PULS bid-ask spread and liquidity

PGIM Ultra Short Bond ETF
BondsPGIM$19.8bn net assets0.15% fee
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As of Oct 21, 2026, PULS’s median bid-ask spread over 30 days was 0.02%.

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IQ Liquidity Score

2 of 6 measured · Oct 21, 2026
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Not scored
0 · Hard to trade100 · Trades like a giant

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Cost to trade
0.02% median spread, 30 days to Oct 21, 2026
100.0
Capacity
Not measured · it holds cash and bills, which have no volume source here
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Price fidelity
Not measured · 13 days of closing premium are held, under the 20 needed
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Primary market
7 active dealers of 11; largest 34% of creations and redemptions, N-CEN to Aug 31, 2025
85.0
Bad-day behaviour
Not measured · 0 of the 10 worst days and 13 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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Cost for your order

One way, half its 30-day median spread; sizes above $10,000 are estimates
PULS: cost for your order at each size, round trip
OrderDollarsPercentBasis
$1,000$0.100.01%spread
$10,000$1.000.01%spread

Spread 0.02% median, 30 days to Oct 21, 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.

Premium or discount to value

Daily, 13 days to Oct 21, 2026 · the ±1% band marked
PULS premium or discount to NAV, 13 days+1%0−1%Oct 5, 2026Oct 21, 2026
Latest close, Oct 21
0.00%
95% of days within
±0.04%
Days more than 1% from NAV
0 of 13
Widest
+0.04%, Oct 14, 2026

Close against the NAV its issuer struck the same day, from the issuer. Source: ETFIQ.

Capacity

What the holdings can absorb a day

Not measured: it holds cash and bills, which have no volume source here.

Dealers

Authorized participants · N-CEN, the year to Aug 31, 2025
Active dealers
7
of 11 authorized
Largest
34%
of creations and redemptions
One dealer
No
7 active

7 of 11 authorized participants created or redeemed PULS shares in the year to Aug 31, 2025. From the fund’s Form N-CEN, filed Nov 13, 2025.

The active authorized participants, largest first, by share of the dollars created and redeemed: Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC (33.9%), BofA Securities, Inc. (23.1%), Jane Street Capital, LLC (22.7%), RBC Capital Markets, LLC (15.9%), Barclays Capital Inc. (2.9%), Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC (1.0%), J.P. Morgan Securities LLC (0.4%). 4 more were listed and created or redeemed nothing.

How to trade PULS

To buy or to sell, up to $100,000
Order type
Limit: midpoint + 1¢ to buy, midpoint − 1¢ to sell.At the Oct 21 close of $49.57, that’s $49.58 to buy and $49.56 to sell.
When
ETF spreads are usually widest in the first minutes after the open and the last before the close.
Watch
The premium. On 95% of days it is within ±0.04%; 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

What is PULS’s bid-ask spread?

0.02% of the midpoint, the median over the 30 days to Oct 21, 2026, as its issuer states it. Half of it is about 1¢ a share at the Oct 21 close.

Does PULS trade at a premium or discount to NAV?

It closed 0.00% from its NAV on Oct 21, 2026. On 95% of the 13 days to then it was within ±0.04%, and it closed more than 1% from NAV on 0 of them.

Who is the AP for PULS?

PULS’s latest Form N-CEN, for the period ending Aug 31, 2025, lists 11 authorized participants (APs), and 7 created or redeemed shares. The largest were Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC (33.9%), BofA Securities, Inc. (23.1%), Jane Street Capital, LLC (22.7%) of the dollars its APs created and redeemed.

Who is the LMM for PULS?

PULS’s lead market maker (LMM) on NYSE Arca is RBC Capital Markets, LLC. Lead market maker per NYSE Arca, as of Oct 23, 2026.

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

About $1.00 one way, 0.01%: half its 30-day median spread. In and out costs twice that.

How do I place a limit order for PULS?

Set the limit at the midpoint + 1¢ to buy, or the midpoint − 1¢ to sell, in your broker’s quote. At the Oct 21 close of $49.57, that’s $49.58 to buy and $49.56 to sell.
Sources and dates
SpreadPGIM (fund page), 30-day median · to Oct 21, 2026
Premium to NAVETFIQ, close against the issuer’s NAV · Oct 5, 2026 to Oct 21, 2026
DealersForm N-CEN · the year to Aug 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 →PULS fund page→
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