CBXY bid-ask spread and liquidity

Calamos Bitcoin 90 Series Structured Alt Protection ETF - July
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IQ Liquidity Score

1 of 6 measured · Oct 14, 2025
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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 →

One dealer
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, Bitcoin, is neither a listed stock nor a fund ETFIQ reads the holdings of
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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 7; largest 92% of creations and redemptions, N-CEN to Jul 31, 2025
30.0
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

Not measured: its reference, Bitcoin, is neither a listed stock nor a fund ETFIQ reads the holdings of.

Dealers

Authorized participants · N-CEN, the year to Jul 31, 2025
Active dealers
2
of 7 authorized
Largest
92%
of creations and redemptions
One dealer
No
2 active

2 of 7 authorized participants created or redeemed CBXY shares in the year to Jul 31, 2025. From the fund’s Form N-CEN, filed Oct 14, 2025.

The active authorized participants, largest first, by share of the dollars created and redeemed: Merrill Lynch Professional Clearing Corp. (91.6%), Jane Street Capital, LLC (8.4%). 5 more were listed and created or redeemed nothing.

How to trade CBXY

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.
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 CBXY?

CBXY’s latest Form N-CEN, for the period ending Jul 31, 2025, lists 7 authorized participants (APs), and 2 created or redeemed shares. The largest were Merrill Lynch Professional Clearing Corp. (91.6%), Jane Street Capital, LLC (8.4%) of the dollars its APs created and redeemed.

Who is the LMM for CBXY?

CBXY’s lead market maker (LMM) on Cboe BZX is Jane Street Capital, LLC. Lead market maker per Cboe BZX, as of Oct 23, 2026.
Sources and dates
DealersForm N-CEN · the year to Jul 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 →CBXY fund page→
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