ETF Flow Monitor
Friday, 18 September 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 | 808.3 | 760.88 | -0.45% | -2.2% | 47.3 | +30,599 | 99 | 1,062.3 |
| Nasdaq 100QQQ | 485.1 | 709.18 | -0.80% | -5.0% | 46.9 | +46,884 | 100 | 684.0 |
| Vanguard GrowthVUG | 225.7 | 87.71 | -0.35% | -2.9% | 50.0 | -323 | 11 | 2,572.8† |
| Vanguard ValueVTV | 190.6 | 222.89 | -0.48% | -2.0% | 44.6 | +208 | 26 | 855.1† |
| Vanguard Small-CapVB | 78.9 | 292.37 | -0.37% | -5.5% | 37.6 | -112 | 19 | 269.9† |
International 16 ETFs
| ETF | AUM $bn | Price $ |
1d Chg | % 52w Hi | RSI 14d |
Flow 20d $m | Pctile | Sh out m |
| MSCI EMEEM | 30.4 | 65.99 | -2.73% | -7.3% | 45.6 | +1,529 | 94 | 460.0 |
| FTSE EuropeVGK | 30.2 | 89.23 | -0.88% | -4.2% | 37.4 | +246 | 68 | 338.9† |
| MSCI KoreaEWY | 25.9 | 176.22 | -6.62% | -19.6% | 47.4 | +1,784 | 97 | 146.9 |
| MSCI JapanEWJ | 22.5 | 97.58 | -0.99% | -1.0% | 56.4 | +886 | 95 | 230.2 |
| MSCI TaiwanEWT | 11.4 | 107.21 | -3.34% | -4.4% | 50.3 | +1,134 | 100 | 106.0 |
| MSCI BrazilEWZ | 8.1 | 37.72 | -1.23% | -9.6% | 60.1 | -2,247 | 0 | 214.0 |
| MSCI IndiaINDA | 6.7 | 48.43 | -0.29% | -12.4% | 38.7 | +380 | 89 | 138.9 |
| MSCI ChinaMCHI | 6.4 | 53.32 | +0.68% | -20.4% | 40.0 | +219 | 75 | 119.5 |
| Latin America 40ILF | 3.8 | 35.55 | -1.17% | -6.7% | 54.0 | -270 | 4 | 107.3 |
| MSCI MexicoEWW | 1.8 | 74.82 | -0.74% | -7.9% | 40.7 | -141 | 13 | 24.1 |
| MSCI AustraliaEWA | 1.3 | 29.06 | -0.72% | -4.5% | 40.2 | -52 | 29 | 45.5 |
| MSCI SingaporeEWS | 1.3 | 33.64 | +0.06% | -2.7% | 51.5 | +198 | 100 | 37.2 |
| MSCI IndonesiaEIDO | 0.5 | 12.92 | +1.33% | -32.8% | 53.8 | +12 | 67 | 39.4 |
| MSCI ThailandTHD | 0.3 | 73.41 | -0.94% | -2.2% | 50.3 | -26 | 10 | 4.7 |
| MSCI MalaysiaEWM | 0.3 | 27.84 | +0.29% | -8.5% | 43.4 | +6 | 72 | 11.7 |
| MSCI PhilippinesEPHE | 0.1 | 24.14 | +0.08% | -14.9% | 37.3 | +17 | 94 | 6.2 |
US & Global Sectors 17 ETFs
| ETF | AUM $bn | Price $ |
1d Chg | % 52w Hi | RSI 14d |
Flow 20d $m | Pctile | Sh out m |
| Technology SelectXLK | 119.6 | 184.28 | -1.81% | -7.0% | 48.7 | -630 | 13 | 649.0 |
| VanEck SemiconductorSMH | 64.6 | 541.50 | -4.75% | -19.0% | 42.1 | +1,949 | 96 | 119.2 |
| Financials SelectXLF | 54.6 | 57.03 | -0.38% | -2.6% | 46.3 | -2,781 | 6 | 958.1 |
| Health Care SelectXLV | 43.7 | 167.75 | +1.45% | -4.5% | 47.9 | -26 | 51 | 260.5 |
| Energy SelectXLE | 42.3 | 64.53 | -0.94% | -1.2% | 61.0 | -9 | 60 | 655.5 |
| Industrials SelectXLI | 30.8 | 169.93 | -1.42% | -8.9% | 32.3 | -945 | 3 | 181.2 |
| Comm Svcs SelectXLC | 23.1 | 115.07 | +2.19% | -4.2% | 61.3 | -118 | 36 | 201.0 |
| Utilities SelectXLU | 21.7 | 41.82 | -1.34% | -12.4% | 33.4 | +45 | 46 | 519.1 |
| Cons Disc SelectXLY | 21.4 | 112.85 | -0.10% | -9.4% | 40.5 | -986 | 4 | 189.7 |
