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Rank change is against last month\u2019s edition.\n The 25 alternatives ETFs that took in money most over Jun 2025 to May 2026, of 41 that took in money. Computed by ETFIQ. # Fund Name Net flow Share of assets Rank change \n 1 DBMF iMGP DBi Managed Futures Strategy ETF +$2.3bn \u00b7 same \n 2 HELO JPMorgan Hedged Equity Laddered Overlay ETF +$685m \u00b7 same \n 3 FLSP Franklin Systematic Style Premia ETF +$523m \u00b7 same \n 4 CTA Simplify Managed Futures Strategy ETF +$427m \u00b7 same \n 5 CLSE Convergence Long/Short Equity ETF +$303m \u00b7 \u25b2 2 \n 6 CAOS Alpha Architect Tail Risk ETF +$268m \u00b7 same \n 7 ORR Militia Long/Short Equity ETF +$261m \u00b7 \u25bc 2 \n 8 FFUT Fidelity Managed Futures ETF +$225m \u00b7 new \n 9 QAI NYLIM Hedge Multi-Strategy Tracker ETF +$193m \u00b7 \u25b2 1 \n 10 HEGD Swan Hedged Equity US Large Cap ETF +$191m \u00b7 \u25bc 1 \n 11 ACIO Aptus Collared Investment Opportunity ETF +$188m \u00b7 \u25bc 3 \n 12 FHEQ Fidelity Hedged Equity ETF +$182m \u00b7 \u25bc 1 \n 13 BTAL AGF U.S. Market Neutral Anti-Beta Fund +$133m \u00b7 \u25b2 5 \n 14 KMLM KraneShares Mount Lucas Managed Futures Index Strategy ETF +$120m \u00b7 \u25bc 1 \n 15 FTLS First Trust Long/Short Equity +$98.1m \u00b7 same \n 16 FMF First Trust Managed Futures Strategy Fund +$79.5m \u00b7 \u25bc 4 \n 17 RSST Return Stacked U.S. Stocks & Managed Futures ETF +$78.8m \u00b7 \u25bc 1 \n 18 AHLT AHL Trend ETF +$76.4m \u00b7 new \n 19 KSPY KraneShares Hedgeye Hedged Equity Index ETF +$74.5m \u00b7 \u25bc 5 \n 20 TAIL Cambria Tail Risk ETF +$59.1m \u00b7 \u25b2 4 \n 21 WTMF WisdomTree Managed Futures Strategy Fund +$46.8m \u00b7 \u25bc 2 \n 22 HOLA JPMorgan International Hedged Equity Laddered Overlay ETF +$44.2m \u00b7 \u25bc 5 \n 23 LALT First Trust Multi-Strategy Alternative ETF +$41.5m \u00b7 \u25bc 3 \n 24 ISMF iShares Managed Futures Active ETF +$37.7m \u00b7 \u25bc 3 \n 25 RSBT Return Stacked Bonds & Managed Futures ETF +$32.6m \u00b7 \u25bc 2 \n SEC Form N-PORT, item B.6, monthly, every fund with a filing for every month of the window.\n \n Other flow rankings\n Alternatives \u00b7 outflows All ETFs \u00b7 inflows Every flows ranking The 12 months list in the flows tool Where these figures came from\n SEC Form N-PORT data sets: monthly sales and redemptions, item B.6 SEC Form N-CEN data sets: each fund\u2019s creation unit, item E.3.a ETFIQ links to the documents behind every figure. It is not affiliated with any issuer, and a link is not an endorsement.\n ETFIQ is an independent publisher and makes no recommendations; a rank is a sort of one published figure, not an opinion.\n\n Cite this page. ETFIQ, The alternatives ETFs that took in the most, data as of Oct 8, 2026. https://etfiq.com/flows/rankings/desk/alternatives/inflows/ Free to use with attribution for figures ETFIQ computes; issuer data stays under its owner's terms. The underlying files are at Open data .\n Other forms Plain ETFIQ, The alternatives ETFs that took in the most, data as of Oct 8, 2026. https://etfiq.com/flows/rankings/desk/alternatives/inflows/ APA ETFIQ. (Oct 8, 2026). The alternatives ETFs that took in the most. Retrieved from https://etfiq.com/flows/rankings/desk/alternatives/inflows/ Markdown [The alternatives ETFs that took in the most (ETFIQ, Oct 8, 2026)](https://etfiq.com/flows/rankings/desk/alternatives/inflows/)","source":"ETFIQ, independent ETF data. Recomputed nightly from public filings and prices.","publisher":{"@id":"https://etfiq.com/#org","name":"ETFIQ","url":"https://etfiq.com"},"license":"https://etfiq.com/license/","license_text":"Figures ETFIQ computes are free to use with attribution: ETFIQ (etfiq.com). Issuer data stays under its owner's terms.","citation":"ETFIQ, The alternatives ETFs that took in the most, data as of Oct 8, 2026. https://etfiq.com/flows/rankings/desk/alternatives/inflows/"}