Weekly ETF Flows Report: Week to Oct 16, 2026
ETFs with daily figures took in a net $33.3bn in the week to Fri Oct 16, 2026, across 2,351 ETFs holding $9.2tn, about 58% of US ETF assets. Year to date, net flow is +$526.5bn on the filed (N-PORT) basis for Jan to Jun 2026 (3,073 ETFs, 60% of US ETF assets), and +$458.1bn on the daily basis for Jan 2 to Oct 16 (705 ETFs, 43% of US ETF assets). The standout was SPY (SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust), which took in $8.4bn from Mon Oct 12 to Thu Oct 15 (+1.0% of its assets).
Coverage
2,351 funds with daily figures for the whole week. They hold $9.2tn, 58% of US ETF assets, the $15.8tn net assets of the 4,754 ETFs ETFIQ covers (aum.json, Oct 17, 2026). 2,096 funds with monthly figures only, Vanguard’s among them, are in none of it.
Year to date
Filed basis, from SEC Form N-PORT filings, Jan to Jun 2026: +$526.5bn across 3,073 ETFs holding $9.6tn, about 60% of US ETF assets. Daily basis, from issuers' daily figures, Jan 2 to Oct 16: +$458.1bn across 705 ETFs holding $6.9tn, about 43% of US ETF assets. The two cover different ETFs and months, so they are not added.
Unusual weeks
TLT −$3.0bn, largest outflow among its last 250 five-day runs; EWS −$324m, largest outflow among its last 250 five-day runs; EWP −$284m, largest outflow among its last 250 five-day runs; CMF +$185m, largest inflow among its last 250 five-day runs; EPOL +$161m, largest inflow among its last 250 five-day runs. Each is in the top 1% of the fund's own last 250 trading days, round trips left out.
Records
A week above every one of the fund's previous 52 (money in) or below every one (money out), counted where its daily figures cover all 52: 696 funds.
How these lists are built
Measure
Net flow: money in less money out over the week's trading days, leaving any round trip aside; share of net assets at the close of Oct 9, 2026 beside it. From daily shares outstanding times the previous day's NAV.
Rank change
Against the week before, Oct 5 to 9, 2026. "new" means not in that week's top 10 on the same side.
Funds that took in the most
From daily figures · Oct 12 to 16, 2026 · 692 funds · top 10 shownRound trips are left aside. A fund whose count ended before the week shows the day it reaches after its name.
| # | Fund | Name | Net flow | Share of assets | Rank change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SPY | SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust to Oct 15 | +$8.4bn | 1.0% | new |
| 2 | SOXL | Direxion Daily Semiconductor Bull 3X ETF | +$6.5bn | 29.7% | new |
| 3 | SPYM | State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 ETF to Oct 15 | +$3.9bn | 2.1% | ▼ 2 |
| 4 | EWZ | iShares MSCI Brazil ETF biggest week in 52 | +$1.7bn | 13.2% | ▼ 1 |
| 5 | MUB | iShares National Muni Bond ETF | +$1.5bn | 3.1% | ▲ 3 |
| 6 | FOCT | FT Vest U.S. Equity Buffer ETF - October | +$1.1bn | 90.6% | new |
| 7 | SPYV | State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 Value ETF to Oct 15, biggest week in 52 | +$990m | 2.7% | new |
| 8 | QQQ | Invesco QQQ Trust, Series 1 to Oct 14 | +$937m | 0.2% | new |
| 9 | SGOV | iShares 0-3 Month Treasury Bond ETF | +$910m | 0.8% | ▼ 7 |
| 10 | GLD | SPDR Gold Shares | +$840m | 0.6% | new |
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Funds that lost the most
From daily figures · Oct 12 to 16, 2026 · 450 funds · top 10 shownRound trips are left aside. A fund whose count ended before the week shows the day it reaches after its name.
| # | Fund | Name | Net flow | Share of assets | Rank change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | TLT | iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF biggest week in 52 | −$3.0bn | −6.1% | new |
| 2 | IWM | iShares Russell 2000 ETF | −$1.3bn | −1.6% | new |
| 3 | SOXX | iShares Semiconductor ETF | −$1.2bn | −2.5% | ▲ 3 |
| 4 | DRAM | Roundhill Memory ETF | −$980m | −4.2% | new |
| 5 | XLF | State Street Financial Select Sector SPDR ETF to Oct 15 | −$831m | −1.6% | new |
| 6 | FTXR | First Trust Nasdaq Transportation ETF | −$831m | −83.1% | new |
| 7 | MBB | iShares MBS ETF | −$660m | −1.9% | new |
| 8 | EUFN | iShares MSCI Europe Financials ETF biggest week in 52 | −$404m | −11.3% | new |
| 9 | HYG | iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF | −$359m | −2.0% | new |
| 10 | EWS | iShares MSCI Singapore ETF biggest week in 52 | −$324m | −22.1% | new |
Computed by ETFIQ from issuer daily share counts × prior-day NAV.JSON
Issuers that took in the most
From daily figures · Oct 12 to 16, 2026 · 19 issuers · top 10 shownEach sums its funds with daily figures for the whole week; the count is beside it.
