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ETF activity on Thursday tilted toward redemptions, with 385 funds reporting a net estimated outflow of $2.77 billion as 13,018 positions decreased against 58,968 increases. SPY led the retreat at an estimated -$2.31 billion, followed by QQQ at -$2.10 billion and DIA at -$1.08 billion. Countering that, RSP pulled in $976.9 million and TQQQ added $948.8 million, while IWM and QQQM also posted gains. Among individual names, VYLR drew the largest value increase at $372.1 million across 32 buying ETFs, while AAPL saw the biggest trim at -$257.3 million.

Which ETFs had the largest inflows on Thursday?

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The largest estimated inflows were RSP ($976.9 million), TQQQ ($948.8 million) and US01MC ($620.8 million).

ETF

Est. net flow

AUM

Flow / AUM

RSP

$976.9M

$101.82B

+0.96%

TQQQ

$948.8M

$29.08B

+3.26%

US01MC

$620.8M

IWM

$500.0M

$76.58B

+0.65%

QQQM

$439.3M

$103.08B

+0.43%

Which ETFs had the largest outflows on Thursday?

The largest estimated outflows were SPY ($2.31 billion), QQQ ($2.10 billion) and DIA ($1.08 billion).

ETF

Est. net flow

AUM

Flow / AUM

SPY

-$2.31B

$777.93B

-0.30%

QQQ

-$2.10B

$446.09B

-0.47%

DIA

-$1.08B

$43.97B

-2.46%

XLF

-$737.7M

$53.38B

-1.38%

SPYG

-$566.9M

$51.73B

-1.10%

Which stocks did ETFs buy the most on Thursday?

ETFs added the most dollar value in VYLR ($372.1 million), TRI ($150.2 million) and ORCL ($111.1 million).

Stock

Net value change

ETFs buying

ETFs selling

VYLOR INC. (VYLR)

$372.1M

32

7

Thomson Reuters Corporation (TRI)

$150.2M

20

1

ORACLE CORPORATION (ORCL)

$111.1M

47

12

TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR SP ADR ADR (TSM)

$57.5M

11

6

Corning Incorporated (GLW)

$47.6M

40

16

Which stocks did ETFs trim the most on Thursday?

ETFs cut the most dollar value from AAPL ($257.3 million), V ($202.7 million) and MSFT ($189.2 million).

Stock

Net value change

ETFs buying

ETFs selling

APPLE INC. (AAPL)

-$257.3M

59

21

Visa Inc. (Class A) (V)

-$202.7M

41

18

Microsoft Corporation (MSFT)

-$189.2M

60

20

JPMORGAN CHASE + CO COMMON STOCK USD1.0 (JPM)

-$144.5M

39

15

The Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (GS)

-$138.2M

34

20

The day's top ETF buy, VYLR, has more on its stock summary and GF Value pages.

What should investors watch next?

Watch whether the split between broad-market outflows and equal-weight or leveraged inflows persists into Friday. XLF's -$737.7 million outflow stands out as the largest sector-fund move to monitor.

Flows are estimated from the dollar value of each fund's reported holdings changes for Nov. 5, 2026.

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