MLPI bid-ask spread and liquidity

NEOS MLP & Energy Infrastructure High Income ETF
StocksNEOS$935m net assets0.68% fee
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As of Oct 22, 2026, MLPI closed −0.14% from its NAV, and on 95% of the 14 days to then it was within ±0.68%.

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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

The 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 →

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 $17m a day, Oct 22, 2026
40.9
Price fidelity
Not measured · 14 days of closing premium are held, under the 20 needed
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Primary market
3 active dealers of 9; largest 47% of creations and redemptions, N-CEN to Dec 31, 2025
65.0
Bad-day behaviour
Not measured · 0 of the 10 worst days and 14 other days are held, under the 5 and 60 needed
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Depth
Not measured · needs trade and quote data (Phase 2)
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Premium or discount to value

Daily, 14 days to Oct 22, 2026 · the ±1% band marked
MLPI premium or discount to NAV, 14 days+1%0−1%Oct 2, 2026Oct 22, 2026
Latest close, Oct 22
−0.14%
95% of days within
±0.68%
Days more than 1% from NAV
0 of 14
Widest
−0.68%, Oct 7, 2026

Close against the NAV its issuer struck the same day, from the issuer. Source: ETFIQ. Its holdings trade on markets that close before New York, so its closing premium carries the move since then.

Capacity

What the holdings can absorb a day, at 10% of each one’s volume
Holdings can absorb
$17m

MLPI’s holdings can absorb $17m a day, measured on its own holdings, as of Oct 22, 2026. A $1m order is 5.91% of a day’s capacity.

The holding that sets the limit: Cheniere Energy Partners LP (CQP), 3.65% of the fund, $6m 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 Dec 31, 2025
Active dealers
3
of 9 authorized
Largest
47%
of creations and redemptions
One dealer
No
3 active

3 of 9 authorized participants created or redeemed MLPI shares in the year to Dec 31, 2025. From the fund’s Form N-CEN, filed Mar 16, 2026.

The active authorized participants, largest first, by share of the dollars created and redeemed: J.P. Morgan Securities LLC (47.0%), Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC (39.8%), Jane Street Capital, LLC (13.3%). 6 more were listed and created or redeemed nothing.

How to trade MLPI

To buy or to sell, up to $100,000
When
Its holdings trade on markets that close before New York, so its price can drift from their value later in the day.
Size
Up to $169,121 is 1% of what its holdings can absorb in a day, for a buy or a sell.
Watch
The premium. On 95% of days it is within ±0.68%; beyond that a buyer pays more, and a seller gets less, than the holdings are worth.
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

Does MLPI trade at a premium or discount to NAV?

It closed −0.14% from its NAV on Oct 22, 2026. On 95% of the 14 days to then it was within ±0.68%, and it closed more than 1% from NAV on 0 of them.

Who is the AP for MLPI?

MLPI’s latest Form N-CEN, for the period ending Dec 31, 2025, lists 9 authorized participants (APs), and 3 created or redeemed shares. The largest were J.P. Morgan Securities LLC (47.0%), Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC (39.8%), Jane Street Capital, LLC (13.3%) of the dollars its APs created and redeemed.

Who is the LMM for MLPI?

MLPI’s lead market maker (LMM) on Cboe BZX is Jane Street Capital, LLC. Lead market maker per Cboe BZX, as of Oct 23, 2026.
Sources and dates
Premium to NAVETFIQ, close against the issuer’s NAV · Oct 2, 2026 to Oct 22, 2026
CapacityETFIQ, each holding’s 20-day median dollar volume · to Oct 22, 2026
DealersForm N-CEN · the year to Dec 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 →MLPI fund page→
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