ETF Flow Monitor
Wednesday, 05 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 | 779.6 | 769.79 | -0.20% | -0.2% | 64.7 | -21,426 | 1 | 1,012.8 |
| Nasdaq 100QQQ | 485.7 | 717.30 | -0.90% | -3.9% | 55.4 | +3,281 | 71 | 677.1 |
| Vanguard GrowthVUG | 229.5 | 88.73 | -0.40% | -1.7% | 61.8 | -158 | 12 | 2,586.8† |
| Vanguard ValueVTV | 191.2 | 223.99 | +0.05% | +0.0% | 64.7 | +1,881 | 87 | 853.6† |
| Vanguard Small-CapVB | 81.6 | 303.08 | -0.81% | -0.8% | 59.5 | +271 | 52 | 269.2† |
International 16 ETFs
| ETF | AUM $bn | Price $ |
1d Chg | % 52w Hi | RSI 14d |
Flow 20d $m | Pctile | Sh out m |
| FTSE EuropeVGK | 31.1 | 91.85 | +0.01% | +0.0% | 64.5 | +22 | 44 | 338.8† |
| MSCI EMEEM | 30.2 | 65.72 | -0.42% | -7.7% | 52.7 | +919 | 90 | 459.3 |
| MSCI KoreaEWY | 24.2 | 169.14 | -1.17% | -22.8% | 48.8 | +3,977 | 99 | 143.0 |
| MSCI JapanEWJ | 22.4 | 95.16 | +0.58% | -1.9% | 58.9 | -267 | 21 | 235.8 |
| MSCI TaiwanEWT | 11.1 | 101.70 | -0.50% | -8.8% | 53.3 | +571 | 99 | 109.1 |
| MSCI BrazilEWZ | 9.1 | 36.11 | +0.06% | -13.5% | 53.9 | -318 | 8 | 251.2 |
| MSCI IndiaINDA | 6.8 | 50.31 | -0.44% | -9.0% | 61.6 | -187 | 15 | 136.0 |
| MSCI ChinaMCHI | 5.9 | 56.01 | -0.14% | -16.4% | 66.1 | -549 | 1 | 104.9 |
| Latin America 40ILF | 3.7 | 35.09 | +0.03% | -7.9% | 55.4 | -105 | 12 | 106.6 |
| MSCI MexicoEWW | 1.8 | 76.69 | -0.48% | -5.6% | 53.2 | -75 | 27 | 23.8 |
| MSCI AustraliaEWA | 1.5 | 30.14 | +0.07% | -0.4% | 65.9 | +10 | 69 | 48.3 |
| MSCI SingaporeEWS | 0.9 | 32.33 | -0.83% | -0.8% | 63.6 | -89 | 1 | 28.3 |
| MSCI IndonesiaEIDO | 0.4 | 12.70 | -0.16% | -33.9% | 59.4 | -51 | 4 | 31.6 |
| MSCI ThailandTHD | 0.4 | 72.72 | -0.91% | -3.1% | 51.9 | -8 | 30 | 4.8 |
| MSCI MalaysiaEWM | 0.3 | 28.43 | +0.11% | -6.5% | 60.9 | +10 | 82 | 11.4 |
| MSCI PhilippinesEPHE | 0.1 | 25.81 | -0.62% | -9.0% | 58.2 | -8 | 13 | 4.9 |
US & Global Sectors 17 ETFs
| ETF | AUM $bn | Price $ |
1d Chg | % 52w Hi | RSI 14d |
Flow 20d $m | Pctile | Sh out m |
| Technology SelectXLK | 122.2 | 185.91 | -0.53% | -6.2% | 57.3 | +1,175 | 93 | 657.1 |
| VanEck SemiconductorSMH | 76.4 | 569.70 | -1.04% | -14.8% | 49.5 | +8,186 | 99 | 134.1 |
| Financials SelectXLF | 59.3 | 58.00 | +0.21% | +0.0% | 69.2 | +2,929 | 95 | 1,022.1 |
| Health Care SelectXLV | 42.4 | 164.16 | +1.27% | -1.9% | 59.0 | -50 | 49 | 258.4 |
| Energy SelectXLE | 37.7 | 57.31 | -2.07% | -8.4% | 48.8 | -394 | 42 | 657.0 |
| Industrials SelectXLI | 33.9 | 186.35 | -0.03% | -0.0% | 62.1 | -585 | 14 | 181.9 |
| Cons Disc SelectXLY | 23.4 | 118.64 | +0.30% | -4.7% | 60.1 | +318 | 73 | 197.4 |
| Utilities SelectXLU | 22.7 | 43.66 | -1.02% | -8.5% | 34.2 | +53 | 46 | 521.0 |
| Comm Svcs SelectXLC | 22.3 | 110.87 | -1.04% | -7.7% | 52.8 | -858 | 5 | 200.9 |
| Cons Staples SelectXLP | 14.7 | 85.33 | -0.05% | -5.2% | 52.7 | +219 | 64 | 172.3 |
