{"url":"https://etfiq.com/funds/ebuf/trading/","section":"funds","title":"EBUF Bid-Ask Spread, Liquidity and NAV Premium | ETFIQ","description":"As of Oct 22, 2026, EBUF\u2019s median bid-ask spread over 30 days was 0.16%. A $10,000 order costs about $8.00 one way.","as_of":"Oct 22, 2026","structured_data":[{"@type":"Dataset","@id":"https://etfiq.com/funds/ebuf/trading/#data","name":"EBUF trading costs and liquidity","description":"As of Oct 22, 2026, EBUF\u2019s median bid-ask spread over 30 days was 0.16%. 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How the score is built \n Cost to trade, 54.8 0.16% median spread, 30 days to Oct 22, 2026 Capacity Not measured: its reference EEM is not measured (32.0% of its long weight could be measured; the largest part not measured is foreign) Price fidelity Not measured: 13 days of closing premium are held, under the 20 needed Primary market, 45.0 2 active dealers of 2; largest 63% of creations and redemptions, N-CEN to Oct 31, 2025 Bad-day behaviour Not measured: 0 of the 10 worst days and 13 other days are held, under the 5 and 60 needed Depth Not measured: needs trade and quote data (Phase 2) \n Cost for your order\n EBUF one-way cost at each order size: half its 30-day median spread to Oct 22, 2026; sizes above $10,000 add an estimate of market impact. Source: ETFIQ. Order Dollars Percent Basis \n $1,000 $0.80 0.08% spread \n $10,000 $8.00 0.08% spread \n Premium or discount to NAV\n Latest close, Oct 22, 2026: +0.03%\n 95% of days within: \u00b10.26%\n Days more than 1% from NAV: 0 of 13\n Widest: +0.26%, Oct 15, 2026\n Close against the NAV its issuer struck the same day, 13 days from Sep 11, 2026 to Oct 22, 2026. Source: ETFIQ from the issuer\u2019s NAV and closing price.\n Capacity\n Not measured: its reference EEM is not measured (32.0% of its long weight could be measured; the largest part not measured is foreign).\n Dealers\n 2 active of 2 authorized participants; the largest did 63% of creations and redemptions, in the year to Oct 31, 2025 (Form N-CEN filed Jan 13, 2026).\n The active authorized participants, largest first, by share of the dollars created and redeemed: Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC (63.4%), Merrill Lynch Professional Clearing Corp. (36.6%).\n How to trade EBUF\n Order type Limit: midpoint + 3\u00a2 to buy, midpoint \u2212 3\u00a2 to sell. At the Oct 22 close of $30.78, that\u2019s $30.81 to buy and $30.75 to sell. When ETF spreads are usually widest in the first minutes after the open and the last minutes before the close. ETFIQ measures this fund\u2019s own day once it has trade data. Watch The premium. On 95% of days it is within \u00b10.26%; beyond that a buyer pays more, and a seller gets less, than the holdings are worth. Coming with trade data\n Spread through the day, buyers against sellers, an estimate of retail flow, large trades and the closing auction\u2019s share, each once ETFIQ has trade and quote data.\n Questions people ask\n What is EBUF\u2019s bid-ask spread? 0.16% of the midpoint, the median over the 30 days to Oct 22, 2026, as its issuer states it. Half of it is about 3\u00a2 a share at the Oct 22 close. Does EBUF trade at a premium or discount to NAV? It closed +0.03% from its NAV on Oct 22, 2026. On 95% of the 13 days to then it was within \u00b10.26%, and it closed more than 1% from NAV on 0 of them. Who is the AP for EBUF? EBUF\u2019s latest Form N-CEN, for the period ending Oct 31, 2025, lists 2 authorized participants (APs), and 2 created or redeemed shares. The largest were Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC (63.4%), Merrill Lynch Professional Clearing Corp. (36.6%) of the dollars its APs created and redeemed. Who is the LMM for EBUF? EBUF\u2019s lead market maker (LMM) on NYSE Arca is Susquehanna Securities, LLC. Lead market maker per NYSE Arca, as of Oct 23, 2026. What does it cost to trade $10,000 of EBUF? About $8.00 one way, 0.08%: half its 30-day median spread. In and out costs twice that. How do I place a limit order for EBUF? Set the limit at the midpoint + 3\u00a2 to buy, or the midpoint \u2212 3\u00a2 to sell, in your broker\u2019s quote. At the Oct 22 close of $30.78, that\u2019s $30.81 to buy and $30.75 to sell. Sources and dates\n Spread: Innovator (fund page), 30 days to Oct 22, 2026 ( the issuer\u2019s page ).\n Premium: ETFIQ, close against the issuer\u2019s NAV, Sep 11, 2026 to Oct 22, 2026.\n Dealers: Form N-CEN, the year to Oct 31, 2025, accession 0000894189-26-000385.\n Where to next\n EBUF fund page ETF trading costs and liquidity Limit orders vs market orders for ETFs Why low volume does not mean illiquid How the IQ Liquidity Score is built Compare EBUF with another fund The score measures trading conditions, not the fund. ETFIQ is an independent publisher, not an adviser, and makes no recommendations. Standards and sources \n Cite this page. ETFIQ, EBUF trading: cost, capacity, premium and dealers, data as of Oct 22, 2026. https://etfiq.com/funds/ebuf/trading/ Free to use with attribution for figures ETFIQ computes; issuer data stays under its owner's terms. 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