| Cons Staples SelectXLP | 14.6 | 84.42 | +1.25% | -6.2% | 47.5 | -2 | 50 | 173.0 |
| BiotechnologyIBB | 10.6 | 204.60 | +0.82% | -5.7% | 49.2 | +1,108 | 99 | 51.6 |
| Materials SelectXLB | 8.2 | 50.49 | -0.90% | -5.9% | 36.2 | -139 | 37 | 163.0 |
| Real Estate SelectXLRE | 8.0 | 43.12 | -0.69% | -6.3% | 35.1 | -268 | 5 | 185.7 |
| Global HealthcareIXJ | 4.3 | 102.27 | +1.50% | -4.8% | 46.3 | +283 | 98 | 42.5 |
| Global EnergyIXC | 2.9 | 59.30 | -0.62% | -1.0% | 62.8 | +36 | 73 | 49.5 |
| Global IndustrialsEXI | 1.4 | 191.91 | -1.65% | -7.2% | 36.0 | +85 | 94 | 7.3 |
| Global FinancialsIXG | 0.7 | 133.92 | -0.23% | -2.2% | 50.8 | +9 | 71 | 5.2 |
Thematics 12 ETFs
| ETF | AUM $bn | Price $ |
1d Chg | % 52w Hi | RSI 14d |
Flow 20d $m | Pctile | Sh out m |
| SPDR GoldGLD | 150.6 | 392.84 | -1.49% | -20.8% | 43.7 | +22,834 | 100 | 383.3 |
| Gold MinersGDX | 29.6 | 94.14 | -3.05% | -18.7% | 49.2 | -1,143 | 2 | 314.6 |
| Roundhill MemoryDRAM | 24.1 | 54.80 | -7.28% | -32.1% | 45.7 | +273 | 22 | 440.2 |
| Copper MinersCOPX | 8.2 | 85.62 | -3.29% | -11.2% | 43.0 | +821 | 98 | 95.4 |
| Global X Defense TechSHLD | 7.3 | 62.33 | +0.94% | -20.1% | 36.9 | +1,136 | 97 | 117.2 |
| UraniumURA | 6.2 | 42.19 | -3.08% | -31.7% | 40.9 | +1,186 | 100 | 147.4 |
| China InternetKWEB | 5.1 | 24.73 | +0.53% | -42.4% | 34.4 | -23 | 43 | 207.5 |
| Robotics & AIBOTZ | 3.4 | 34.76 | -1.47% | -16.5% | 40.9 | +354 | 99 | 97.5 |
| Global Clean EnergyICLN | 2.1 | 17.56 | -2.01% | -26.1% | 44.5 | -71 | 29 | 121.7 |
| ROBO Global RoboticsROBO | 2.0 | 77.35 | -2.22% | -14.4% | 38.4 | +216 | 100 | 26.1 |
| Lithium & BatteryLIT | 1.6 | 69.97 | -2.13% | -23.6% | 33.0 | +204 | 93 | 23.0 |
| Tema Space InnovatorsNASA | — | 22.88 | -2.39% | -45.4% | 42.3 | +69 | 39 | — |
Fixed Income 4 ETFs
| ETF | AUM $bn | Price $ |
1d Chg | % 52w Hi | RSI 14d |
Flow 20d $m | Pctile | Sh out m |
| Total BondBND | 398.6 | 71.17 | -0.07% | -5.3% | 28.1 | +9,103 | 100 | 5,600.0 |
| Total Intl BondBNDX | 122.9 | 46.93 | -0.13% | -6.0% | 29.0 | +2,875 | 100 | 2,618.2 |
| 0-3M TreasurySGOV | 106.0 | 100.53 | +0.01% | -0.2% | 48.7 | +6,033 | 97 | 1,054.3 |
| 10-20Y TreasuryTLH | 11.0 | 95.03 | +0.02% | -9.8% | 33.2 | +439 | 88 | 116.1 |
Commentary
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## ETF Flow Briefing — Friday 18 September 2026
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1. Tape
Risk-off dominated Friday: every major equity segment closed lower except China, Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, healthcare, comm services, and defense. Korea (-6.6%) and Taiwan (-3.3%) were the session's pain points, yet both still attracted record-high 20-day inflows — a classic "buy the dip" institutional bid. Fixed income flows are surging defensively, consistent with equity de-risking.
