As of Sep 23, 2026, 3:04 PM EDT

History starts Oct 4, 2021.
Intraday session: up, 39 prints from 39.23 to 39.23. Range 39.20 to 39.24. Use the arrow keys to read each point.$39.20$39.2210 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM
Expense ratio
0.79%
Fund size
$14M
1Y return
+18.1%
Yield · Last 12 months
—
Holdings
5
Volume · 30D
0M sh
NAV per share
$39.22
52W range
low $31.40high $39.24

The ETF.net QTOC Grade

C

52/ 100

Rank 3 of 8 in Nasdaq-100 Accelerated⁠

Confidence Low

Six-pillar profile for QTOC. Scores out of 100: Cost 46, Risk 42, Mission not scored, Tradability 72, Holdings not scored, Durability 61. Strongest: Tradability (72). Weakest: Risk (42). Based on 4 of 6 pillars.
F< 25
D≥ 25
C≥ 40
B≥ 55
A≥ 70

Score 52 of 100 sits in the C 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 rank6/8 · bottom quartile

  • Mission

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

    How violently it can move — volatility, drawdown depth, and downside capture versus its category.
    CScore 42
    Category rank6/7 · bottom quartile

  • Tradability

    How cheaply and easily you can get in and out — liquidity, spread, and premium/discount stability.
    AScore 72
    Category rank1/8 · top 13%

  • Holdings

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

    Whether it will still be here — the fund’s assets, age, flows, and issuer staying power.
    BScore 61
    Category rank5/8 · mid-pack

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

Our read on QTOC

ETF.net Research

CTriple the upside, single the downside. QTOC uses options to seek 3x the Nasdaq-100's move up to a cap over a one-year period that resets each October, while carrying full exposure to declines. Accelerator, not airbag.

Stated mandate

The Fund seeks to deliver three times QQQ's upside return up to a cap, while retaining approximately one-times downside exposure over a one-year outcome period.

Why people hold it

  1. 01The 3x acceleration is measured across a full one-year outcome period, not reset daily, so there is no day-to-day compounding drift to babysit.innovatoretfs.com
  2. 02The reference asset is plain vanilla: the Nasdaq-100 via QQQ. No stock picking, no sector tilt, just an options wrapper bolted onto a widely held index.innovatoretfs.com
  3. 03At 0.79%, it prices identically to Innovator's other accelerated QQQ funds (QTAP, QTJL, QTJA). The October start month is the differentiator, not the fee.

Worth knowing

  1. 01No buffer. The 3x runs one way: up to a cap on gains, while losses pass through at roughly one-for-one with the index.innovatoretfs.com
  2. 02The stated terms belong to holders who own it from one October reset to the next. Enter mid-period and your effective cap and exposure differ from the headline.innovatoretfs.com
  3. 03Small asset base and light trading, so bid-ask spreads can run wider than on mainstream index ETFs.

QTOC Holdings

As of Sep 22, 2026, 10:01 PM
Asset class
Stocks
Holdings
5
Top-10 weight
144%
Largest holding
4QQQ US 09/30/26 C6.02 FLX103.9%

Sectors

The fund’s holdings, weight-ordered — page 1 of 1.
#TickerCompanyWeight %SharesMarket valueIn ETFs
001—4QQQ US 09/30/26 C6.02 FLX103.92%388$29M1
002—4QQQ US 09/30/26 C600.37 FLX40.03%776$11M1
003—US BANK MMDA - USBGFS 9 09/01/20370.11%30,148$30K161
004—Cash & Other0.02%6,027$6K674

Showing 1–4 of 4 holdings

QTOC Performance

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

QTOC$11,813
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. QTOC $11,813. SPY $11,723. Use the arrow keys to read each point.$9,325$10,662$12,000Sep 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 QTOC. Periods over one year show the average yearly return.
PeriodQTOC
Year to date+14.7%
1 month+1.1%
3 months+3.6%
1 year+18.1%
3 years+19.4%per year
5 yearsFund is under 5 years old—per year
10 yearsFund is under 10 years old—per 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 QTOC
YearReturn barQTOC
2026 YTD+14.7%
2025+16.8%
2024+14.9%

QTOC in the news

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QTOC Dividends

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

No distributions in the last 12 months.

QTOC Risk

How much the fund’s monthly returns vary, scaled to a year.
10.7%
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.
1.29
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.
−33.3%
59 months · trough Oct 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.
0.76
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.

QTOC 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.

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