ETF Market Flow Summary: Leveraged Single-Stock ETFs See Massive Action

Issuer League Tables

Invesco led daily absolute asset gathering among major issuers, attracting $3,675M to outpace Vanguard’s $2,428M and iShares’ $1,672M. In contrast, SPDR sustained the largest daily outflows with a $2,391M reduction, which aligns with its negative $3,384M five-day trajectory. Examining relative activity, Founder secured the highest daily proportional growth, adding $13M to its asset base for a 13.90% increase. Conversely, Jensen registered the largest relative contraction, yielding a 10.61% reduction in total assets under management.

Issuer Flows (Absolute)

Issuer Flows (Relative)

Daily ETF Flow Analysis

Equity products led aggregate market activity, capturing $5,095M in daily inflows to advance their year-to-date total to $398,265M. Fixed Income followed with a $1,817M daily expansion, contrasting with Commodities which posted an $83M reduction. U.S. Large Cap Growth funds commanded the top specific category position with $3,959M in daily allocations. Sector Health Care funds recorded the largest category contraction, shedding $557M over the single session.

Asset Class Flows

Top/Bottom 10 Category Flows

U.S. Size & Style

QQQ captured the top position in U.S. Size & Style with $3,207M in daily inflows. Broad market demand was also evident in VOO, which added $1,825M to reach $917.1B in total assets. On the negative side, SPY led outflows with a $782M daily reduction. Small cap exposure faced pressure as IWM contracted by $354M during the trading period.

Size & Style ex-U.S.

International allocations were led by URTH, which secured $814M in new assets to reach $9.1B under management. IEFA and SCHF also posted robust daily expansions of $467M and $303M, respectively. Conversely, GVAL reported the segment’s largest withdrawal, giving back $36M. XC followed with a $13M daily reduction from its $0.1B asset base.

Sector & Industry

Consumer Discretionary allocations topped the sector charts, driven by XLY receiving $257M in daily inflows. Energy exposure via XLE and XOP attracted $109M and $89M, respectively. Healthcare and Semiconductor products paced sector outflows, led by a $364M contraction in XLV. SOXX similarly shed $338M, reflecting targeted distribution from technology hardware profiles.

Region & Country

ASHR achieved the top position for regional funds with $35M in single-day allocations. EWQ recorded a more modest $9M expansion within European country allocations. Broad European exposure experienced the steepest outflows, as VGK shed $401M to bring its asset total to $29.25B. Currency-hedged Japanese exposure also declined, with HEWJ losing $38M during the daily tracking period.

Thematic

Disruptive technology and infrastructure themes led asset gathering, with DRAM generating $54M in net daily flows. ARKG added $50M, lifting its total assets to $1.18B. Innovation-focused strategies simultaneously accounted for the largest outflows, paced by a $460M withdrawal from ARKK. FDN registered the second-largest thematic reduction, shedding $249M.

Fixed Income

Long-duration government debt paced fixed income inflows, with TLT securing $317M on the day. DFCF followed closely, drawing $209M into its core fixed income strategy. High yield corporate and short-term treasury profiles recorded the most prominent outflows. Specifically, HYG lost $200M, while BIL and SHY declined by $172M and $165M, respectively.

Commodity

Physical gold exposure led commodity funds as GLDM gained $36M, expanding its total assets to $30.44B. Agriculture exposure via DBA captured the second spot, adding $27M in net new money. In contrast, GLD drove total category outflows with a substantial $498M reduction. Physical silver and crude oil allocations similarly contracted, with SLV and USO losing $66M and $45M, respectively.

Cryptocurrency

MSBT captured the top spot among digital asset products, netting $11M for its spot bitcoin portfolio. Single-asset XRP exposure was also positive, with XRP and XRPZ adding $2M and $1M. Despite these specific additions, the broader cryptocurrency category experienced distribution, led by IBIT shedding $55M. Spot Ethereum funds FETH and ETHA followed with daily outflows of $48M and $37M.

Non-Traditional

Leveraged single-stock strategies dominated the non-traditional segment, highlighted by MRAL gathering $538M in a single session. Premium income strategy JEPQ also demonstrated strong demand, pulling in $184M to reach $37.48B in AUM. Conversely, broad market leveraged products saw immediate contraction, as TQQQ and QLD returned $127M and $72M, respectively. FAS posted the third-largest reduction with $68M in net daily outflows.

Recent Launches

Issuers introduced ten new exchange-traded products within the most recent tracking period, heavily featuring non-traditional and leveraged methodologies. GraniteShares deployed synthetic income offerings linked to cryptocurrencies and individual equities, including XEY and CRY. Tradr focused on leveraged single-stock structures, launching a suite of daily target profiles such as AXTX, which immediately attracted $64.73M. Worth Charting rounded out the recent additions with its options income strategy, WRTH.