Single Stock Recap: Leverage Takes Charge as Next-Gen Tech Blasts Off

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Weekly Channel Summary

The Single Stock ETF channel continues to command significant attention, now holding approximately $37.2 Billion in Total AUM across 386 ETFs. Investors put $389 Million of net new capital to work this week, bringing the Year-To-Date inflow total to $17.7 Billion. In a market digesting mixed signals, the flow activity highlights a distinct pivot: traders favored pure directional leverage over income strategies, aggressively chasing high-beta themes like crypto infrastructure and big tech.

This Week’s Performance Leaders and Laggards

The underlying stock action this week was a tale of two themes: next-gen tech blasted off while crypto miners got unplugged. Space exploration and data infrastructure were the clear favorites, with AST SpaceMobile and MongoDB skyrocketing on heavy bullish sentiment. On the flip side, despite Bitcoin’s general resilience, the mining complex took a beating, with names like CleanSpark and Riot Platforms finding themselves at the bottom of the heap alongside fintech player Block.

Top & Bottom Underlying Stock Performance (WTD)

Ticker Underlying Stock Week-To-Date Return Year-To-Date Return Number of Funds Following Stock
Top Performers
ASTS AST SpaceMobile, Inc. Class A 31.53% 250.33% 1
MDB MongoDB, Inc. Class A 23.24% 75.95% 1
CRWV CoreWeave, Inc. Class A 20.76% 5
QBTS D-Wave Quantum Inc. 19.10% 221.43% 2
RKLB Rocket Lab Corporation 16.41% 92.60% 1
Bottom Performers
CLSK Cleanspark, Inc. -9.17% 48.91% 1
SNOW Snowflake, Inc. -8.94% 48.17% 2
XYZ Block, Inc. Class A -8.52% -28.10% 2
RIOT Riot Platforms, Inc. -7.38% 46.33% 1
OPEN Opendoor Technologies Inc -7.14% 346.88% 1

Weekly Performance: The Winners and Losers

Leverage is a beautiful thing when you’re on the right side of the trade, and Tradr 2X Long ASTS Daily ETF (ASTX) proved it with a jaw-dropping 65.75% surge this week. The bullish momentum in AI/Data names also propelled the 2X Long MongoDB and CoreWeave funds to massive gains north of 40%. On the darker side of the ledger, inverse funds tracking the week’s high-flyers were decimated. The Defiance Daily Target 2x Short QBTS ETF (QBTZ) collapsed nearly 40%, serving as a brutal reminder of the compounding risks in volatile inverse products.

Ticker Fund Name WTD Performance
Top Performers
ASTX Tradr 2X Long ASTS Daily ETF 65.75%
MDBX Tradr 2X Long MDB Daily ETF 46.37%
CWVX Tradr 2X Long CRWV Daily ETF 43.93%
CRWG Leverage Shares 2X Long CRWV Daily ETF 43.83%
CRWU T-REX 2X Long CRWV Daily Target ETF 43.80%
Bottom Performers
QBTZ Defiance Daily Target 2x Short QBTS ETF -39.31%
CORD T-REX 2X Inverse CRWV Daily Target ETF -34.06%
RGTZ Defiance Daily Target 2x Short RGTI ETF -29.27%
CLSX Tradr 2X Long CLSK Daily ETF -19.52%
IONZ Defiance Daily Target 2x Short IONQ ETF -18.88%

Analyzing the Weekly Flows

The Levered category took the crown this week, pulling in $235 Million as traders positioned for upside in a volatile tape. Inverse funds also saw positive momentum with $103 Million in inflows. Meanwhile, the Synthetic Income space remained quieter with $51 Million in net flows, signaling a shift in investor preference toward directional bets over yield generation for the time being.

Where the Money Went This Week

Category Fund Count AUM 5 Day 30 Day 90 Day YTD 1 Year
Levered 220 $27,873.8M $235M $3,426M $4,212M $8,699M $9,822M
Inverse 43 $1,366.1M $103M ($386M) $351M $1,479M $1,655M
Synthetic Income 87 $7,910.4M $51M $182M $14,406M $7,536M $27,735M

Flow Leaders & Laggards: The ETF Tale of the Tape

With money chasing leverage this week, the T-Rex 2X Long MSTR Daily Target ETF (MSTU) captured nearly $100 million in inflows, followed closely by T-Rex’s 2X BitMine fund. This concentration of capital highlights a robust appetite for crypto-adjacent volatility. In contrast, traders pulled the rip-cord on Meta, with Direxion’s METU seeing the largest single-fund outflow of the week.

Ticker Fund Name 5-Day Flow
Inflows
MSTU T-Rex 2X Long MSTR Daily Target ETF $97M
BMNU T-REX 2X Long BMNR Daily Target ETF $89M
RGTZ Defiance Daily Target 2x Short RGTI ETF $45M
GGLL Direxion Daily GOOGL Bull 2X Shares $42M
IRE Defiance Daily Target 2X Long IREN ETF $39M
Outflows
METU Direxion Daily META Bull 2X Shares ($86M)
NVDL GraniteShares 2x Long NVDA Daily ETF ($53M)
TSLT T-REX 2X Long Tesla Daily Target ETF ($34M)
TSLR GraniteShares 2x Long TSLA Daily ETF ($25M)
CONY YieldMax COIN Option Income Strategy ETF ($22M)

Issuer League Table Update

Direxion holds the top spot for Total AUM at $12.45 Billion, with GraniteShares and YieldMax rounding out the top three. On the flow front, T-Rex surged to the lead, gathering $209 Million in new assets, proving that their levered offerings were the flavor of the week.

The Heavyweights: Top 5 Issuers by AUM

Brand AUM Rank
Direxion $12.45B 1
GraniteShares $9.18B 2
YieldMax $5.50B 3
T-Rex $2.85B 4
Defiance $2.58B 5

Weekly Flows: Issuer Edition

Brand 5-Day Flow
Inflows
T-Rex $209M
Defiance $128M
Leverage Shares $41M
Outflows
GraniteShares ($74M)
Azoria $0M
ADRhedged $0M

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Disclosures

This material is for informational purposes only and should not be considered investment advice. All investments, including ETFs, involve risk, including the possible loss of principal. Investors should consider their investment objectives, risks, charges, and expenses carefully before investing.

This analysis was developed by the team at ETF Action. We leverage advanced AI tools to assist in the drafting and refinement of our content, based on our expert prompts, direction, and final review.