GOVT Leads the Pack: Treasury Bond Fund Captures Nearly $1B in a Single Day

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Note: Flow data is reported after close on a T+1 basis. The flows in this report reflect create/redeem activity from Friday, October 10, 2025.

Market Flow Summary

The U.S. ETF market saw total net inflows of +$2.94B. The top issuer by inflow was iShares, which attracted +$1.84B. The leading individual fund for the day was iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF (GOVT) with inflows of +$982.76M. On the other side of the ledger, Invesco experienced the largest outflows among issuers, shedding -$1.84B, while SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (SPY) saw the largest single-fund outflow of -$1.78B. The most notable high-velocity brand was Leverage Shares, which saw inflows representing +5.05% of its AUM.

Flow Summary by Asset Class

Fixed Income led all asset classes with daily inflows of +$1.46B, followed by Commodity funds which gathered +$514.82M. On a year-to-date basis, Equity remains the dominant asset class with +$513.82B in net flows.

Asset Class 1D Flow 1M Flow YTD Flow
Fixed Income +$1.46B +$46.30B +$320.23B
Commodity +$514.82M +$9.88B +$41.69B
Non-Traditional +$401.63M +$4.42B +$67.36B
Digital Asset +$204.17M +$10.88B +$42.00B
Alternative +$127.40M +$979.20M +$4.30B
Multi-Asset +$88.75M +$1.37B +$4.88B
Equity +$67.93M +$83.55B +$513.82B
Unspecified +$62.44M +$117.26M +$185.61M
Currency +$12.30M -$46.74M +$477.18M

Top/Bottom Five Category Flows

At a more granular level, Government Intermediate Fixed Income categories saw the most significant inflows, while U.S. Large Cap Growth Equity categories experienced the largest redemptions.

Top 5 Category Inflows

Category 1D Flow
Fixed Income: Taxable – Government Intermediate +$1.08B
Fixed Income: Taxable – Government Long +$600.29M
Commodity: Focused – Precious Metals +$518.60M
Fixed Income: Taxable – Core +$488.75M
Equity: Thematic – Evolving Consumer +$421.27M

Bottom 5 Category Outflows

Category 1D Flow
Equity: U.S. Large Cap – Growth -$1.14B
Fixed Income: Taxable – High Yield -$815.79M
Equity: U.S. Large Cap – Value -$557.09M
Fixed Income: Taxable – Corporate -$470.78M
Fixed Income: Taxable – Bank Loans -$290.91M

ETF Issuer Flow Analysis

iShares led issuer inflows with +$1.84B (+0.05% of AUM), while Invesco saw the largest outflows at -$1.84B (-0.24% of AUM). Among smaller issuers, Leverage Shares stood out as a high-velocity brand, attracting inflows of +$40.37M, which represents +5.05% of its AUM.

Top 5 Brands by Inflows

Issuer Aggregate AUM 1D Flow 1D Flow as % of AUM
iShares $3.85T +$1.84B +0.05%
Vanguard $3.68T +$1.76B +0.05%
First Trust $180.92B +$498.20M +0.28%
Direxion $58.36B +$472.47M +0.82%
Global X $73.40B +$213.17M +0.29%

Bottom 5 Brands by Outflows

Issuer Aggregate AUM 1D Flow 1D Flow as % of AUM
Invesco $779.79B -$1.84B -0.24%
SPDR $1.76T -$1.31B -0.07%
Defiance $7.60B -$398.14M -4.97%
ProShares $93.95B -$253.86M -0.27%
Capital Group $93.83B -$89.63M -0.10%

High-Velocity Brands

Issuer Aggregate AUM 1D Flow 1D Flow as % of AUM
Leverage Shares $839.17M +$40.37M +5.05%

Significant Single-Fund Movements

The most significant inflow was seen in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF (GOVT) with +$982.76M, while SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (SPY) had the largest outflow at -$1.78B.

Largest Absolute Daily Flows (Net Flows > $250M)

Fund (Ticker) AUM 1D Flow 1D Flow as % of AUM
Inflows
iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF (GOVT) $29.94B +$982.76M +3.39%
Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (VOO) $773.89B +$786.70M +0.10%
iShares Core S&P 500 ETF (IVV) $704.66B +$606.95M +0.09%
SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 ETF (SPLG) $90.19B +$584.21M +0.65%
SPDR Gold Shares (GLD) $131.43B +$480.88M +0.37%
First Trust Dow Jones Internet Index Fund (FDN) $7.47B +$355.31M +5.00%
Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF (VTI) $553.27B +$277.24M +0.05%
iShares Bitcoin Trust ETF (IBIT) $97.32B +$255.47M +0.26%
Outflows
SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (SPY) $683.35B -$1.78B -0.26%
Invesco QQQ Trust Series I (QQQ) $394.37B -$1.50B -0.38%
iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF (HYG) $19.03B -$667.30M -3.39%
SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average ETF Trust (DIA) $41.30B -$486.69M -1.16%
Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight ETF (RSP) $74.44B -$441.25M -0.59%
ProShares UltraPro Short QQQ (SQQQ) $3.36B -$382.16M -10.22%
iShares Semiconductor ETF (SOXX) $15.38B -$304.70M -1.94%

High-Velocity Inflows (AUM > $100M, 1D Flow > +5% of AUM)

Fund (Ticker) AUM 1D Flow 1D Flow as % of AUM
Tradr 2X Long QUBT Daily ETF (QUBX) $104.54M +$38.96M +59.39%
SPDR SSGA Fixed Income Sector Rotation ETF (FISR) $249.58M +$81.35M +48.36%
ProShares Ultra Bloomberg Natural Gas (BOIL) $507.43M +$103.17M +25.52%
-1x Short VIX Futures ETF (SVIX) $193.93M +$31.90M +19.69%
VanEck Social Sentiment ETF (BUZZ) $131.31M +$20.55M +18.55%
Direxion Daily NVDA Bull 2X Shares (NVDU) $852.56M +$132.23M +18.36%
iShares Global Consumer Discretionary ETF (RXI) $378.05M +$51.09M +15.62%
ProShares Ultra Bloomberg Crude Oil (UCO) $387.30M +$49.20M +14.55%
GraniteShares 2x Long AMD Daily ETF (AMDL) $966.27M +$118.38M +13.96%
Polen Focus Growth ETF (PCLG) $127.41M +$15.49M +13.84%

High-Velocity Outflows (AUM > $100M, 1D Flow > -5% of AUM)

Fund (Ticker) AUM 1D Flow 1D Flow as % of AUM
Defiance Daily Target 2X Long RKLB ETF (RKLX) $128.14M -$131.30M -50.61%
Defiance Daily Target 2X Long SOFI ETF (SOFX) $108.15M -$90.42M -45.54%
Defiance Daily Target 2X Long AVGO ETF (AVGX) $151.41M -$105.10M -40.97%
Defiance Daily Target 2x Short IONQ ETF (IONZ) $145.98M -$31.51M -17.75%
iShares International Dividend Active ETF (BIDD) $568.14M -$108.68M -16.06%
SPDR S&P Retail ETF (XRT) $393.12M -$75.20M -16.06%
ProShares UltraPro Short QQQ (SQQQ) $3.36B -$382.16M -10.22%
ProShares UltraShort QQQ (QID) $341.83M -$32.32M -8.64%
ProShares UltraPro Short S&P500 (SPXU) $610.65M -$51.06M -7.72%
ProShares Short QQQ (PSQ) $536.26M -$42.80M -7.39%

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