ETF Flow Monitor
Tuesday, 25 August 2026 · US$ creation / redemption flows over 20 sessions ·
5 markets, no cross-market aggregate ·
methodologyClick any column header to sort.
† = value unchanged >3 sessions (stale feed or low-turnover fund).
% 52w Hi = price vs its highest close in the trailing 52 weeks.
Percentile ranks each ETF's 20-day flow against its own history since 31 Dec 2020 (or the fund's inception, if later).
Green = creation / near 52w high / RSI oversold; red = redemption / deep drawdown / RSI overbought.
US 5 ETFs
| ETF | AUM $bn | Price $ |
1d Chg | % 52w Hi | RSI 14d |
Flow 20d $m | Pctile | Sh out m |
| SPDR S&P 500SPY | 797.8 | 765.91 | +0.32% | -1.5% | 54.2 | -11,705 | 11 | 1,041.7 |
| Nasdaq 100QQQ | 455.6 | 710.72 | +0.62% | -4.7% | 48.9 | -55,878 | 0 | 641.1 |
| Vanguard GrowthVUG | 225.2 | 87.40 | +0.54% | -3.2% | 50.5 | -926 | 5 | 2,576.5† |
| Vanguard ValueVTV | 193.7 | 226.79 | +0.04% | -0.3% | 63.1 | +110 | 21 | 854.1† |
| Vanguard Small-CapVB | 81.9 | 303.01 | +0.04% | -2.0% | 51.2 | +330 | 58 | 270.3† |
International 16 ETFs
| ETF | AUM $bn | Price $ |
1d Chg | % 52w Hi | RSI 14d |
Flow 20d $m | Pctile | Sh out m |
| FTSE EuropeVGK | 31.3 | 93.19 | +0.63% | +0.0% | 65.9 | -238 | 22 | 336.2† |
| MSCI EMEEM | 29.7 | 67.25 | +1.72% | -5.6% | 56.3 | -2,371 | 1 | 441.1 |
| MSCI KoreaEWY | 25.3 | 180.15 | +3.75% | -17.8% | 54.5 | -2,240 | 1 | 140.6 |
| MSCI JapanEWJ | 21.9 | 95.63 | +0.83% | -2.9% | 53.5 | -1,405 | 0 | 229.4 |
| MSCI TaiwanEWT | 10.5 | 105.40 | +2.00% | -5.5% | 55.8 | -1,529 | 0 | 99.6 |
| MSCI BrazilEWZ | 9.5 | 35.88 | +2.02% | -14.0% | 58.8 | +365 | 89 | 263.5 |
| MSCI IndiaINDA | 6.7 | 50.23 | +1.78% | -9.2% | 58.9 | -386 | 8 | 132.9 |
| MSCI ChinaMCHI | 6.3 | 55.12 | +0.35% | -17.7% | 51.5 | +319 | 81 | 114.2 |
| Latin America 40ILF | 3.9 | 35.21 | +1.27% | -7.6% | 60.8 | +102 | 80 | 110.5 |
| MSCI MexicoEWW | 2.0 | 77.85 | +0.91% | -4.2% | 60.0 | +106 | 83 | 25.4 |
| MSCI AustraliaEWA | 1.4 | 30.43 | +1.23% | +0.0% | 63.7 | -110 | 8 | 46.7 |
| MSCI SingaporeEWS | 1.1 | 34.24 | +1.48% | +0.0% | 69.7 | +72 | 96 | 31.2 |
| MSCI IndonesiaEIDO | 0.5 | 12.79 | +1.11% | -33.5% | 57.0 | +62 | 95 | 38.0 |
| MSCI ThailandTHD | 0.4 | 73.23 | -0.33% | -2.4% | 50.7 | +3 | 67 | 5.0 |
| MSCI MalaysiaEWM | 0.3 | 28.75 | +0.52% | -5.5% | 63.6 | -9 | 21 | 11.3 |
| MSCI PhilippinesEPHE | 0.1 | 25.00 | -0.95% | -11.9% | 39.9 | +14 | 93 | 5.6 |
US & Global Sectors 17 ETFs
| ETF | AUM $bn | Price $ |
1d Chg | % 52w Hi | RSI 14d |
Flow 20d $m | Pctile | Sh out m |
| Technology SelectXLK | 118.5 | 181.74 | +0.94% | -8.3% | 47.4 | -577 | 14 | 652.0 |
| VanEck SemiconductorSMH | 69.2 | 555.82 | +1.65% | -16.9% | 45.0 | -9,744 | 0 | 124.5 |
| Financials SelectXLF | 56.4 | 58.31 | +0.15% | +0.0% | 62.1 | -1,242 | 23 | 966.9 |
| Health Care SelectXLV | 44.9 | 175.29 | +0.34% | -0.2% | 69.6 | -388 | 30 | 256.0 |
| Energy SelectXLE | 40.6 | 62.06 | -1.66% | -2.7% | 59.5 | -513 | 35 | 654.0 |
| Industrials SelectXLI | 33.1 | 178.40 | -0.34% | -4.3% | 38.8 | +587 | 82 | 185.5 |
