US-Listed ETF Trading Volume Hits a New All-Time in March 2026 - Tekedia

US-listed ETFs set a monthly notional trading record in March 2026 at about $7.8 trillion.

US ETF assets were roughly $14.2–14.3 trillion by end-February 2026, and global ETF AUM topped $20 trillion earlier in the year.

Q1 2026 flows were about $463.5 billion, leaving the year on pace for potential annual inflows of $1.6–2 trillion.

Equity ETFs led activity earlier in Q1 but slowed in March, while fixed income ETFs saw robust activity.

Q1 performance was driven by rising energy and commodity prices and geopolitical tensions; liquidity concentrated in a few mega-ETFs, and leveraged products like PBRG (~188% Petrobras exposure) and NRGU (~168% triple-leveraged exposure) were notable.