ETF Action Daily Flow Report: Disruptive Tech & Growth Dominate Today’s Flows

Issuer League Tables

Invesco led the issuer league tables for the day, capturing $4,338M in net new assets, bringing their year-to-date total to $29.19B. iShares and Vanguard followed with $2,459M and $2,068M in daily inflows, respectively, while maintaining their dominant AUM positions. Conversely, TappAlpha experienced the largest absolute daily outflow of $185M, which also represented a significant 36.59% decline relative to its assets under management. On a relative basis, Ocean Park and Corgi saw the highest proportional daily growth, increasing their AUM by 22.48% and 14.38%, respectively.

Issuer Flows (Absolute)

Issuer Flows (Relative)

Daily ETF Flow Analysis

Total daily net flows for U.S.-listed ETFs reached $17,361M, contributing to a robust one-month total of $185,409M. The Equity asset class attracted the vast majority of this capital with $12,524M in daily inflows, boosting its year-to-date accumulation to $451,272M. Fixed Income and Non-Traditional categories followed, gathering $3,131M and $1,552M respectively during the trading session. Meanwhile, Digital Asset ETFs recorded the most substantial daily outflows at $330M, despite maintaining a positive one-month flow of $2,800M.

Asset Class Flows

Top & Bottom 10 Category Flows

U.S. Size & Style

U.S. Large Cap Growth ETFs dominated the size and style segment, pulling in $7,916M in a single day and extending their one-month flow to $25,098M. Specifically, QQQ and SCHG led individual fund creations with $4,384M and $2,482M, respectively. In contrast, U.S. Large Cap Value and U.S. Small Cap Blend categories faced respective daily redemptions of $1,822M and $1,131M. The heaviest individual outflows were concentrated in fundamentally weighted strategies, with FNDX losing $1,359M and FNDA shedding $1,331M.

Size & Style ex-U.S.

Global Ex-U.S. Large Cap Blend funds attracted the most capital among international equity categories, registering $518M in daily inflows alongside a year-to-date total of $62,006M. IDEV secured the top position for individual funds, adding $187M to its $30.0B asset base. Meanwhile, URTH recorded the largest daily outflow in this segment, experiencing redemptions of $80M. Overall, international size and style ETFs showed positive momentum, with the grand total for the day reaching $728M across the monitored funds.

Sector & Industry

Information Technology was the clear standout within the sector classification, gathering $1,374M in daily net new money. This was heavily driven by SOXX and IXN, which brought in $723M and $335M, respectively. The Energy sector faced the steepest daily decline with $304M in outflows, primarily led by a $282M redemption from XLE. Additional laggards included Consumer Discretionary and Industrials, shedding $144M and $135M respectively over the course of the trading day.

Region & Country

The Asia-Pacific region led geographic fund flows with $218M in daily creations, pushing its one-year total above the $20B mark. China-focused funds drove this growth, as KWEB and ASHR collected $80M and $62M respectively. Conversely, the Eurozone category saw $29M exit, with FEZ accounting for $26M of those redemptions. Latin America also experienced mild pressure, recording aggregate outflows of $24M largely stemming from ILF and EWZS.

Thematic

Disruptive Tech themes captured significant investor interest, netting $1,778M for the day and extending their year-to-date total to $13,499M. The newly prominent DRAM ETF was the primary beneficiary, pulling in an impressive $1,694M in a single session. On the negative side, Evolving Consumer themes posted aggregate outflows of $133M over the daily reporting period. Specifically, funds like ITB and MAGS experienced the largest individual redemptions, losing $54M and $51M respectively.

Fixed Income

Corporate fixed income ETFs led the daily bond flows, adding $1,344M to reach a $445.8B category AUM. Government bonds followed closely with $1,147M in net creations, heavily supported by SGOV which gathered $457M. SCHI was the top individual fixed income fund for the day, drawing $848M into its intermediate corporate strategy. In contrast, LQD and VCLT registered the steepest daily outflows of $119M and $111M, respectively.

Commodity

The Precious Metals category dominated the commodity space, recording $511M in daily net flows while expanding its one-year inflow total to $33,646M. The leading funds were GLD and SLV, which attracted $258M and $121M, demonstrating concentrated activity in gold and silver assets. Conversely, the Energy commodity segment had a muted day, though BNO saw an isolated reduction of $23M. Shipping Freight and Agriculture ETFs posted negligible daily redemptions totaling $2M and $1M, respectively.

Cryptocurrency

Cryptocurrency ETFs experienced broad daily redemptions totaling $330M, despite holding a robust $126.65B in total category assets. The outflows were primarily driven by Bitcoin strategies, which shed $221M, and Ethereum funds, which lost $131M. Individually, ETHA and FBTC were the most significantly impacted, registering outflows of $102M and $86M respectively. However, select Altcoin and futures-based strategies like BSOL and BITO managed to attract modest inflows of $16M and $12M.

Non-Traditional

Leverage and Inverse strategies commanded the Non-Traditional category with $1,404M in daily net flows, despite maintaining a negative year-to-date trajectory. SOXL was the primary catalyst, absorbing a massive $1,035M in a single day. Synthetic Income funds also contributed positively, adding $129M to reach a $196.93B total asset base. On the outflow side, SOXS and NVDL led redemptions with respective losses of $230M and $204M.

Recent Launches

The pace of new product introductions remains elevated, with 316 ETFs having launched over the past three months. The ten most recent debuts are heavily concentrated in single-stock leveraged products and structured outcome or income-focused strategies. Issuers such as Leverage Shares and GraniteShares accounted for the majority of the latest additions on May 12, 2026. These unclassified or non-traditional strategies typically launch with minimal initial assets, relying on subsequent market activity to build their AUM base.