BSTP - Innovator Buffer Step-Up Strategy ETF
The Innovator Buffer Step-Up ETF is an actively-managed fund that seeks to provide risk-managed exposure to the SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (SPY). The fund is a one-ticker solution designed to offer an opportunistically-managed buffer strategy. The ETF is evaluated monthly and can be held indefinitely.
- Sector
- Financial Services
- Industry
- Asset Management
- Market Cap
- $58.4M
- Beta
- 0.65
- 52-Week Range
- 33.34-39.26
- IPO Date
- Mar 9, 2022
- Exchange
- AMEX
BSTP Options Snapshot
Options pricing data for BSTP is refreshed daily after the close. When listed contracts exist, this page surfaces the latest at-the-money implied volatility, max pain strike, dealer gamma exposure (GEX), and 25-delta skew. Listed contracts and live snapshots appear once the options chain has been published by the exchange for the most recent session.
What This Page Covers
The BSTP overview links into per-metric analysis views: max pain, gamma exposure, volatility skew, expected move, options chain, open interest history, and aggregate Greeks. Microstructure data is available on short interest, short volume, fail-to-deliver, and market structure.
Frequently asked BSTP overview questions
- What is BSTP?
- BSTP is the ticker symbol for Innovator Buffer Step-Up Strategy ETF, an listed exchange-traded fund. The Innovator Buffer Step-Up ETF is an actively-managed fund that seeks to provide risk-managed exposure to the SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (SPY). The fund is a one-ticker solution designed to offer an opportunistically-managed buffer strategy. Listed on AMEX. BSTP is the ETF ticker shown on this page; ETF traders use the fund for diversified exposure to its underlying basket, for sector and factor rotation, and for hedging or replication strategies via the listed options chain.
- What are BSTP's key statistics?
- Innovator Buffer Step-Up Strategy ETF (BSTP) carries a market capitalization of $58.4M, 52-week range of 33.34-39.26. Full holdings disclosure, expense ratio, and tracking-error history live on the per-ticker fundamentals page or the sponsor's site; daily NAV and premium/discount-to-NAV are accessible from the same view. These structural inputs frame how the ETF options market prices implied volatility relative to its constituents.
- What sector or industry does BSTP belong to?
- Innovator Buffer Step-Up Strategy ETF operates in the Financial Services sector, in the Asset Management industry. Sector classification affects how the ticker correlates with sector ETFs, how it reacts to macro factors like rate moves and commodity prices, and how its options pricing compares to sector peers. Compare BSTP's implied volatility and skew against sector benchmarks to gauge whether the options market is pricing single-name or systemic risk relative to the broader peer group.
- How current is the BSTP data on this page?
- Options snapshots refresh after each trading session; if no snapshot is currently posted for BSTP, it usually reflects low options liquidity or a recently listed name. Fund-level fields (sponsor, expense ratio, holdings concentration where available) refresh from the vendor feed nightly. ETF-specific filings (N-CSR, N-PX, N-CEN) update on the SEC EDGAR cadence. FINRA microstructure data refreshes on the source's cadence; for ETFs the off-exchange volume signal is dominated by authorized-participant creation and redemption rather than directional flow.