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ABLG
Abacus FCF International Leaders ETF
Category StocksIssuer Abacus FCFNet assets $16mFee 0.54%
Trading · Abacus FCF International Leaders ETF

ABLG bid-ask spread and liquidity

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In the year to Jul 31, 2024, 2 of ABLG’s 2 authorized participants created or redeemed shares.

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IQ Liquidity Score

· 1 of 6 measured · Oct 10, 2024
0 · Hard to trade100 · Trades like a giant

How easily this fund trades, from 0 to 100 on the same anchors for every fund; 100 is best. Method →

Cost to trade
Not measured · the issuer's 30-day median spread is not read for this fund
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Capacity
Not measured · 49.6% of its long weight could be measured; the largest part not measured is foreign
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Price fidelity
Not measured · no closing premium is held for this fund
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Primary market
2 active dealers of 2; largest 66% of creations and redemptions, N-CEN to Jul 31, 2024
45.0
Bad-day behaviour
Not measured · no daily closing premium is held for this fund
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Depth
Not measured · needs trade and quote data
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Capacity: what its holdings can absorb in a day. Price fidelity: how close its price stays to NAV, the value of what it holds. Primary market: the dealers who create and redeem its shares. Bad-day behaviour: its premium on the market’s worst days. Depth: the dollars quoted at the bid and the ask. How to read the score →

CapacityWhat the holdings can absorb a day

Not measured: 49.6% of its long weight could be measured; the largest part not measured is foreign.

Who makes the market

Authorized participants · N-CEN, the year to Jul 31, 2024
Active dealers
2
of 2 authorized
Largest
66%
of creations and redemptions
One dealer
No
2 active

2 of 2 authorized participants created or redeemed ABLG shares in the year to Jul 31, 2024. From the fund’s Form N-CEN, filed Oct 10, 2024.

APs create and redeem shares. Every AP →

Active APs, largest first, by share of dollars created and redeemed: Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC (66.4%), J.P. Morgan Securities LLC (33.6%).

What retail orders paid

ABLG ranked 616th of 628 ETFs by retail order activity in Sep 2026, an ETFIQ estimate.

0.0000% of the market-order dollars in 3 retail brokers’ reports. Buys and sells together. Retail activity ranking →

Where it trades

Q2 2026, 62 trading days
Off exchange
74%
Odd lots, of exchange volume
9.1%

In Q2 2026, 74% of ABLG’s shares traded off exchange on the median day.

Off exchange means wholesalers and dark pools. Odd lots are orders under 100 shares, a sign of retail trading.

How to place the order

To buy or to sell, up to $100,000
When
ETF spreads are usually widest in the first minutes after the open and the last before the close.
Why low volume does not mean illiquid →Limit orders vs market orders for ETFs →
Not measured yet: these need trade data
Spread through the day

Median spread by half hour, 30 days.

Buyers against sellers

Volume bought at the ask against volume sold at the bid.

Large trades

Trades above $500k: how many, and their share of volume.

Closing auction

Share of the day’s volume at the close.

Questions people ask

Who is the AP for ABLG?

ABLG’s latest Form N-CEN, for the period ending Jul 31, 2024, lists 2 authorized participants (APs), and 2 created or redeemed shares. The largest were Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC (66.4%), J.P. Morgan Securities LLC (33.6%) of the dollars its APs created and redeemed.

Who is the LMM for ABLG?

ABLG’s lead market maker (LMM) on Cboe BZX is GTS Securities LLC. Lead market maker per Cboe BZX, as of Nov 1, 2026.
Where to next
ETF trading costs and liquidity→Cost-to-trade checker→Why low volume does not mean illiquidguide →Limit orders vs market orders for ETFsguide →How the IQ Liquidity Score is builtmethod →ABLG fund page→
Sources and dates
DealersForm N-CEN · the year to Jul 31, 2024
Retail ordersSEC Rule 605 reports · Sep 2026
Where it tradesSEC MIDAS · Q2 2026

The score measures trading conditions, not the fund. ETFIQ makes no recommendations.

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ETFIQ, ABLG trading: cost, capacity, premium and dealers, data as of Oct 10, 2024. https://etfiq.com/funds/ablg/trading/

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The score measures trading conditions, not the fund. ETFIQ makes no recommendations.