HTRB bid-ask spread and liquidity

Hartford Total Return Bond ETF
BondsHartford$2.2bn net assets0.29% fee
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As of Oct 22, 2026, HTRB’s median bid-ask spread over 30 days was 0.03%.

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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
0.03% median spread, 30 days to Oct 22, 2026
91.2
Capacity
Not measured · its holdings are bonds, which have no volume source here
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Price fidelity
Not measured · no closing premium is held for this fund
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Primary market
3 active dealers of 13; largest 44% of creations and redemptions, N-CEN to Jul 31, 2025
65.0
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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Cost for your order

One way, half its 30-day median spread; sizes above $10,000 are estimates
HTRB: cost for your order at each size, round trip
OrderDollarsPercentBasis
$1,000$0.150.015%spread
$10,000$1.500.015%spread

Spread 0.03% median, 30 days to Oct 22, 2026. Above $10,000 the cost adds an estimate of market impact that grows with the order against the holdings’ capacity; a patient limit pays less.

Capacity

What the holdings can absorb a day

Not measured: its holdings are bonds, which have no volume source here.

Dealers

Authorized participants · N-CEN, the year to Jul 31, 2025
Active dealers
3
of 13 authorized
Largest
44%
of creations and redemptions
One dealer
No
3 active

3 of 13 authorized participants created or redeemed HTRB shares in the year to Jul 31, 2025. From the fund’s Form N-CEN, filed Oct 9, 2025.

The active authorized participants, largest first, by share of the dollars created and redeemed: Merrill Lynch Professional Clearing Corp. (43.9%), Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC (35.9%), J.P. Morgan Securities LLC (20.2%). 10 more were listed and created or redeemed nothing.

How to trade HTRB

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.
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

What is HTRB’s bid-ask spread?

0.03% of the midpoint, the median over the 30 days to Oct 22, 2026, as its issuer states it.

Who is the AP for HTRB?

HTRB’s latest Form N-CEN, for the period ending Jul 31, 2025, lists 13 authorized participants (APs), and 3 created or redeemed shares. The largest were Merrill Lynch Professional Clearing Corp. (43.9%), Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC (35.9%), J.P. Morgan Securities LLC (20.2%) of the dollars its APs created and redeemed.

Who is the LMM for HTRB?

HTRB’s lead market maker (LMM) on NYSE Arca is Citadel Securities LLC. Lead market maker per NYSE Arca, as of Oct 23, 2026.

What does it cost to trade $10,000 of HTRB?

About $1.50 one way, 0.015%: half its 30-day median spread. In and out costs twice that.
Sources and dates
SpreadHartford (fund page), 30-day median · to Oct 22, 2026
DealersForm N-CEN · the year to Jul 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 →HTRB fund page→
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