{"url":"https://etfiq.com/funds/empb/trading/","section":"funds","title":"EMPB Bid-Ask Spread, Liquidity and NAV Premium | ETFIQ","description":"EMPB trading costs and liquidity: spread, premium to NAV, capacity and dealers, from ETFIQ. Spread, premium to NAV, capacity and dealers, dated.","as_of":"Nov 11, 2026","structured_data":[{"@type":"Dataset","@id":"https://etfiq.com/funds/empb/trading/#data","name":"EMPB trading costs and liquidity","description":"EMPB trading costs and liquidity: spread, premium to NAV, capacity and dealers, from ETFIQ. 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How the score is built \n Flags: One dealer.\n Cost to trade Not measured: the issuer's 30-day median spread is not read for this fund Capacity, 42.0 Holdings can absorb $18m a day, Nov 11, 2026 Price fidelity Not measured: no closing premium is held for this fund Primary market, 50.0 3 active dealers of 3; largest 88% of creations and redemptions, N-CEN to Nov 30, 2025 Bad-day behaviour Not measured: no daily closing premium is held for this fund Depth Not measured: needs trade and quote data (Phase 2) \n Capacity\n Its holdings can absorb $18m a day, measured on its own holdings, as of Nov 11, 2026. The holding that sets the limit is Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF (VDC), 23.32% of the fund.\n Dealers\n 3 active of 3 authorized participants; the largest did 88% of creations and redemptions, in the year to Nov 30, 2025 (Form N-CEN filed Feb 11, 2026).\n The active authorized participants, largest first, by share of the dollars created and redeemed: Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC (88.2%), Jane Street Capital, LLC (10.5%), Merrill Lynch Professional Clearing Corp. (1.3%).\n How to trade EMPB\n 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. Size Up to $181,857 is 1% of what its holdings can absorb in a day, for a buy or a sell. What retail orders paid\n In Sep 2026, retail market orders in EMPB paid $0.88 one way on $10,000, against $5.80 at the quote. 89% of shares filled better than the quote.\n EMPB: what retail market orders paid one way on $10,000, Sep 2026, half the effective spread. Source: SEC Rule 605 reports; computed by ETFIQ. Orders One way on $10,000 \n All wholesalers read $0.88 \n Schwab customers $2.30 \n EMPB: what retail market orders paid one way on $10,000, by month, at the wholesalers. Old format: orders of 100 to 9,999 shares, to Jul 2026. Month One way on $10,000 \n Aug 2025 (old format) $0.98 \n Sep 2025 (old format) $0.88 \n Oct 2025 (old format) $1.88 \n Nov 2025 (old format) \u2212$0.71 \n Dec 2025 (old format) $3.11 \n Jan 2026 (old format) $5.02 \n Feb 2026 (old format) $2.90 \n Mar 2026 (old format) $0.67 \n Apr 2026 (old format) $0.79 \n May 2026 (old format) $0.77 \n Jun 2026 (old format) $1.06 \n Jul 2026 (old format) $1.07 \n Aug 2026 $2.23 \n Sep 2026 $0.88 \n EMPB ranked 3648th of 4,090 ETFs by retail order activity in Sep 2026, an ETFIQ estimate. It drew 0.0001% of the market-order dollars in 3 retail brokers\u2019 reports. Retail activity ranking \n Where it trades\n In Q2 2026, 88% of EMPB\u2019s shares traded off exchange on the median day. Odd lots, under 100 shares, were 9.4% of its exchange volume.\n Coming with trade data\n Spread through the day, buyers against sellers, large trades and the closing auction\u2019s share, each once ETFIQ has trade and quote data.\n Questions people ask\n Who is the AP for EMPB? EMPB\u2019s latest Form N-CEN, for the period ending Nov 30, 2025, lists 3 authorized participants (APs), and 3 created or redeemed shares. The largest were Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC (88.2%), Jane Street Capital, LLC (10.5%), Merrill Lynch Professional Clearing Corp. (1.3%) of the dollars its APs created and redeemed. Who is the LMM for EMPB? EMPB\u2019s lead market maker (LMM) on NYSE Arca is GTS Securities LLC. Lead market maker per NYSE Arca, as of Nov 9, 2026. Sources and dates\n Capacity: ETFIQ, from each holding\u2019s 20-day median dollar volume, to Nov 11, 2026.\n Dealers: Form N-CEN, the year to Nov 30, 2025, accession 0000894189-26-003572.\n Retail orders: SEC Rule 605 reports, Sep 2026, from Charles Schwab, G1 Execution Services, Fidelity Brokerage Services, Robinhood, HRT Financial, Jane Street Capital, Vanguard. Computed by ETFIQ. Citadel Securities refused ETFIQ\u2019s request, so its orders are not counted.\n Where it trades: SEC MIDAS, Q2 2026, against the fund\u2019s daily volume from Tiingo.\n Where to next\n EMPB 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 EMPB 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. 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