BRZU bid-ask spread and liquidity

Direxion Daily MSCI Brazil Bull 2X ETF
LeverageDirexion$144m net assets1.32% fee
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As of Oct 22, 2026, BRZU closed −0.12% from its NAV, and on 95% of the 13 days to then it was within ±0.26%.

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IQ Liquidity Score

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

The IQ Liquidity Score: a fixed 0 to 100 scale of trading conditions, the same anchors for every fund; 100 is the easiest to trade. It measures how cheaply and reliably the fund trades, not whether to own it. 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 · its reference EWZ is not measured (25.4% of its long weight could be measured; the largest part not measured is foreign)
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Price fidelity
Not measured · 13 days of closing premium are held, under the 20 needed
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Primary market
4 active dealers of 4; largest 47% of creations and redemptions, N-CEN to Oct 31, 2025
65.0
Bad-day behaviour
Not measured · 0 of the 10 worst days and 13 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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Premium or discount to value

Daily, 13 days to Oct 22, 2026 · the ±1% band marked
BRZU premium or discount to NAV, 13 days+1%0−1%Oct 1, 2026Oct 22, 2026
Latest close, Oct 22
−0.12%
95% of days within
±0.26%
Days more than 1% from NAV
0 of 13
Widest
+0.26%, Oct 7, 2026

Close against the NAV its issuer struck the same day, from the issuer. Source: ETFIQ.

Capacity

What the holdings can absorb a day

Not measured: its reference EWZ is not measured (25.4% of its long weight could be measured; the largest part not measured is foreign).

Dealers

Authorized participants · N-CEN, the year to Oct 31, 2025
Active dealers
4
of 4 authorized
Largest
47%
of creations and redemptions
One dealer
No
4 active

4 of 4 authorized participants created or redeemed BRZU shares in the year to Oct 31, 2025. From the fund’s Form N-CEN, filed Jan 14, 2026.

The active authorized participants, largest first, by share of the dollars created and redeemed: Jane Street Capital, LLC (47.4%), Virtu Americas LLC (30.7%), BofA Securities, Inc. (20.0%), Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC (2.0%).

How to trade BRZU

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.
Watch
The premium. On 95% of days it is within ±0.26%; 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

Does BRZU trade at a premium or discount to NAV?

It closed −0.12% from its NAV on Oct 22, 2026. On 95% of the 13 days to then it was within ±0.26%, and it closed more than 1% from NAV on 0 of them.

Who is the AP for BRZU?

BRZU’s latest Form N-CEN, for the period ending Oct 31, 2025, lists 4 authorized participants (APs), and 4 created or redeemed shares. The largest were Jane Street Capital, LLC (47.4%), Virtu Americas LLC (30.7%), BofA Securities, Inc. (20.0%) of the dollars its APs created and redeemed.

Who is the LMM for BRZU?

BRZU’s lead market maker (LMM) on NYSE Arca is Virtu Americas LLC. Lead market maker per NYSE Arca, as of Oct 23, 2026.
Sources and dates
Premium to NAVETFIQ, close against the issuer’s NAV · Oct 1, 2026 to Oct 22, 2026
DealersForm N-CEN · the year to Oct 31, 2025
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 →BRZU fund page→
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ETFIQ, BRZU trading: cost, capacity, premium and dealers, data as of Oct 22, 2026. https://etfiq.com/funds/brzu/trading/

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