{"url":"https://etfiq.com/funds/schb/trading/","section":"funds","title":"SCHB Bid-Ask Spread, Liquidity and NAV Premium | ETFIQ","description":"SCHB trading costs and liquidity: spread, premium to NAV, capacity and dealers, from ETFIQ. Spread, premium to NAV, capacity and dealers, dated.","as_of":"Oct 22, 2026","structured_data":[{"@type":"Dataset","@id":"https://etfiq.com/funds/schb/trading/#data","name":"SCHB trading costs and liquidity","description":"SCHB trading costs and liquidity: spread, premium to NAV, capacity and dealers, from ETFIQ. 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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, 100.0 Holdings can absorb $18.6bn a day, Oct 22, 2026 Price fidelity Not measured: no closing premium is held for this fund Primary market, 85.0 8 active dealers of 28; largest 37% of creations and redemptions, N-CEN to Aug 31, 2025 Bad-day behaviour Not measured: no daily closing premium is held for this fund Depth Not measured: needs trade and quote data (Phase 2) \n Capacity\n Its holdings can absorb $18.6bn a day, measured on its own holdings, as of Oct 22, 2026. The holding that sets the limit is Berkshire Hathaway Inc (BRK-B), 1.19% of the fund.\n Dealers\n 8 active of 28 authorized participants; the largest did 37% of creations and redemptions, in the year to Aug 31, 2025 (Form N-CEN filed Nov 14, 2025).\n The active authorized participants, largest first, by share of the dollars created and redeemed: Merrill Lynch Professional Clearing Corp. (36.8%), Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC (19.7%), Jane Street Capital, LLC (16.7%), Citadel Securities LLC (12.8%), RBC Capital Markets, LLC (5.1%), Virtu Americas LLC (4.1%), J.P. Morgan Securities LLC (2.6%), ABN AMRO Clearing USA LLC (2.2%). 20 more were listed and created or redeemed nothing.\n How to trade SCHB\n 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 $186m is 1% of what its holdings can absorb in a day, for a buy or a sell. 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 Who is the AP for SCHB? SCHB\u2019s latest Form N-CEN, for the period ending Aug 31, 2025, lists 28 authorized participants (APs), and 8 created or redeemed shares. The largest were Merrill Lynch Professional Clearing Corp. (36.8%), Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC (19.7%), Jane Street Capital, LLC (16.7%) of the dollars its APs created and redeemed. Who is the LMM for SCHB? SCHB\u2019s lead market maker (LMM) on NYSE Arca is Virtu Americas LLC. Lead market maker per NYSE Arca, as of Oct 23, 2026. Sources and dates\n Capacity: ETFIQ, from each holding\u2019s 20-day median dollar volume, to Oct 22, 2026.\n Dealers: Form N-CEN, the year to Aug 31, 2025, accession 0001410368-25-023240.\n Where to next\n SCHB 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 SCHB 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. 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