{"url":"https://etfiq.com/funds/qbkv/trading/","section":"funds","title":"QBKV Bid-Ask Spread, Liquidity and NAV Premium | ETFIQ","description":"As of Oct 22, 2026, QBKV\u2019s median bid-ask spread over 30 days was 0.29%. A $10,000 order costs about $15 one way.","as_of":"Oct 22, 2026","structured_data":[{"@type":"Dataset","@id":"https://etfiq.com/funds/qbkv/trading/#data","name":"QBKV trading costs and liquidity","description":"As of Oct 22, 2026, QBKV\u2019s median bid-ask spread over 30 days was 0.29%. 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How the score is built \n Cost to trade, 41.9 0.29% median spread, 30 days to Oct 22, 2026 Capacity, 94.7 Holdings can absorb $695m a day, Oct 22, 2026 Price fidelity Not measured: 8 days of closing premium are held, under the 20 needed Primary market Not measured: it first traded on 2026-04-01, and no N-CEN ETF row for series S000101876 is in the quarters read (2024q4 to 2026q3) Bad-day behaviour Not measured: 0 of the 10 worst days and 8 other days are held, under the 5 and 60 needed Depth Not measured: needs trade and quote data (Phase 2) \n Cost for your order\n QBKV one-way cost at each order size: half its 30-day median spread to Oct 22, 2026; sizes above $10,000 add an estimate of market impact. Source: ETFIQ. Order Dollars Percent Basis \n $1,000 $1.45 0.14% spread \n $10,000 $15 0.14% spread \n $100,000 $151 0.15% estimate \n $1,000,000 $1,643 0.16% estimate \n Premium or discount to NAV\n Latest close, Oct 22, 2026: 0.00%\n 95% of days within: \u00b10.34%\n Days more than 1% from NAV: 0 of 8\n Widest: +0.34%, Sep 30, 2026\n Close against the NAV its issuer struck the same day, 8 days from Sep 10, 2026 to Oct 22, 2026. Source: ETFIQ from the issuer\u2019s NAV and closing price.\n Capacity\n Its holdings can absorb $695m a day, measured on the holdings of IWM, its reference asset, as of Oct 22, 2026. The holding that sets the limit is CITIZENS AND NORTHERN CORP (CZNC), 0.02% of the fund.\n How to trade QBKV\n Order type Limit: midpoint + 4\u00a2 to buy, midpoint \u2212 4\u00a2 to sell. At the Oct 22 close of $26.77, that\u2019s $26.81 to buy and $26.73 to sell. When ETF spreads are usually widest in the first minutes after the open and the last minutes before the close. ETFIQ measures this fund\u2019s own day once it has trade data. Size Up to $7m 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 \u00b10.34%; 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 What is QBKV\u2019s bid-ask spread? 0.29% of the midpoint, the median over the 30 days to Oct 22, 2026, as its issuer states it. Half of it is about 4\u00a2 a share at the Oct 22 close. Does QBKV trade at a premium or discount to NAV? It closed 0.00% from its NAV on Oct 22, 2026. On 95% of the 8 days to then it was within \u00b10.34%, and it closed more than 1% from NAV on 0 of them. Who is the LMM for QBKV? QBKV\u2019s lead market maker (LMM) on Cboe BZX is Old Mission Capital LLC. Lead market maker per Cboe BZX, as of Oct 23, 2026. What does it cost to trade $10,000 of QBKV? About $15 one way, 0.14%: half its 30-day median spread. In and out costs twice that. How do I place a limit order for QBKV? Set the limit at the midpoint + 4\u00a2 to buy, or the midpoint \u2212 4\u00a2 to sell, in your broker\u2019s quote. At the Oct 22 close of $26.77, that\u2019s $26.81 to buy and $26.73 to sell. Sources and dates\n Spread: AllianzIM (fund page), 30 days to Oct 22, 2026 ( the issuer\u2019s page ).\n Premium: ETFIQ, close against the issuer\u2019s NAV, Sep 10, 2026 to Oct 22, 2026.\n Capacity: ETFIQ, from each holding\u2019s 20-day median dollar volume, to Oct 22, 2026.\n Where to next\n QBKV 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 QBKV 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, QBKV trading: cost, capacity, premium and dealers, data as of Oct 22, 2026. https://etfiq.com/funds/qbkv/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, QBKV trading: cost, capacity, premium and dealers, data as of Oct 22, 2026. https://etfiq.com/funds/qbkv/trading/ APA ETFIQ. (Oct 22, 2026). QBKV trading: cost, capacity, premium and dealers. Retrieved from https://etfiq.com/funds/qbkv/trading/ Markdown [QBKV trading: cost, capacity, premium and dealers (ETFIQ, Oct 22, 2026)](https://etfiq.com/funds/qbkv/trading/)","source":"ETFIQ, independent ETF data. 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