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JEPI observed max drawdown: 13.0%

JPMorgan Equity Premium Income ETF. From its 2021-12-31 peak, JEPI fell 13.0% to the 2022-09-30 trough and needed 16 months to make a new high (2023-04-30). Computed from 77 months of observed fund history. Fund inception boundary (first available fund observation): 2020-05-21; the monthly analysis runs from 2020-05-31 through 2026-09-30.

What is JEPI's observed maximum drawdown?

JEPI's observed maximum drawdown was 13.0%, from a peak in 2021-12-31 to a trough in 2022-09-30, based on monthly closes from fund prices first observed on 2020-05-21. The sample contains 77 monthly observations through 2026-09-30. Monthly closes can miss deeper daily losses.

JEPI: observed fund prices, monthly closes
MeasureValue
Maximum drawdown-13.0%
Peak2021-12-31
Trough2022-09-30
Recovered2023-04-30
Monthly observations77

Last verified

What is JEPI's observed maximum drawdown?

JEPI's observed maximum drawdown was 13.0%, from a peak in 2021-12-31 to a trough in 2022-09-30, based on monthly closes from fund prices first observed on 2020-05-21.

How long did JEPI take to recover from its worst drawdown?

JEPI took 16 months from the 2021-12-31 peak to make a new high in 2023-04-30, based only on observed fund prices.

What was JEPI's worst 12-month return?

JEPI's worst observed rolling 12-month return was -5.4%, in the 12 months ending 2022-09-30.

JEPI observed fund drawdown statistics

Maximum drawdown
-13.0%

2021-12-31 peak to 2022-09-30 trough.

Recovery time
16 months

New high reached 2023-04-30.

Time underwater
55.8%

Share of all months spent below a prior high.

Worst 12 months
-5.4%

Rolling year ending 2022-09-30.

The biggest JEPI drawdowns in observed fund history

DepthPeakTroughRecoveredPeak to troughTotal underwater
-13.0%2021-12-312022-09-302023-04-309 mo16 months
-5.7%2024-11-302025-04-302025-08-315 mo9 months
-4.8%2026-02-282026-03-312026-08-311 mo6 months
-4.2%2021-08-312021-09-302021-10-311 mo2 months
-4.1%2023-08-312023-10-312023-11-302 mo3 months

Methodology: observed JEPI fund prices only, first available from 2020-05-21. Monthly closing-price statistics cover 2020-05-31 through 2026-09-30; no proxy or pre-inception simulation is included in this table. Educational information, not investment advice.

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