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2. Strongest Creations *(by flow percentile)*
- GLD (+$22.8bn, p100): Dominant cross-asset flight-to-safety bid. Largest gold ETF flow on record vs. its own history — investors are paying up even as the price fell 1.5% on the day.
- QQQ (+$46.9bn, p100): Institutional scale buying into Nasdaq weakness. Despite a down tape, this is a maximum-percentile accumulation signal.
- EWT / EWY (p100 / p97): Taiwan and Korea pulled sharply lower on what looks like semi-supply-chain anxiety, yet inflows are at historic highs — likely index rebalancers and EM allocators adding on dislocation.
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3. Heaviest Redemptions *(by flow percentile)*
- EWZ (-$2.2bn, p0): Brazil at absolute-zero percentile. Latam macro/FX stress driving an exodus from the region's largest equity market.
- XLF (-$2.8bn, p6): Financials seeing near-record redemptions — rate-curve anxiety or credit concerns weighing on the sector.
- XLI (-$945m, p3): Industrials at a 3rd-percentile outflow alongside an RSI of 32 — the market is pricing meaningful cyclical slowdown risk.
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4. Overbought / Oversold
- Oversold (RSI < 30): BND (28), BNDX (29) — paradoxically, bond *prices* are soft while flows into both are at p100; duration buyers are stepping in aggressively despite price pressure. XLI (32), XLU (33), XLRE (35) signal rate-sensitive equity sectors under heavy selling pressure. LIT (33) reflects continued EV/battery demand pessimism.
- Overbought (RSI > 70): None.
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5. Theme of the Day
Semi-complex dislocation. SMH dropped 4.75%, DRAM fell 7.3%, EWT -3.3%, EWY -6.6% — yet SMH (p96), EWT (p100), EWY (p97), and BOTZ/ROBO (p99/p100) all saw strong-to-record inflows. The market is treating this as a tactical shakeout, not a structural exit from the AI/semi theme. New product filings from VegaShares (AI Energy, Edge AI, Semiconductor Materials) this week confirm the pipeline remains bullish on the same narrative.
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6. New ETF Launches
Defiance's Robotics Actuators ETF was approved for listing on Cboe BZX Exchange, filed September 14.
VegaShares filed prospectuses on September 16 for seven new funds including the VegaShares AI Energy ETF (GWAT), Edge AI ETF (EDG), and Semiconductor Materials ETF (SLCN).
All overlap directly with this week's most-trafficked flow themes.
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7. Watchlist
Watch EWZ and ILF on Monday. Brazil at a p0 redemption and Latam at p4 suggest forced or momentum-driven selling — if EM stabilizes over the weekend (EM itself is p94 inflows), a snapback in Latam is the highest-asymmetry trade on the board.