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How the score is built \n Cost to trade Not measured: the issuer's 30-day median spread is not read for this fund Capacity Not measured: 22.3% of its long weight could be measured; the largest part not measured is unresolved Price fidelity, 50.1 95% of days within \u00b11.23% of NAV, 251 days to Oct 22, 2026 Primary market, 0.0 0 active dealers of 40, N-CEN to Oct 31, 2025 Bad-day behaviour, 93.1 Premium 1.1005\u00d7 normal on the 10 worst S&P 500 days, to Oct 22, 2026 Depth Not measured: needs trade and quote data (Phase 2) \n Premium or discount to NAV\n Latest close, Oct 22, 2026: \u22120.28%\n 95% of days within: \u00b11.23%\n Days more than 1% from NAV: 17 of 251\n Widest: +2.78%, Jan 27, 2026\n Close against the NAV its issuer struck the same day, 251 days from Oct 23, 2025 to Oct 22, 2026. Source: ETFIQ from the issuer\u2019s NAV and closing price. Its holdings trade on markets that close before New York, so its closing premium carries the move since then.\n Capacity\n Not measured: 22.3% of its long weight could be measured; the largest part not measured is unresolved.\n Dealers\n 0 active of 40 authorized participants, in the year to Oct 31, 2025 (Form N-CEN filed Jan 14, 2026).\n How to trade ISTM\n 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 \u00b11.23%; beyond that a buyer pays more, and a seller gets less, than the holdings are worth. Coming with trade data\n Spread through the day, buyers against sellers, an estimate of retail flow, large trades and the closing auction\u2019s share, each once ETFIQ has trade and quote data.\n Questions people ask\n Does ISTM trade at a premium or discount to NAV? It closed \u22120.28% from its NAV on Oct 22, 2026. On 95% of the 251 days to then it was within \u00b11.23%, and it closed more than 1% from NAV on 17 of them. Who is the AP for ISTM? ISTM\u2019s latest Form N-CEN, for the period ending Oct 31, 2025, lists 40 authorized participants (APs), and 0 created or redeemed shares. Who is the LMM for ISTM? ISTM\u2019s lead market maker (LMM) on Nasdaq is Virtu Americas LLC. Lead market maker per Nasdaq, as of Oct 23, 2026. Sources and dates\n Premium: ETFIQ, close against the issuer\u2019s NAV, Oct 23, 2025 to Oct 22, 2026.\n Dealers: Form N-CEN, the year to Oct 31, 2025, accession 0001410368-26-001033.\n Where to next\n ISTM 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 ISTM 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. ETFIQ, ISTM trading: cost, capacity, premium and dealers, data as of Oct 22, 2026. https://etfiq.com/funds/istm/trading/ Free to use with attribution for figures ETFIQ computes; issuer data stays under its owner's terms. The underlying files are at Open data .\n Other forms Plain ETFIQ, ISTM trading: cost, capacity, premium and dealers, data as of Oct 22, 2026. https://etfiq.com/funds/istm/trading/ APA ETFIQ. (Oct 22, 2026). ISTM trading: cost, capacity, premium and dealers. Retrieved from https://etfiq.com/funds/istm/trading/ Markdown [ISTM trading: cost, capacity, premium and dealers (ETFIQ, Oct 22, 2026)](https://etfiq.com/funds/istm/trading/)","source":"ETFIQ, independent ETF data. Recomputed nightly from public filings and prices.","publisher":{"@id":"https://etfiq.com/#org","name":"ETFIQ","url":"https://etfiq.com"},"license":"https://etfiq.com/license/","license_text":"Figures ETFIQ computes are free to use with attribution: ETFIQ (etfiq.com). 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