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TFJL

GradeFChicago Board Options Exchange

Innovator 20+ Year Treasury Bond 5 Floor ETF

Treasury & Government Bond · Innovator · Inception 2020-08-18

$18.57−0.06 (−0.34%)

As of Sep 23, 2026, 2:21 PM EDT

Intraday session: down, 32 prints from 18.63 to 18.57. Range 18.55 to 18.65. Use the arrow keys to read each point.$18.60$18.6410 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM
Expense ratio
0.79%
Fund size
$6M
1Y return
−7.7%
Yield · Last 12 months
Holdings
5
Volume · 30D
0M sh
NAV per share
$18.60
52W range
low $18.60high $20.79

The ETF.net TFJL Grade

F

23/ 100

Rank 11 of 11 in Treasuries (20+ Year)

Confidence Medium

Six-pillar profile for TFJL. Scores out of 100: Cost 4, Risk 50, Mission not scored, Tradability 31, Holdings not scored, Durability 43. Strongest: Risk (50). Weakest: Cost (4). Based on 4 of 6 pillars.
F< 25
D≥ 25
C≥ 40
B≥ 55
A≥ 70

Score 23 of 100 sits in the F band. Bands: A ≥ 70, B ≥ 55, C ≥ 40, D ≥ 25, F < 25; the scale skips E. A structural cap ceilings this fund at 40, so B and A are out of reach.

Ceiling 40 · B and A out of reach

The pillars earned24This cap took0Published score23 Grade F
  • Cost

    What you pay to own it — the expense ratio plus trading frictions, ranked within its category.
    FScore 4
    Category rank11/11 · bottom quartile
  • 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.
    CScore 50
    Category rank6/11 · mid-pack
  • Tradability

    How cheaply and easily you can get in and out — liquidity, spread, and premium/discount stability.
    DScore 31
    Category rank10/11 · bottom quartile
  • 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.
    CScore 43
    Category rank8/11 · mid-pack

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

Our read on TFJL

ETF.net Research

FLong Treasuries can swing like stocks. TFJL wraps a 20+ year Treasury ETF in a quarterly contract: hold the full period and loss participation is targeted at 5%, with upside capped in exchange. Defined outcome mechanics, pointed at duration.

Stated mandate

The fund uses a quarterly defined-outcome strategy intended to provide upside participation in the price return of the iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF, subject to a cap, while limiting its targeted loss participation to 5% for investors holding through the outcome period.

Why people hold it

  1. 01The 5% floor is written into the mandate, not a hope. Hold a full outcome period and targeted loss participation stops at 5%, with a cap on the upside as the price of that trade.innovatoretfs.com
  2. 02The outcome period runs a quarter, not a year, so the floor and cap reset four times as often as the annual defined-outcome norm.
  3. 03The reference asset is a plain vanilla long-Treasury fund, the iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF (TLT), so you can see exactly what the payoff is keyed to.innovatoretfs.com
  4. 04Structured as a regular 1940 Act ETF, not a bank-issued note, so the defined outcome doesn't ride on an issuer's credit.

Worth knowing

  1. 010.79% a year, versus a 0.15% median for long-Treasury funds and 0.03% at the cheap end (VGLT). The floor is what that gap buys.
  2. 02The contract tracks price return, so Treasury coupon income doesn't flow through to shareholders as it would in a straight bond fund.
  3. 03It's one of the smaller, more thinly traded names in the long-Treasury group, so the spread you cross can matter alongside the fee.

TFJL Holdings

As of Sep 22, 2026, 10:01 PM
Asset class
Other
Holdings
5
Top-10 weight
100%
Largest holding
TLT 09/30/2026 0.22 C99.1%
The fund’s holdings, weight-ordered — page 1 of 1.
#TickerCompanyWeight %SharesMarket valueIn ETFs
001TLT 09/30/2026 0.22 C99.09%679$6M1
002TLT 09/30/2026 82.1 P0.80%679$45K1
003US BANK MMDA - USBGFS 9 09/01/20370.16%8,841$9K161

Showing 1–3 of 3 holdings

TFJL Performance

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

TFJL$9,232
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. TFJL $9,232. SPY $11,723. Use the arrow keys to read each point.$9,013$10,489$11,965Sep 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 TFJL. Periods over one year show the average yearly return.
PeriodTFJL
Year to date−5.9%
1 month−0.6%
3 months−4.5%
1 year−7.7%
3 years−1.2%per year
5 years−4.8%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 TFJL
YearReturn barTFJL
2026 YTD−5.9%
2025−0.9%
2024−6.8%
2023+8.2%
2022−17.2%
2021−2.5%
2020−2.0%

Since listing, Aug 18, 2020

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TFJL Dividends

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

No distributions in the last 12 months.

TFJL Risk

How much the fund’s monthly returns vary, scaled to a year.
9.7%
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.
−0.56
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.
−23.8%
Trough Sep 2026
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.
0.24
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.

TFJL Cost

Expense ratio0.79%
  • The middle half of Treasuries (20+ Year) funds
  • Median 0.15%

Every other Treasuries (20+ Year) fund charges less.

TFJL costs $79.00 a year on $10,000. The median Treasuries (20+ Year) fund costs $15.00.