BATT bid-ask spread and liquidity

Amplify Lithium & Battery Technology ETF
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As of Oct 22, 2026, BATT’s median bid-ask spread over 30 days was 0.48%.

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IQ Liquidity Score

2 of 6 measured · Oct 22, 2026
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Not scored
0 · Hard to trade100 · Trades like a giant

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Cost to trade
0.48% median spread, 30 days to Oct 22, 2026
31.0
Capacity
Holdings can absorb up to $3m a day; part of the book has no volume figure
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Price fidelity
Not measured · 15 days of closing premium are held, under the 20 needed
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Primary market
3 active dealers of 3; largest 59% of creations and redemptions, N-CEN to Sep 30, 2024
65.0
Bad-day behaviour
Not measured · 0 of the 10 worst days and 15 other days are held, under the 5 and 60 needed
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Depth
Not measured · needs trade and quote data (Phase 2)
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Cost for your order

One way, half its 30-day median spread; sizes above $10,000 are estimates
BATT: cost for your order at each size, round trip
OrderDollarsPercentBasis
$1,000$2.400.24%spread
$10,000$240.24%spread

Spread 0.48% median, 30 days to Oct 22, 2026. Above $10,000 the cost adds an estimate of market impact that grows with the order against the holdings’ capacity; a patient limit pays less.

Premium or discount to value

Daily, 15 days to Oct 22, 2026 · the ±1% band marked
BATT premium or discount to NAV, 15 days+1%0−1%Sep 11, 2026Oct 22, 2026
Latest close, Oct 22
−0.62%
95% of days within
±1.35%
Days more than 1% from NAV
3 of 15
Widest
−1.35%, Oct 14, 2026

Close against the NAV its issuer struck the same day, from the issuer. Source: ETFIQ. Its holdings trade on markets that close before New York, so its closing premium carries the move since then.

Capacity

What the holdings can absorb a day, at 10% of each one’s volume
Holdings can absorb, at most
$3m

BATT’s holdings can absorb up to $3m a day, measured on its own holdings, as of Oct 22, 2026. Part of its book has no volume figure, so this is an upper bound.

The holding that sets the limit: BYD Co Ltd (BYDDF), 4.54% of the fund, $1m a day traded, the median of 20 days to Oct 22, 2026. Capacity is the least of the holding-level ratios over the holdings making up 95% of the weight.

Dealers

Authorized participants · N-CEN, the year to Sep 30, 2024
Active dealers
3
of 3 authorized
Largest
59%
of creations and redemptions
One dealer
No
3 active

3 of 3 authorized participants created or redeemed BATT shares in the year to Sep 30, 2024. From the fund’s Form N-CEN, filed Dec 11, 2024.

The active authorized participants, largest first, by share of the dollars created and redeemed: J.P. Morgan Securities LLC (58.8%), UBS Securities LLC (37.2%), Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC (4.0%).

How to trade BATT

To buy or to sell, up to $100,000
Order type
Limit: midpoint + 4¢ to buy, midpoint − 4¢ to sell.At the Oct 22 close of $12.78, that’s $12.82 to buy and $12.74 to sell.
When
Its holdings trade on markets that close before New York, so its price can drift from their value later in the day.
Size
Part of its book has no volume figure, so the room for a large order is an upper bound.
Watch
The premium. On 95% of days it is within ±1.35%; beyond that a buyer pays more, and a seller gets less, than the holdings are worth.
Phase 2 · drawn now, filled when trade data arrives
Spread through the dayComing with trade data

Median spread by half hour, 30 days.

Buyers against sellersComing with trade data

Share of volume at the ask against at the bid.

Retail flow, estimatedComing with trade data

Sub-penny prints as a share of volume.

Large tradesComing with trade data

Prints above $500k, count and share.

Closing auctionComing with trade data

Share of the day’s volume at the close.

Questions people ask

What is BATT’s bid-ask spread?

0.48% of the midpoint, the median over the 30 days to Oct 22, 2026, as its issuer states it. Half of it is about 4¢ a share at the Oct 22 close.

Does BATT trade at a premium or discount to NAV?

It closed −0.62% from its NAV on Oct 22, 2026. On 95% of the 15 days to then it was within ±1.35%, and it closed more than 1% from NAV on 3 of them.

Who is the AP for BATT?

BATT’s latest Form N-CEN, for the period ending Sep 30, 2024, lists 3 authorized participants (APs), and 3 created or redeemed shares. The largest were J.P. Morgan Securities LLC (58.8%), UBS Securities LLC (37.2%), Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC (4.0%) of the dollars its APs created and redeemed.

Who is the LMM for BATT?

BATT’s lead market maker (LMM) on NYSE Arca is Susquehanna Securities, LLC. Lead market maker per NYSE Arca, as of Oct 23, 2026.

What does it cost to trade $10,000 of BATT?

About $24 one way, 0.24%: half its 30-day median spread. In and out costs twice that.

How do I place a limit order for BATT?

Set the limit at the midpoint + 4¢ to buy, or the midpoint − 4¢ to sell, in your broker’s quote. At the Oct 22 close of $12.78, that’s $12.82 to buy and $12.74 to sell.
Sources and dates
SpreadAmplify (fund page), 30-day median · to Oct 22, 2026
Premium to NAVETFIQ, close against the issuer’s NAV · Sep 11, 2026 to Oct 22, 2026
CapacityETFIQ, each holding’s 20-day median dollar volume · to Oct 22, 2026
DealersForm N-CEN · the year to Sep 30, 2024
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 →BATT fund page→
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