{"url":"https://etfiq.com/funds/akaf/trading/","section":"funds","title":"AKAF Bid-Ask Spread, Liquidity and NAV Premium | ETFIQ","description":"AKAF trading costs and liquidity: spread, premium to NAV, capacity and dealers, from ETFIQ. Spread, premium to NAV, capacity and dealers, dated.","as_of":"Oct 22, 2026","structured_data":[{"@type":"Dataset","@id":"https://etfiq.com/funds/akaf/trading/#data","name":"AKAF trading costs and liquidity","description":"AKAF trading costs and liquidity: spread, premium to NAV, capacity and dealers, from ETFIQ. 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How the score is built \n Flags: One dealer.\n Cost to trade Not measured: the issuer's 30-day median spread is not read for this fund Capacity Holdings can absorb up to $10m a day; part of the book has no volume figure Price fidelity Not measured: no closing premium is held for this fund Primary market, 30.0 2 active dealers of 2; largest 94% of creations and redemptions, N-CEN to Feb 28, 2026 Bad-day behaviour Not measured: no daily closing premium is held for this fund Depth Not measured: needs trade and quote data (Phase 2) \n Capacity\n Its holdings can absorb up to $10m a day, measured on its own holdings, as of Oct 22, 2026. The holding that sets the limit is GoldMining Inc (GLDG), 0.47% of the fund.\n Dealers\n 2 active of 2 authorized participants; the largest did 94% of creations and redemptions, in the year to Feb 28, 2026 (Form N-CEN filed May 14, 2026).\n The active authorized participants, largest first, by share of the dollars created and redeemed: Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC (93.8%), Virtu Americas LLC (6.2%).\n How to trade AKAF\n When ETF spreads are usually widest in the first minutes after the open and the last minutes before the close. ETFIQ measures this fund\u2019s own day once it has trade data. Size Part of its book has no volume figure, so the room for a large order is an upper bound. Coming with trade data\n Spread through the day, buyers against sellers, an estimate of retail flow, large trades and the closing auction\u2019s share, each once ETFIQ has trade and quote data.\n Questions people ask\n Who is the AP for AKAF? AKAF\u2019s latest Form N-CEN, for the period ending Feb 28, 2026, lists 2 authorized participants (APs), and 2 created or redeemed shares. The largest were Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC (93.8%), Virtu Americas LLC (6.2%) of the dollars its APs created and redeemed. Who is the LMM for AKAF? AKAF is on none of the lead market maker (LMM) lists ETFIQ reads, from NYSE Arca, Cboe BZX and Nasdaq. Each list covers only that exchange\u2019s own program, so this does not mean it has no LMM. Sources and dates\n Capacity: ETFIQ, from each holding\u2019s 20-day median dollar volume, to Oct 22, 2026.\n Dealers: Form N-CEN, the year to Feb 28, 2026, accession 0001193125-26-223051.\n Where to next\n AKAF fund page ETF trading costs and liquidity Limit orders vs market orders for ETFs Why low volume does not mean illiquid How the IQ Liquidity Score is built Compare AKAF with another fund The score measures trading conditions, not the fund. ETFIQ is an independent publisher, not an adviser, and makes no recommendations. Standards and sources \n Cite this page. ETFIQ, AKAF trading: cost, capacity, premium and dealers, data as of Oct 22, 2026. https://etfiq.com/funds/akaf/trading/ Free to use with attribution for figures ETFIQ computes; issuer data stays under its owner's terms. The underlying files are at Open data .\n Other forms Plain ETFIQ, AKAF trading: cost, capacity, premium and dealers, data as of Oct 22, 2026. https://etfiq.com/funds/akaf/trading/ APA ETFIQ. (Oct 22, 2026). AKAF trading: cost, capacity, premium and dealers. Retrieved from https://etfiq.com/funds/akaf/trading/ Markdown [AKAF trading: cost, capacity, premium and dealers (ETFIQ, Oct 22, 2026)](https://etfiq.com/funds/akaf/trading/)","source":"ETFIQ, independent ETF data. Recomputed nightly from public filings and prices.","publisher":{"@id":"https://etfiq.com/#org","name":"ETFIQ","url":"https://etfiq.com"},"license":"https://etfiq.com/license/","license_text":"Figures ETFIQ computes are free to use with attribution: ETFIQ (etfiq.com). Issuer data stays under its owner's terms.","citation":"ETFIQ, AKAF trading: cost, capacity, premium and dealers, data as of Oct 22, 2026. https://etfiq.com/funds/akaf/trading/"}