BBLU bid-ask spread and liquidity

EA Bridgeway Blue Chip ETF
StocksEA$446m net assets0.15% fee
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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
Not measured · the issuer's 30-day median spread is not read for this fund
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Capacity
Holdings can absorb $3.4bn a day, Oct 22, 2026
100.0
Price fidelity
Not measured · no closing premium is held for this fund
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Primary market
6 active dealers of 6; largest 24% of creations and redemptions, N-CEN to Jun 30, 2026
85.0
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 (Phase 2)
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Capacity

What the holdings can absorb a day, at 10% of each one’s volume
Holdings can absorb
$3.4bn

BBLU’s holdings can absorb $3.4bn a day, measured on its own holdings, as of Oct 22, 2026. A $1m order is 0.03% of a day’s capacity.

The holding that sets the limit: RTX Corp (RTX), 2.27% of the fund, $770m 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 Jun 30, 2026
Active dealers
6
of 6 authorized
Largest
24%
of creations and redemptions
One dealer
No
6 active

6 of 6 authorized participants created or redeemed BBLU shares in the year to Jun 30, 2026. From the fund’s Form N-CEN, filed Sep 11, 2026.

The active authorized participants, largest first, by share of the dollars created and redeemed: RBC Capital Markets, LLC (24.1%), Mirae Asset Securities (USA) Inc. (22.2%), Jane Street Capital, LLC (22.0%), Merrill Lynch Professional Clearing Corp. (21.1%), Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC (5.5%), Virtu Americas LLC (5.1%).

How to trade BBLU

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.
Size
Up to $34m is 1% of what its holdings can absorb in a day, for a buy or a sell.
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

Who is the AP for BBLU?

BBLU’s latest Form N-CEN, for the period ending Jun 30, 2026, lists 6 authorized participants (APs), and 6 created or redeemed shares. The largest were RBC Capital Markets, LLC (24.1%), Mirae Asset Securities (USA) Inc. (22.2%), Jane Street Capital, LLC (22.0%) of the dollars its APs created and redeemed.

Who is the LMM for BBLU?

BBLU’s lead market maker (LMM) on NYSE Arca is RBC Capital Markets, LLC. Lead market maker per NYSE Arca, as of Oct 23, 2026.
Sources and dates
CapacityETFIQ, each holding’s 20-day median dollar volume · to Oct 22, 2026
DealersForm N-CEN · the year to Jun 30, 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 →BBLU fund page→
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