Closelook rankings · Inside the ETFs
The funds with the broadest strength inside
The covered funds ranked by their median member’s 21-day return — where the typical holding is strongest, not just the headline.
Here the ranking flips from disagreement to agreement: funds sorted by their median member’s 21-day return. A high median means the typical member is rising — broad strength, not a headline carried by two heavyweights. Read it next to the dispersion column: broad AND tight is the strongest internal picture a fund can show.
Engine run of 2026-09-04 · 40 funds and Closelook indices covered, member by member — the Sector Dispersion lab holds the full per-fund detail.
| # | Fund | Median member, 21d | A/D 90d | Fund 21d | Median member 21d | Up / down (1d) | Beat / lag (21d) | Members |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ARKK ARK Innovation | +8.4% | +13.8% | +8.4% | 16 / 26 | 13 / 29 | 42 | |
| 2 | XLE Energy Select Sector | +8.1% | +10.1% | +8.1% | 5 / 16 | 9 / 12 | 21 | |
| 3 | IXC Global Energy | +7.1% | +7.9% | +7.1% | 10 / 23 | 15 / 20 | 35 | |
| 4 | AW40 Agentic Winners 40 (EW) | +5.2% | +12.0% | +5.2% | 11 / 27 | 12 / 26 | 38 | |
| 5 | XLV Health Care Select Sector | +3.5% | +4.3% | +3.5% | 8 / 51 | 23 / 35 | 59 | |
| 6 | AIQ Global X AI & Technology | +3.2% | +3.8% | +3.2% | 27 / 38 | 32 / 34 | 66 | |
| 7 | IGV iShares Expanded Tech-Software | +3.0% | +5.2% | +3.0% | 25 / 81 | 46 / 64 | 110 | |
| 8 | AEI Agentic Ecosystem Index (EW) | +2.5% | +1.2% | +2.5% | 14 / 19 | 18 / 16 | 34 | |
| 9 | IXJ Global Healthcare | +2.4% | +3.6% | +2.4% | 10 / 69 | 34 / 45 | 80 | |
| 10 | WTAI WisdomTree AI & Innovation | +1.4% | +3.2% | +1.4% | 25 / 21 | 18 / 29 | 47 | |
| 11 | XLC Communication Services Select Sector | +0.9% | +0.8% | +0.9% | 3 / 19 | 12 / 11 | 23 | |
| 12 | IXG Global Financials | +0.7% | +1.2% | +0.7% | 42 / 91 | 62 / 71 | 133 | |
| 13 | MXI Global Materials | +0.7% | +3.9% | +0.7% | 24 / 34 | 22 / 36 | 59 | |
| 14 | QQEW First Trust Nasdaq-100 Equal Weight | +0.6% | +1.3% | +0.6% | 15 / 33 | 22 / 27 | 49 | |
| 15 | IXP Global Communications | +0.5% | +0.5% | +0.5% | 9 / 27 | 18 / 19 | 37 | |
| 16 | XLF Financial Select Sector | +0.5% | +0.5% | +0.5% | 14 / 62 | 38 / 38 | 76 | |
| 17 | QTEC First Trust Nasdaq-100 Technology | -0.4% | +0.3% | -0.4% | 24 / 21 | 20 / 25 | 45 | |
| 18 | XLK Technology Select Sector | -0.6% | +1.1% | -0.6% | 40 / 32 | 28 / 44 | 72 | |
| 19 | IXN iShares Global Tech | -0.8% | +2.6% | -0.8% | 47 / 40 | 29 / 58 | 87 | |
| 20 | QQXT First Trust Nasdaq-100 Ex-Technology | -1.5% | +0.5% | -1.5% | 15 / 40 | 22 / 34 | 56 | |
| 21 | DTCR Global X Data Center & Digital Infra | -1.6% | +0.7% | -1.6% | 15 / 4 | 8 / 12 | 20 | |
| 22 | XLU Utilities Select Sector | -1.6% | -0.7% | -1.6% | 7 / 23 | 10 / 21 | 31 | |
| 23 | JXI Global Utilities | -1.7% | -1.0% | -1.7% | 17 / 25 | 14 / 29 | 43 | |
| 24 | XLP Consumer Staples Select Sector | -1.8% | -0.6% | -1.8% | 6 / 30 | 17 / 19 | 36 | |
| 25 | QTOP iShares Nasdaq-100 Top 30 | -1.9% | +0.3% | -1.9% | 14 / 17 | 12 / 19 | 31 | |
| 26 | CIBR First Trust Nasdaq Cybersecurity | -1.9% | -1.9% | -1.9% | 11 / 29 | 20 / 21 | 41 | |
| 27 | XLB Materials Select Sector | -2.0% | +0.5% | -2.0% | 13 / 13 | 9 / 17 | 26 | |
