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XDQQ

GradeCChicago Board Options Exchange

Innovator Growth Accelerated ETF - Quarterly

Accelerated Upside · Innovator · Inception 2021-04-01

$41.42−0.60 (−1.42%)

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

Intraday session: down, 57 prints from 42.02 to 41.42. Range 41.22 to 42.10. Use the arrow keys to read each point.$41.20$41.60$42.0010 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM
Expense ratio
0.79%
Fund size
$67M
1Y return
+11.2%
Yield · Last 12 months
—
Holdings
5
Volume · 30D
0M sh
NAV per share
$39.86
52W range
low $35.61high $42.09

The ETF.net XDQQ Grade

C

46/ 100

Rank 6 of 8 in Nasdaq-100 Accelerated⁠

Confidence Low

Six-pillar profile for XDQQ. Scores out of 100: Cost 46, Risk 12, Mission not scored, Tradability 70, Holdings not scored, Durability 83. Strongest: Durability (83). Weakest: Risk (12). Based on 4 of 6 pillars.
F< 25
D≥ 25
C≥ 40
B≥ 55
A≥ 70

Score 46 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 rank7/8 · 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.
    FScore 12
    Category rank7/7 · bottom quartile

  • Tradability

    How cheaply and easily you can get in and out — liquidity, spread, and premium/discount stability.
    AScore 70
    Category rank2/8 · top 25%

  • 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 83
    Category rank1/8 · top 13%

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

Our read on XDQQ

ETF.net Research

CTwo times the upside of the Nasdaq-100, to a cap, with full downside exposure, re-struck every calendar quarter. Not a daily-reset leveraged fund: the outcome is measured across a three-month period, not overnight.

Stated mandate

The fund is designed to provide 2x upside and 1x downside exposure to QQQ over a calendar-quarter outcome period.

Why people hold it

  1. 01Asymmetric by design: 2x on QQQ's gain up to a cap, roughly 1x on the loss, over a full quarterly outcome period.innovatoretfs.com
  2. 02No daily reset means no overnight compounding drift. Terms are struck at the start of the outcome period and settle at the end.innovatoretfs.cominnovatoretfs.com
  3. 03The quarterly clock is the differentiator: caps get re-struck four times a year, while the Accelerated Plus funds (QTAP, QTJL) run to a single annual outcome date.innovatoretfs.com
  4. 04Costs 0.79% a year, sitting right at the median for Innovator's accelerated lineup.

Worth knowing

  1. 01No buffer. Losses run roughly one-for-one with QQQ, and the doubled upside only applies to holders who own it from one quarterly reset to the next.innovatoretfs.com
  2. 02Gains stop at a cap that Innovator can raise or lower each period. Buy mid-quarter and your terms differ from the ones set at the reset.innovatoretfs.com
  3. 03Thinly traded, so limit orders earn their keep. It also holds options rather than stocks, so QQQ's dividends do not pass through and income is not part of the package.innovatoretfs.com

XDQQ Holdings

As of Sep 22, 2026, 10:01 PM
Asset class
Stocks
Holdings
5
Top-10 weight
100%
Largest holding
QQQ 09/30/2026 1.84 C98.6%

Sectors

The fund’s holdings, weight-ordered — page 1 of 1.
#TickerCompanyWeight %SharesMarket valueIn ETFs
001—QQQ 09/30/2026 1.84 C98.61%1,854$137M1
002—QQQ 09/30/2026 736.4 C1.46%1,854$2M1
003—US BANK MMDA - USBGFS 9 09/01/20370.03%44,991$45K161

Showing 1–3 of 3 holdings

XDQQ Performance

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

XDQQ$11,118
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. XDQQ $11,118. SPY $11,723. Use the arrow keys to read each point.$9,276$10,611$11,946Sep 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 XDQQ. Periods over one year show the average yearly return.
PeriodXDQQ
Year to date+6.3%
1 month+5.8%
3 months+3.3%
1 year+11.2%
3 years+20.0%per year
5 years+7.4%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 XDQQ
YearReturn barXDQQ
2026 YTD+6.3%
2025+13.8%
2024+31.5%
2023+30.1%
2022−33.7%
2021+18.3%

Since listing, Apr 1, 2021

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XDQQ Dividends

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

No distributions in the last 12 months.

XDQQ Risk

How much the fund’s monthly returns vary, scaled to a year.
14.1%
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.
0.77
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.
−35.6%
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.
0.98
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.

XDQQ 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.

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