Daily Gold ETF Fund Flows (bold.report)
Daily 7/30/90-day cumulative net flows into global gold-backed ETFs from bold.report — inflows and outflows as a demand signal, distinct from the monthly WGC Gold ETF view.
Positive bars (green) indicate net inflows; negative bars (red) indicate net outflows. The orange line is the spot gold price for context. Source: bold.report.
How is this calculated?
Fund flows are derived from each fund's reported share count and net asset value: when shares outstanding rise, the fund mints new units to absorb cash inflows. The 7-day window smooths daily noise. USD values multiply oz flows by that day's gold price.
Source: bold.report Gold Data API
About this data
This page charts net creations and redemptions across listed gold ETFs worldwide, compiled daily by bold.report from changes in each fund's shares outstanding. Bars show the trailing 7-, 30- or 90-day net flow in troy ounces, or in dollars at that day's gold price, with the spot price overlaid; a table ranks funds by trailing twelve-month flow. Unlike a change in holdings, a flow records only primary-market activity, meaning an authorized participant delivering bars to create shares or withdrawing bars to redeem them, so it isolates investor demand from fee bleed. Flows tend to follow price as much as lead it: a rally that attracts sustained inflows has broadened from futures traders to allocators.
Source: bold.report Gold Data API, daily net fund flows in troy ounces across gold ETFs worldwide, derived from fund share counts and updated each trading day. WatchGold polls the feed every two hours and converts ounce flows to dollars at the same day's gold price.
Frequently asked questions
- How are gold ETF fund flows calculated?
- From shares outstanding. When buyers outnumber sellers the fund's share price drifts above net asset value, an authorized participant creates new shares in large baskets and delivers the matching gold to the custodian; redemptions reverse the process. Multiplying the change in share count by the gold backing each share gives the flow in ounces. The dollar view here multiplies those ounces by the gold price on the same day.
- How do I read the 7-day, 30-day and 90-day gold ETF flow chart?
- Each bar is the net flow over the trailing window ending on that date, so consecutive bars overlap and must not be added together. The 7-day view shows turning points earliest but is noisy; the 90-day view smooths them into a trend and lags. Green bars are net inflows, red bars net outflows, and the orange line is the gold price, which helps separate flows that chase a move from flows that precede one.
- Do gold ETF inflows push the gold price up?
- They are physical demand, since every creation moves bars out of the bullion-bank float into an allocated vault, but they are rarely the first mover. Record inflows accompanied the 2020 rally; from 2021 through 2023 funds shed metal for three straight years while the price held up on central-bank buying; inflows returned only once the 2024 rally was under way. Treat sustained inflows as confirmation that investors are following a trend, not as its cause.