DES bid-ask spread and liquidity

WisdomTree U.S. SmallCap Dividend Fund
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IQ Liquidity Score

2 of 6 measured · Oct 16, 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 $91m a day, Oct 16, 2026
65.3
Price fidelity
Not measured · no closing premium is held for this fund
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Primary market
6 active dealers of 21; largest 41% of creations and redemptions, N-CEN to Mar 31, 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
$91m

DES’s holdings can absorb $91m a day, measured on its own holdings, as of Oct 16, 2026. A $1m order is 1.10% of a day’s capacity.

The holding that sets the limit: MESABI TRUST (MSB), 0.08% of the fund, $746,570 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 Mar 31, 2026
Active dealers
6
of 21 authorized
Largest
41%
of creations and redemptions
One dealer
No
6 active

6 of 21 authorized participants created or redeemed DES shares in the year to Mar 31, 2026. From the fund’s Form N-CEN, filed Jun 15, 2026.

The active authorized participants, largest first, by share of the dollars created and redeemed: RBC Capital Markets, LLC (40.7%), Citadel Securities LLC (30.4%), Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC (11.3%), BofA Securities, Inc. (9.9%), Virtu Americas LLC (6.1%), Jane Street Capital, LLC (1.6%). 15 more were listed and created or redeemed nothing.

How to trade DES

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 $908,930 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 DES?

DES’s latest Form N-CEN, for the period ending Mar 31, 2026, lists 21 authorized participants (APs), and 6 created or redeemed shares. The largest were RBC Capital Markets, LLC (40.7%), Citadel Securities LLC (30.4%), Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC (11.3%) of the dollars its APs created and redeemed.

Who is the LMM for DES?

DES’s lead market maker (LMM) on NYSE Arca is Susquehanna Securities, 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 16, 2026
DealersForm N-CEN · the year to Mar 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 →DES fund page→
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ETFIQ, DES trading: cost, capacity, premium and dealers, data as of Oct 16, 2026. https://etfiq.com/funds/des/trading/

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