FESM bid-ask spread and liquidity

Fidelity Enhanced Small Cap Core ETF
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IQ Liquidity Score

1 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 up to $147m a day; part of the book has no volume figure
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Price fidelity
Not measured · no closing premium is held for this fund
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Primary market
10 active dealers of 25; largest 24% of creations and redemptions, N-CEN to Jun 30, 2026
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, at most
$147m

FESM’s holdings can absorb up to $147m a day, measured on its own holdings, as of Oct 22, 2026. Part of its book has no volume figure, so this is an upper bound.

The holding that sets the limit: THREDUP INC (TDUP), 0.20% of the fund, $3m 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 Jun 30, 2026
Active dealers
10
of 25 authorized
Largest
24%
of creations and redemptions
One dealer
No
10 active

10 of 25 authorized participants created or redeemed FESM shares in the year to Jun 30, 2026. From the fund’s Form N-CEN, filed Sep 11, 2026.

The active authorized participants, largest first, by share of the dollars created and redeemed: Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC (24.4%), BofA Securities, Inc. (18.4%), Citadel Securities LLC (16.6%), RBC Capital Markets, LLC (14.4%), Jane Street Capital, LLC (11.0%), Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC (4.6%), Citigroup Global Markets Inc. (3.9%), Virtu Americas LLC (3.4%), J.P. Morgan Securities LLC (2.7%), ABN AMRO Clearing USA LLC (0.7%). 15 more were listed and created or redeemed nothing.

How to trade FESM

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
Part of its book has no volume figure, so the room for a large order is an upper bound.
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 FESM?

FESM’s latest Form N-CEN, for the period ending Jun 30, 2026, lists 25 authorized participants (APs), and 10 created or redeemed shares. The largest were Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC (24.4%), BofA Securities, Inc. (18.4%), Citadel Securities LLC (16.6%) of the dollars its APs created and redeemed.

Who is the LMM for FESM?

FESM’s lead market maker (LMM) on NYSE Arca is Citadel 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 22, 2026
DealersForm N-CEN · the year to Jun 30, 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 →FESM fund page→
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ETFIQ, FESM trading: cost, capacity, premium and dealers, data as of Oct 22, 2026. https://etfiq.com/funds/fesm/trading/

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