IBX bid-ask spread and liquidity
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IQ Liquidity Score
2 of 6 measured · Oct 22, 2026The IQ Liquidity Score: 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 trades, not whether to own it. Method →
Capacity
What the holdings can absorb a day, at 10% of each one’s volumeIBX’s holdings can absorb $59m a day, measured on the trading volume of IBM, the asset its multiple is on, divided by its multiple of 2, as of Oct 22, 2026. A $1m order is 1.70% of a day’s capacity.
Dealers
Authorized participants · N-CEN, the year to Mar 31, 20262 of 12 authorized participants created or redeemed IBX shares in the year to Mar 31, 2026. From the fund’s Form N-CEN, filed Jun 12, 2026.
The active authorized participants, largest first, by share of the dollars created and redeemed: Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC (68.9%), Virtu Americas LLC (31.1%). 10 more were listed and created or redeemed nothing.
How to trade IBX
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
- Up to $587,366 is 1% of what its holdings can absorb in a day, for a buy or a sell.
Median spread by half hour, 30 days.
Share of volume at the ask against at the bid.
Sub-penny prints as a share of volume.
Prints above $500k, count and share.
Share of the day’s volume at the close.
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