| 28 | XLRE Real Estate Select Sector | -2.2% | -2.0% | -2.2% | 8 / 23 | 13 / 17 | 31 | |
| 29 | QTUM Defiance Quantum | -2.2% | -0.9% | -2.2% | 42 / 20 | 27 / 35 | 62 | |
| 30 | EUROAI Euro-AI Sovereign 50 (EW) | -2.2% | -1.5% | -2.2% | 37 / 23 | 27 / 34 | 61 | |
| 31 | HALO HALO Growth 100 (EW) | -2.2% | -1.6% | -2.2% | 46 / 53 | 45 / 54 | 99 | |
| 32 | KXI Global Staples | -2.3% | -1.4% | -2.3% | 18 / 43 | 28 / 33 | 61 | |
| 33 | REET Global REITs | -2.4% | -2.5% | -2.4% | 44 / 49 | 48 / 47 | 96 | |
| 34 | SMH VanEck Semiconductor | -3.0% | -0.8% | -3.0% | 23 / 2 | 9 / 16 | 25 | |
| 35 | RXI Global Discretionary | -3.4% | -3.4% | -3.4% | 40 / 35 | 38 / 37 | 75 | |
| 36 | EXI Global Industrials | -4.4% | -3.0% | -4.4% | 81 / 54 | 52 / 83 | 135 | |
| 37 | XLY Consumer Discretionary Select Sector | -4.4% | -2.7% | -4.4% | 21 / 27 | 19 / 29 | 48 | |
| 38 | RUBIN Rubin Build-Out 100 (EW) | -4.4% | -6.7% | -4.4% | 107 / 18 | 77 / 48 | 125 | |
| 39 | XLI Industrial Select Sector | -6.1% | -5.1% | -6.1% | 50 / 30 | 36 / 44 | 80 | |
| 40 | XSD SPDR S&P Semiconductor (EW) | -6.4% | -5.6% | -6.4% | 37 / 6 | 20 / 23 | 43 |
Dispersion = spread of member returns, in percentage points. Median member = the typical holding’s return. A/D 90d = the fund’s cumulative advance/decline line over the last 90 sessions — rising means most members participate, falling means the shell hides internal decline. Up/down counts members in the last session; beat/lag counts members ahead of or behind the fund itself over 21 days. All 40 covered funds are shown — both ends of the table are the story.
Go deeper
- Click any fund for its dispersion page in the lab — member-by-member returns, the advance/decline line inside the fund, and what changed.
- The Directional Flow ranking grades the trend of single names; this family shows which themes those names disagree about.
- The daily archive keeps every run's full dispersion ranking — which funds were battlegrounds on any past day.
- Sector flow and theme flow rank the same funds by trend quality instead of internal agreement.
FAQ
What does dispersion mean here?
How far apart the returns of a fund’s members are over a window, in percentage points. High dispersion means the members disagree — big winners and big losers behind one headline number. Low dispersion means the fund is moving as one block.
Why does internal disagreement matter?
Two funds can print the same return for opposite reasons: one carried by a couple of heavyweights while the rest falls, the other lifted by nearly every member. The first is fragile, the second is broad. Dispersion and the median member separate those two cases.
How often is this ranking updated?
The dispersion engine runs after every US market close across the covered funds and Closelook indices. This page is rebuilt every morning and always shows the date of the run it was built from.
Is this investment advice?
No. Closelook publishes an investment research diary, not investment advice. The ranking describes what our engine measures in past prices. Past performance may not be an indication of future performance.
Closelook publishes an investment research diary, not investment advice. Past performance may not be an indication of future performance.