| Cons Disc SelectXLY | 23.1 | 117.95 | -0.30% | -5.3% | 53.3 | +218 | 67 | 196.1 |
| Comm Svcs SelectXLC | 22.7 | 113.18 | +0.77% | -5.7% | 58.1 | -337 | 18 | 200.7 |
| Utilities SelectXLU | 22.3 | 43.31 | +0.21% | -9.3% | 40.2 | -55 | 37 | 514.3 |
| Cons Staples SelectXLP | 14.8 | 86.52 | -1.06% | -3.9% | 55.3 | +52 | 53 | 170.6 |
| BiotechnologyIBB | 9.4 | 216.40 | +1.82% | -0.3% | 71.9 | -1,015 | 0 | 43.3 |
| Materials SelectXLB | 8.9 | 53.58 | +0.00% | -0.1% | 61.5 | -101 | 42 | 165.7 |
| Real Estate SelectXLRE | 8.5 | 45.36 | +0.07% | -1.4% | 55.4 | -145 | 12 | 187.5 |
| Global HealthcareIXJ | 4.1 | 107.48 | +0.64% | +0.0% | 69.6 | -5 | 38 | 38.3 |
| Global EnergyIXC | 2.8 | 57.06 | -1.47% | -2.6% | 58.3 | -64 | 22 | 48.9† |
| Global IndustrialsEXI | 1.4 | 201.27 | +0.49% | -2.7% | 49.6 | -26 | 13 | 7.1 |
| Global FinancialsIXG | 0.7 | 134.93 | +0.59% | -0.1% | 60.7 | +98 | 95 | 5.2 |
Thematics 12 ETFs
| ETF | AUM $bn | Price $ |
1d Chg | % 52w Hi | RSI 14d |
Flow 20d $m | Pctile | Sh out m |
| SPDR GoldGLD | 130.7 | 428.07 | +0.32% | -13.7% | 73.0 | -17,019 | 0 | 305.4 |
| Roundhill MemoryDRAM | 25.4 | 56.24 | +3.61% | -30.3% | 50.8 | -2,966 | 5 | 452.4 |
| Gold MinersGDX | 23.1 | 105.52 | +1.91% | -8.9% | 77.2 | -7,510 | 0 | 218.8 |
| Copper MinersCOPX | 7.5 | 96.32 | +1.89% | +0.0% | 71.8 | -1,271 | 0 | 77.6 |
| Global X Defense TechSHLD | 7.0 | 65.65 | -0.56% | -15.9% | 45.7 | -103 | 6 | 106.1 |
| UraniumURA | 5.7 | 48.14 | +5.36% | -22.1% | 65.0 | -1,304 | 0 | 119.2 |
| China InternetKWEB | 5.6 | 26.41 | +0.61% | -38.5% | 42.1 | +855 | 90 | 212.7 |
| Robotics & AIBOTZ | 3.4 | 35.85 | +1.70% | -13.9% | 45.5 | -317 | 1 | 94.0 |
| Global Clean EnergyICLN | 2.3 | 17.65 | +1.26% | -25.7% | 41.5 | -571 | 0 | 132.3 |
| ROBO Global RoboticsROBO | 2.0 | 80.93 | +1.20% | -10.4% | 46.1 | -106 | 1 | 24.9 |
| Lithium & BatteryLIT | 1.5 | 76.59 | -0.57% | -16.4% | 59.9 | -459 | 0 | 19.6 |
| Tema Space InnovatorsNASA | — | 23.69 | +0.38% | -43.4% | 42.7 | +91 | 44 | — |
Fixed Income 4 ETFs
| ETF | AUM $bn | Price $ |
1d Chg | % 52w Hi | RSI 14d |
Flow 20d $m | Pctile | Sh out m |
| Total BondBND | 398.3 | 72.67 | +0.41% | -3.3% | 55.0 | -711 | 2 | 5,481.2 |
| Total Intl BondBNDX | 123.1 | 47.91 | +0.48% | -4.0% | 53.4 | -153 | 2 | 2,569.7 |
| 0-3M TreasurySGOV | 99.9 | 100.64 | +0.00% | -0.1% | 62.8 | +4,059 | 92 | 993.1 |
| 10-20Y TreasuryTLH | 10.9 | 97.98 | +0.86% | -7.0% | 55.3 | -348 | 8 | 111.5 |
Commentary
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## ETF Flow Briefing — Tuesday, 25 August 2026
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### 1. Tape
US equities drifted modestly higher (SPY +0.32%, QQQ +0.62%) but flows tell a far more cautious story — mass redemptions across US large-cap, semis, and most international markets despite green prices. International Asia is the session's bright spot in price, but flows are structurally negative nearly everywhere except select LatAm and ASEAN names; fixed income is absorbing cash on the sidelines, not signalling risk-on rotation.