| BiotechnologyIBB | 9.2 | 191.80 | +0.87% | -3.2% | 58.7 | -210 | 18 | 47.8 |
| Real Estate SelectXLRE | 8.7 | 45.20 | +0.07% | -1.8% | 51.9 | +188 | 78 | 192.0 |
| Materials SelectXLB | 8.5 | 52.64 | +1.23% | -1.8% | 59.6 | -95 | 43 | 161.5 |
| Global HealthcareIXJ | 3.9 | 101.08 | +1.21% | -1.7% | 58.1 | -512 | 1 | 38.5 |
| Global EnergyIXC | 2.7 | 53.43 | -1.93% | -8.3% | 49.2 | +588 | 98 | 51.5 |
| Global IndustrialsEXI | 1.4 | 205.28 | -0.01% | -0.0% | 65.3 | -34 | 10 | 7.0 |
| Global FinancialsIXG | 0.6 | 134.74 | +0.19% | +0.0% | 67.7 | -45 | 17 | 4.4 |
Thematics 12 ETFs
| ETF | AUM $bn | Price $ |
1d Chg | % 52w Hi | RSI 14d |
Flow 20d $m | Pctile | Sh out m |
| SPDR GoldGLD | 135.4 | 389.64 | +4.14% | -21.4% | 60.0 | -5,799 | 0 | 347.6 |
| Roundhill MemoryDRAM | 25.4 | 53.74 | -2.10% | -33.4% | 46.6 | +4,516 | 15 | 472.0 |
| Gold MinersGDX | 24.4 | 83.68 | +7.39% | -27.8% | 63.0 | -968 | 2 | 292.0 |
| Copper MinersCOPX | 7.4 | 86.72 | +3.25% | -9.4% | 64.7 | -582 | 0 | 85.2 |
| Global X Defense TechSHLD | 6.8 | 67.37 | -0.30% | -13.7% | 68.6 | -795 | 0 | 101.4 |
| UraniumURA | 6.1 | 42.89 | +0.94% | -30.6% | 54.4 | +72 | 60 | 141.2 |
| China InternetKWEB | 4.8 | 28.54 | -1.21% | -33.5% | 64.7 | -796 | 4 | 169.9 |
| Robotics & AIBOTZ | 3.5 | 37.30 | +0.57% | -10.4% | 59.8 | +47 | 80 | 94.8 |
| Global Clean EnergyICLN | 2.9 | 18.10 | -1.84% | -23.8% | 44.2 | +380 | 98 | 157.7 |
| ROBO Global RoboticsROBO | 2.0 | 84.37 | +0.04% | -6.6% | 60.0 | -17 | 32 | 24.3 |
| Lithium & BatteryLIT | 1.8 | 72.65 | +1.34% | -20.7% | 52.6 | +156 | 90 | 24.7 |
| Tema Space InnovatorsNASA | — | 23.65 | -3.51% | -43.5% | 45.2 | -12 | 36 | — |
Fixed Income 4 ETFs
| ETF | AUM $bn | Price $ |
1d Chg | % 52w Hi | RSI 14d |
Flow 20d $m | Pctile | Sh out m |
| Total BondBND | 398.0 | 72.46 | +0.03% | -3.6% | 45.2 | +2,118 | 76 | 5,492.3 |
| Total Intl BondBNDX | 123.3 | 47.99 | +0.04% | -3.8% | 51.1 | +125 | 10 | 2,570.1 |
| 0-3M TreasurySGOV | 95.9 | 100.45 | +0.02% | -0.3% | 37.7 | -581 | 1 | 954.8 |
| 10-20Y TreasuryTLH | 11.3 | 97.36 | +0.12% | -7.6% | 43.2 | +333 | 82 | 115.7 |
Commentary
Here is the full briefing:
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## ETF Flow Briefing — Wednesday, 5 August 2026
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### 1. Tape
Risk-off with bifurcation: US large-cap bled (SPY –0.2%, QQQ –0.9%) while value, real estate, and healthcare caught modest bids; semis, energy, and defense sold off on the day despite massive structural inflows into the semi complex. International saw a stark EM split — Korea and Taiwan sucked in record-percentile creations even as China products faced heavy redemptions — while fixed income drew steady bond inflows consistent with a mild flight-to-quality undertone.
