SMCX bid-ask spread and liquidity

Defiance Daily Target 2X Long SMCI ETF
LeverageDefiance$147m net assets1.32% fee
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As of Oct 22, 2026, SMCX closed +0.23% from its NAV, and on 95% of the 15 days to then it was within ±0.25%.

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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 $64m a day, Oct 22, 2026
60.1
Price fidelity
Not measured · 15 days of closing premium are held, under the 20 needed
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Primary market
10 active dealers of 10; largest 33% of creations and redemptions, N-CEN to Apr 30, 2026
100.0
Bad-day behaviour
Not measured · 0 of the 10 worst days and 15 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, 15 days to Oct 22, 2026 · the ±1% band marked
SMCX premium or discount to NAV, 15 days+1%0−1%Sep 11, 2026Oct 22, 2026
Latest close, Oct 22
+0.23%
95% of days within
±0.25%
Days more than 1% from NAV
0 of 15
Widest
−0.25%, Oct 19, 2026

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

Capacity

What the holdings can absorb a day, at 10% of each one’s volume
Holdings can absorb
$64m

SMCX’s holdings can absorb $64m a day, measured on the trading volume of SMCI, the asset its multiple is on, divided by its multiple of 2, as of Oct 22, 2026. A $1m order is 1.57% of a day’s capacity.

The holding that sets the limit: SMCI (SMCI), $1.3bn 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 Apr 30, 2026
Active dealers
10
of 10 authorized
Largest
33%
of creations and redemptions
One dealer
No
10 active

10 of 10 authorized participants created or redeemed SMCX shares in the year to Apr 30, 2026. From the fund’s Form N-CEN, filed Sep 2, 2026.

The active authorized participants, largest first, by share of the dollars created and redeemed: Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC (33.5%), Jane Street Execution Services, LLC (21.8%), Merrill Lynch Professional Clearing Corp. (18.7%), ABN AMRO Clearing USA LLC (11.6%), Virtu Financial (10.7%), Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC (3.1%), Mirae Asset Securities (USA) Inc. (0.5%), J.P. Morgan Securities LLC (0.1%), Macquarie Capital (USA) Inc. (0.1%), BNP Paribas Securities Corp. (0.0%).

How to trade SMCX

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.
Size
Up to $636,095 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 ±0.25%; 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 SMCX trade at a premium or discount to NAV?

It closed +0.23% from its NAV on Oct 22, 2026. On 95% of the 15 days to then it was within ±0.25%, and it closed more than 1% from NAV on 0 of them.

Who is the AP for SMCX?

SMCX’s latest Form N-CEN, for the period ending Apr 30, 2026, lists 10 authorized participants (APs), and 10 created or redeemed shares. The largest were Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC (33.5%), Jane Street Execution Services, LLC (21.8%), Merrill Lynch Professional Clearing Corp. (18.7%) of the dollars its APs created and redeemed.

Who is the LMM for SMCX?

SMCX’s lead market maker (LMM) on Nasdaq is IMC-Chicago, LLC. Lead market maker per Nasdaq, as of Oct 23, 2026.
Sources and dates
Premium to NAVETFIQ, close against the issuer’s NAV · Sep 11, 2026 to Oct 22, 2026
CapacityETFIQ, each holding’s 20-day median dollar volume · 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 →SMCX fund page→
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