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### 2. Strongest Creations
- EWS (Singapore, p96): Tiny in dollar terms (+$72m) but a 96th-percentile reading — ASEAN beneficiaries of supply-chain diversification are seeing systematic accumulation. RSI 70 means it's walking a line.
- MCHI (China, p81): +$319m at p81 while KWEB adds +$855m at p90. Domestic flows are quietly re-engaging with China even as broader EM bleeds — the China internet/onshore split is converging.
- EWZ (Brazil, p89): +$365m; LatAm broadly bid (ILF p80, EWW p83). Commodity-linked EM is getting distinct from the Korea/Taiwan chip trade.
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### 3. Heaviest Redemptions
- QQQ (p0): −$55.9bn over 20 sessions, dead last in its own history. Price is up but the structural rotation *out* of the Nasdaq 100 wrapper is aggressive and persistent. Not a dip — a regime shift.
- GLD/GDX (both p0): Gold spot is up and RSI is overbought (73/77), yet −$17bn from GLD and −$7.5bn from GDX. Classic "sell the winner" profit-taking, but at this scale it's institutional de-risking of a crowded trade.
- SMH (p0): −$9.7bn, bottom percentile. Semi prices recovered today (+1.65%) but the 20-day bleed is relentless. URA adds −$1.3bn (p0) while rallying +5.4% — same pattern: price up, money out.
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### 4. Overbought / Oversold
- Overbought (RSI > 70): GDX (77), GLD (73), COPX (72), IBB (72), XLV (70), IXJ (70), EWS (70)
- Oversold (RSI < 30): None
XLI sits at RSI 39 — approaching oversold with p82 creations. Watch for a momentum reversal setup.
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### 5. Theme of the Day
"Price up, money out" — the defining cross-asset pattern. GLD, GDX, COPX, URA, SMH, QQQ, and EWT all rallied meaningfully today while sitting at p0–p5 redemptions over 20 days. This is not typical retail rotation; it is systematic/institutional position reduction into strength. The sole exception is China (MCHI + KWEB creations) and ASEAN micro-cap. The market is being *bid by fewer hands* even as indices hold up.
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### 6. New ETF Launches
Several filings hit the SEC this month with direct overlap on covered themes:
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Tema Power Semiconductor ETF was approved for listing on Cboe BZX Exchange on August 17, 2026
— directly overlaps SMH/DRAM semi outflows.
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Defiance Inference AI Chip ETF was registered with the SEC on August 13, 2026, to list on the Nasdaq Stock Market.
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Harbor ETF Trust filed (effective August 7) for five AI-lab ecosystem ETFs covering Anthropic, Google DeepMind, Meta, OpenAI, and SpaceX AI.
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Roundhill filed for the Roundhill Neocloud ETF (NCLD), an actively managed fund targeting companies building the next layer of AI infrastructure.
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**Tradr ETFs launched three semiconductor-focused leveraged single-stock ETFs on August 11
**, including first-to-market funds on MRAM and SITM — adding leverage to a theme already seeing heavy redemptions.
Semi/AI product supply is accelerating precisely as institutional money exits. Classic late-cycle wrapper proliferation signal.
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### 7. Watchlist
Monitor IBB (Biotech, RSI 72, p0 flows) tomorrow. It is overbought on price, sitting at the absolute bottom of its flow history despite a +1.82% session. A single large redemption basket could create a sharp price dislocation — the setup for a flush is in place.