# FDTS Bid-Ask Spread, Liquidity and NAV Premium

> As of Nov 10, 2026, FDTS’s median bid-ask spread over 30 days was 0.54%. A $10,000 order costs about $27 one way.

Data as of Nov 11, 2026. Rebuilt every trading night.

As of Nov 11, 2026. Rebuilt every trading night.

## FDTS bid-ask spread and liquidity

As of Nov 10, 2026, FDTS’s median bid-ask spread over 30 days was 0.54%.

### IQ Liquidity Score

Not scored, 2 of 6 measured.

A fixed 0 to 100 scale of trading conditions, the same anchors for every fund; 100 is the easiest to trade. It measures how cheaply and reliably the fund can be bought and sold, not whether to own it. How the score is built

Cost to trade, 28.4 0.54% median spread, 30 days to Nov 10, 2026 Capacity Not measured: 4.2% of its long weight could be measured; the largest part not measured is unresolved Price fidelity Not measured: 2 days of closing premium are held, under the 20 needed Primary market, 0.0 0 active dealers of 24, N-CEN to Dec 31, 2025 Bad-day behaviour Not measured: 0 of the 10 worst days and 2 other days are held, under the 5 and 60 needed Depth Not measured: needs trade and quote data (Phase 2)

### Cost for your order

| Order | Dollars | Percent | Basis |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| $1,000 | $2.70 | 0.27% | spread |
| $10,000 | $27 | 0.27% | spread |

### Premium or discount to NAV

- Latest close, Nov 11, 2026: +0.48%

- 95% of days within: ±0.48%

- Days more than 1% from NAV: 0 of 2

- Widest: +0.48%, Nov 11, 2026

Close against the NAV its issuer struck the same day, 2 days from Nov 10, 2026 to Nov 11, 2026. Source: ETFIQ from the issuer’s NAV and closing price. Its holdings trade on markets that close before New York, so its closing premium carries the move since then.

### Capacity

Not measured: 4.2% of its long weight could be measured; the largest part not measured is unresolved.

### Dealers

0 active of 24 authorized participants, in the year to Dec 31, 2025 (Form N-CEN filed Mar 13, 2026).

### How to trade FDTS

Order type Limit: midpoint + 19¢ to buy, midpoint − 19¢ to sell. At the Nov 11 close of $67.34, that’s $67.53 to buy and $67.15 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 ±0.48%; beyond that a buyer pays more, and a seller gets less, than the holdings are worth.

### What retail orders paid

In Sep 2026, retail market orders in FDTS paid $9.27 one way on $10,000, against $27 at the quote. 84% of shares filled better than the quote.

| Orders | One way on $10,000 |
| --- | --- |
| All wholesalers read | $9.27 |

| Month | One way on $10,000 |
| --- | --- |
| Aug 2025 (old format) | $0.01 |
| Sep 2025 (old format) | $13 |
| Oct 2025 (old format) | $0.21 |
| Nov 2025 (old format) | $36 |
| Dec 2025 (old format) | $20 |
| Jan 2026 (old format) | $3.48 |
| Feb 2026 (old format) | $4.24 |
| Mar 2026 (old format) | $2.08 |
| Apr 2026 (old format) | $6.70 |
| May 2026 (old format) | $4.16 |
| Jun 2026 (old format) | $4.14 |
| Jul 2026 (old format) | $12 |
| Aug 2026 | $9.31 |
| Sep 2026 | $9.27 |

### Where it trades

In Q2 2026, 81% of FDTS’s shares traded off exchange on the median day. Odd lots, under 100 shares, were 25.9% of its exchange volume.

### Coming with trade data

Spread through the day, buyers against sellers, an estimate of retail flow, large trades and the closing auction’s share, each once ETFIQ has trade and quote data.

### Questions people ask

What is FDTS’s bid-ask spread? 0.54% of the midpoint, the median over the 30 days to Nov 10, 2026, as its issuer states it. Half of it is about 19¢ a share at the Nov 11 close. Does FDTS trade at a premium or discount to NAV? It closed +0.48% from its NAV on Nov 11, 2026. On 95% of the 2 days to then it was within ±0.48%, and it closed more than 1% from NAV on 0 of them. Who is the AP for FDTS? FDTS’s latest Form N-CEN, for the period ending Dec 31, 2025, lists 24 authorized participants (APs), and 0 created or redeemed shares. Who is the LMM for FDTS? FDTS is on none of the lead market maker (LMM) lists ETFIQ reads, from NYSE Arca, Cboe BZX and Nasdaq. Each list covers only that exchange’s own program, so this does not mean it has no LMM. What does it cost to trade $10,000 of FDTS? About $27 one way, 0.27%: half its 30-day median spread. In and out costs twice that. How do I place a limit order for FDTS? Set the limit at the midpoint + 19¢ to buy, or the midpoint − 19¢ to sell, in your broker’s quote. At the Nov 11 close of $67.34, that’s $67.53 to buy and $67.15 to sell.

### Sources and dates

- Spread: First Trust (fund page), 30 days to Nov 10, 2026 ( the issuer’s page ).

- Premium: ETFIQ, close against the issuer’s NAV, Nov 10, 2026 to Nov 11, 2026.

- Dealers: Form N-CEN, the year to Dec 31, 2025, accession 0000940400-26-009998.

- 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’s request, so its orders are not counted.

- Where it trades: SEC MIDAS, Q2 2026, against the fund’s daily volume from Tiingo.

### Where to next

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Source: ETFIQ, independent ETF data. Recomputed nightly from public filings and prices.
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