DFUS bid-ask spread and liquidity

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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 $16.0bn 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
10 active dealers of 21; largest 26% of creations and redemptions, N-CEN to Oct 31, 2025
100.0
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
$16.0bn

DFUS’s holdings can absorb $16.0bn a day, measured on its own holdings, as of Oct 22, 2026. A $1m order is 0.0062% of a day’s capacity.

The holding that sets the limit: BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC. (BRK-B), 1.38% of the fund, $2.2bn 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 Oct 31, 2025
Active dealers
10
of 21 authorized
Largest
26%
of creations and redemptions
One dealer
No
10 active

10 of 21 authorized participants created or redeemed DFUS shares in the year to Oct 31, 2025. From the fund’s Form N-CEN, filed Jan 12, 2026.

The active authorized participants, largest first, by share of the dollars created and redeemed: Merrill Lynch Professional Clearing Corp. (26.3%), Jane Street Capital, LLC (23.2%), J.P. Morgan Securities LLC (19.3%), Citigroup Global Markets Inc. (13.0%), Nomura Securities International, Inc. (6.8%), Virtu Americas LLC (5.4%), Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC (4.4%), RBC Capital Markets, LLC (1.1%), BNY Mellon Capital Markets, LLC (0.3%), ABN AMRO Securities (USA) LLC (0.1%). 11 more were listed and created or redeemed nothing.

How to trade DFUS

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 $160m 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 DFUS?

DFUS’s latest Form N-CEN, for the period ending Oct 31, 2025, lists 21 authorized participants (APs), and 10 created or redeemed shares. The largest were Merrill Lynch Professional Clearing Corp. (26.3%), Jane Street Capital, LLC (23.2%), J.P. Morgan Securities LLC (19.3%) of the dollars its APs created and redeemed.

Who is the LMM for DFUS?

DFUS’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
CapacityETFIQ, each holding’s 20-day median dollar volume · 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 →DFUS fund page→
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