CGIE bid-ask spread and liquidity

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As of Sep 30, 2026, CGIE’s median bid-ask spread over 30 days was 0.03%.

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IQ Liquidity Score

2 of 6 measured · Oct 21, 2026
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Not scored
0 · Hard to trade100 · Trades like a giant

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Cost to trade
0.03% median spread, 30 days to Sep 30, 2026
91.2
Capacity
Not measured · 42.2% of its long weight could be measured; the largest part not measured is foreign
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Price fidelity
Not measured · 5 days of closing premium are held, under the 20 needed
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Primary market
9 active dealers of 23; largest 47% of creations and redemptions, N-CEN to May 31, 2026
85.0
Bad-day behaviour
Not measured · 0 of the 10 worst days and 5 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
CGIE: cost for your order at each size, round trip
OrderDollarsPercentBasis
$1,000$0.150.015%spread
$10,000$1.500.015%spread

Spread 0.03% median, 30 days to Sep 30, 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, 5 days to Oct 21, 2026 · the ±1% band marked
CGIE premium or discount to NAV, 5 days+1%0−1%Sep 30, 2026Oct 21, 2026
Latest close, Oct 21
−0.11%
95% of days within
±0.61%
Days more than 1% from NAV
0 of 5
Widest
−0.61%, Oct 19, 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

Not measured: 42.2% of its long weight could be measured; the largest part not measured is foreign.

Dealers

Authorized participants · N-CEN, the year to May 31, 2026
Active dealers
9
of 23 authorized
Largest
47%
of creations and redemptions
One dealer
No
9 active

9 of 23 authorized participants created or redeemed CGIE shares in the year to May 31, 2026. From the fund’s Form N-CEN, filed Aug 14, 2026.

The active authorized participants, largest first, by share of the dollars created and redeemed: BofA Securities, Inc. (47.1%), J.P. Morgan Securities LLC (20.6%), UBS Securities LLC (8.7%), Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC (7.5%), Jane Street Capital, LLC (7.3%), Citigroup Global Markets Inc. (6.2%), Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC (1.4%), Mizuho Securities USA LLC (1.1%), Virtu Americas LLC (0.1%). 14 more were listed and created or redeemed nothing.

How to trade CGIE

To buy or to sell, up to $100,000
Order type
Limit: midpoint + 1¢ to buy, midpoint − 1¢ to sell.At the Oct 21 close of $36.52, that’s $36.53 to buy and $36.51 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.
Watch
The premium. On 95% of days it is within ±0.61%; 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 CGIE’s bid-ask spread?

0.03% of the midpoint, the median over the 30 days to Sep 30, 2026, as its issuer states it. Half of it is about 1¢ a share at the Oct 21 close.

Does CGIE trade at a premium or discount to NAV?

It closed −0.11% from its NAV on Oct 21, 2026. On 95% of the 5 days to then it was within ±0.61%, and it closed more than 1% from NAV on 0 of them.

Who is the AP for CGIE?

CGIE’s latest Form N-CEN, for the period ending May 31, 2026, lists 23 authorized participants (APs), and 9 created or redeemed shares. The largest were BofA Securities, Inc. (47.1%), J.P. Morgan Securities LLC (20.6%), UBS Securities LLC (8.7%) of the dollars its APs created and redeemed.

Who is the LMM for CGIE?

CGIE’s lead market maker (LMM) on NYSE Arca is Jane Street Capital, LLC. Lead market maker per NYSE Arca, as of Oct 23, 2026.

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

About $1.50 one way, 0.015%: half its 30-day median spread. In and out costs twice that.

How do I place a limit order for CGIE?

Set the limit at the midpoint + 1¢ to buy, or the midpoint − 1¢ to sell, in your broker’s quote. At the Oct 21 close of $36.52, that’s $36.53 to buy and $36.51 to sell.
Sources and dates
SpreadCapital Group (fund page), 30-day median · to Sep 30, 2026
Premium to NAVETFIQ, close against the issuer’s NAV · Sep 30, 2026 to Oct 21, 2026
DealersForm N-CEN · the year to May 31, 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 →CGIE fund page→
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