SMB bid-ask spread and liquidity

VanEck Short Muni ETF
BondsVanEck$385m net assets0.07% fee
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As of Oct 22, 2026, SMB closed +0.87% from its NAV, and on 95% of the 250 days to then it was within ±0.29%.

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IQ Liquidity Score

3 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
Not measured · its holdings are bonds, which have no volume source here
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Price fidelity
95% of days within ±0.29% of NAV, 250 days to Oct 22, 2026
89.3
Primary market
6 active dealers of 40; largest 44% of creations and redemptions, N-CEN to Apr 30, 2026
85.0
Bad-day behaviour
Premium 0.7559× normal on the 10 worst S&P 500 days, to Oct 22, 2026
100.0
Depth
Not measured · needs trade and quote data (Phase 2)
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Premium or discount to value

Daily, 250 days to Oct 22, 2026 · the ±1% band marked
SMB premium or discount to NAV, 250 days+1%0−1%Oct 23, 2025Oct 22, 2026
Latest close, Oct 22
+0.87%
95% of days within
±0.29%
Days more than 1% from NAV
0 of 250
Widest
+0.87%, Oct 22, 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: its holdings are bonds, which have no volume source here.

Dealers

Authorized participants · N-CEN, the year to Apr 30, 2026
Active dealers
6
of 40 authorized
Largest
44%
of creations and redemptions
One dealer
No
6 active

6 of 40 authorized participants created or redeemed SMB shares in the year to Apr 30, 2026. From the fund’s Form N-CEN, filed Jul 8, 2026.

The active authorized participants, largest first, by share of the dollars created and redeemed: Jane Street Capital, LLC (43.9%), Virtu Americas LLC (20.1%), Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC (16.1%), Merrill Lynch Professional Clearing Corp. (14.0%), Macquarie Capital (USA) Inc. (4.0%), Pershing LLC (2.0%). 34 more were listed and created or redeemed nothing.

How to trade SMB

To buy or to sell, up to $100,000
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 ±0.29%; 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 SMB trade at a premium or discount to NAV?

It closed +0.87% from its NAV on Oct 22, 2026. On 95% of the 250 days to then it was within ±0.29%, and it closed more than 1% from NAV on 0 of them.

Who is the AP for SMB?

SMB’s latest Form N-CEN, for the period ending Apr 30, 2026, lists 40 authorized participants (APs), and 6 created or redeemed shares. The largest were Jane Street Capital, LLC (43.9%), Virtu Americas LLC (20.1%), Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC (16.1%) of the dollars its APs created and redeemed.

Who is the LMM for SMB?

SMB’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 23, 2025 to Oct 22, 2026
DealersForm N-CEN · the year to Apr 30, 2026
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 →SMB fund page→
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ETFIQ, SMB trading: cost, capacity, premium and dealers, data as of Oct 22, 2026. https://etfiq.com/funds/smb/trading/

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