| # | Issuer | Funds counted | Net flow | Share of assets | Rank change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | State Street | 161 of 164 | +$14.2bn | 0.7% | ▲ 1 |
| 2 | Direxion | 132 of 133 | +$7.1bn | 10.3% | new |
| 3 | iShares | 439 of 447 | +$3.7bn | 0.1% | ▼ 2 |
| 4 | First Trust | 295 of 297 | +$2.4bn | 0.9% | new |
| 5 | Invesco | 221 of 221 | +$2.3bn | 0.2% | new |
| 6 | JPMorgan | 70 of 71 | +$1.5bn | 0.4% | new |
| 7 | VanEck | 67 of 70 | +$1.2bn | 0.7% | new |
| 8 | Avantis | 5 of 27 | +$722m | 0.6% | new |
| 9 | ProShares | 154 of 160 | +$678m | 0.6% | ▼ 6 |
| 10 | NEOS | 19 of 20 | +$421m | 1.1% | new |
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Issuers that lost the most
From daily figures · Oct 12 to 16, 2026 · 7 issuersEach sums its funds with daily figures for the whole week; the count is beside it.
| # | Issuer | Funds counted | Net flow | Share of assets | Rank change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Roundhill | 49 of 49 | −$950m, off scale | −2.6% | new |
| 2 | Alpha Architect | 8 of 8 | −$123m | −0.7% | new |
| 3 | USCF | 14 of 15 | −$91.8m | −1.6% | new |
| 4 | T. Rowe Price | 32 of 32 | −$43.9m | −0.1% | new |
| 5 | Global X | 109 of 109 | −$43.8m | −0.1% | new |
| 6 | Xtrackers | 40 of 41 | −$27.8m | −0.1% | new |
| 7 | Breakwave | 2 of 2 | −$21.9m | −6.7% | new |
Computed by ETFIQ from issuer daily share counts × prior-day NAV.JSON
Categories that took in the most
From daily figures · Oct 12 to 16, 2026 · 8 categoriesEach sums its funds with daily figures for the whole week; the count is beside it.
| # | Category | Funds counted | Net flow | Share of assets | Rank change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stocks | 787 of 1,747 | +$19.2bn | 0.3% | ▲ 1 |
| 2 | Leverage | 346 of 734 | +$8.0bn | 5.1% | ▲ 1 |
| 3 | Bonds | 364 of 789 | +$2.5bn | 0.2% | ▼ 2 |
| 4 | Buffer | 293 of 430 | +$2.0bn | 2.9% | ▲ 4 |
| 5 | Commodities | 48 of 69 | +$1.3bn | 0.4% | new |
| 6 | Income | 238 of 373 | +$822m | 0.4% | ▼ 1 |
| 7 | Alternatives | 29 of 86 | +$221m | 1.1% | ▼ 3 |
| 8 | Allocation | 15 of 48 | +$112m | 1.0% | ▼ 2 |
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Categories that lost the most
From daily figures · Oct 12 to 16, 2026 · 2 categoriesEach sums its funds with daily figures for the whole week; the count is beside it.
| # | Category | Funds counted | Net flow | Share of assets | Rank change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Themes | 212 of 419 | −$406m | −0.1% | new |
| 2 | Crypto | 16 of 50 | −$357m | −0.5% | ▼ 1 |
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Records: the most money in for a year
From daily figures · Oct 12 to 16, 2026 · 10 of 696 funds with 52 weeks of figures since Oct 13, 2025Beside each fund, the week it beat: its largest of the 52 before.
| # | Fund | Previous high | Net flow | Share of assets | Rank change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | EWZ | +$1.6bn, week of Oct 5, 2026 | +$1.7bn | 13.2% | · |
| 2 | SPYV | +$269m, week of May 25, 2026 to Oct 15 | +$990m | 2.7% | · |
| 3 | CMF | +$151m, week of Sep 28, 2026 | +$185m | 3.8% | · |
| 4 | EPOL | +$60.6m, week of Aug 3, 2026 | +$161m | 19.2% | · |
| 5 | EWG | +$112m, week of Jun 15, 2026 | +$123m | 8.8% | · |
Computed by ETFIQ from issuer daily share counts × prior-day NAV.JSON
Records: the most money out for a year
From daily figures · Oct 12 to 16, 2026 · 16 of 696 funds with 52 weeks of figures since Oct 13, 2025Beside each fund, the week it beat: its lowest of the 52 before.
| # | Fund | Previous low | Net flow | Share of assets | Rank change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | TLT | −$2.0bn, week of Jun 1, 2026 | −$3.0bn, off scale | −6.1% | · |
| 2 | EUFN | −$391m, week of Feb 16, 2026 | −$404m | −11.3% | · |
| 3 | EWS | −$64.8m, week of Apr 6, 2026 | −$324m | −22.1% | · |
| 4 | EWP | −$106m, week of May 11, 2026 | −$284m | −12.4% | · |
| 5 | IBDR | −$81.2m, week of Feb 16, 2026 | −$180m | −5.9% | · |
Computed by ETFIQ from issuer daily share counts × prior-day NAV.JSON
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Where these figures came from
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ETFIQ, Weekly ETF Flows Report: Week to Oct 16, 2026, data as of Oct 16, 2026. https://etfiq.com/flows/weekly/2026-10-16/
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