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### 2. Strongest Creations
- EWY (Korea, p99) +$3,977m — Institutions are pouring into Korean semis (Samsung, SK Hynix) at an all-time-percentile pace, likely riding AI memory demand. Paired with EWT (p99), this is a deliberate Asia semi/tech overweight.
- SMH (Semis, p99) +$8,186m — The single largest sector creation in the dataset. Despite a –1% day, buyers are treating the dip as structural entry.
"Near-term, the backdrop for semiconductors remains supportive as hyperscalers continue to spend heavily on AI infrastructure."
- XLF (Financials, p95) +$2,929m — Financials at RSI 69 and p95 creations signals the reflation/steepener trade is attracting institutional conviction, not just retail momentum chasing.
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### 3. Heaviest Redemptions
- SPY (US Large Cap, p1) –$21,426m — A historic 20-day redemption; the broad S&P wrapper is being abandoned at a near-record clip. Capital is rotating out of the index, not the market.
- GLD (Gold, p0) –$5,799m — Gold surged +4.1% today and miners +7.4%, yet GLD sits at p0 flows. Classic "sell the winner" profit-taking after a strong run.
- SHLD (Defense Tech, p0) –$795m — Redemptions at absolute-zero percentile despite a resilient geopolitical backdrop. Possible position unwinding after an extended run.
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### 4. Overbought / Oversold
- XLF RSI 69 — Approaching overbought; watch for momentum stall near 70.
- SHLD RSI 69 — Overbought-adjacent with p0 redemptions — a crowded long unwinding.
- IXG RSI 68 — Global financials echo the XLF signal.
- XLU RSI 34 — Oversold. Utilities underperforming despite a rate-sensitive tape; could be a contrarian entry if rates peak.
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### 5. Theme of the Day
The Great Semi/AI Bifurcation. Money is flooding *into* the AI infrastructure stack (SMH p99, EWY p99, EWT p99, XLK p93, QQQ p71) while simultaneously fleeing the broad wrapper that contains those same names (SPY p1). Investors are dumping passive beta and buying concentrated AI/semi exposure — a precision rotation, not a risk-off retreat.
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### 6. New ETF Launches
VistaShares launched a trio of thematic ETFs targeting space (GALX), defense (AMMO), and robotics (RTOO), all actively managed.
The launches were announced July 15, 2026.
These directly compete with SHLD and BOTZ in the dataset.
Roundhill also filed for the Roundhill Neocloud ETF (proposed ticker: NCLD), an actively managed ETF targeting next-layer AI infrastructure companies
— a natural extension of the DRAM/semi theme.
T-REX 2X filed for leveraged single-stock ETFs including names tied to Korean defense and industrial names (Hanwha, Hyundai, Samsung).
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### 7. Watchlist
Watch GLD/GDX tomorrow. Gold +4.1% and miners +7.4% on the day, yet GLD flows are at p0 — the biggest price move in the dataset with the worst relative flows. If tomorrow's open triggers fresh momentum buyers rather than more profit-taking, the redemption trend could snap sharply and send flows into record-creation territory. The disconnect between price and flows is the most actionable signal on the board.