SSG bid-ask spread and liquidity

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As of Oct 22, 2026, SSG’s median bid-ask spread over 30 days was 0.10%, and its IQ Liquidity Score is 78, Liquid.

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IQ Liquidity Score

4 of 6 measured · Oct 22, 2026
78
Liquid63rd percentile of 107 leverage ETFs
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 →

Liquid: trades at a typical spread of 0.10%.

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Small but liquid
Cost to trade
0.10% median spread, 30 days to Oct 22, 2026
65.1
Capacity
Not measured · no reference asset on its record
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Price fidelity
95% of days within ±0.40% of NAV, 249 days to Oct 22, 2026
84.3
Primary market
5 active dealers of 39; largest 43% of creations and redemptions, N-CEN to May 31, 2026
85.0
Bad-day behaviour
Premium 0.8962× 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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Cost for your order

One way, half its 30-day median spread; sizes above $10,000 are estimates
SSG: cost for your order at each size, round trip
OrderDollarsPercentBasis
$1,000$0.500.05%spread
$10,000$5.000.05%spread

Spread 0.10% median, 30 days to Oct 22, 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.

Full cost to own

At $10,000
1 year
1.14%$114
fee alone 0.95% · $95
5 years
4.94%$494
fee alone 4.75% · $475

Fee, plus the round-trip spread once, plus the median premium paid at entry. Against TBT (fee 0.93%): SSG costs less to own for about 1.1 years; after that TBT’s lower fee makes it the cheaper fund.

Premium or discount to value

Daily, 249 days to Oct 22, 2026 · the ±1% band marked
SSG premium or discount to NAV, 249 days+1%0−1%Oct 23, 2025Oct 22, 2026
Latest close, Oct 22
+0.07%
95% of days within
±0.40%
Days more than 1% from NAV
1 of 249
Widest
+1.38%, Jul 8, 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: no reference asset on its record.

Dealers

Authorized participants · N-CEN, the year to May 31, 2026
Active dealers
5
of 39 authorized
Largest
43%
of creations and redemptions
One dealer
No
5 active

5 of 39 authorized participants created or redeemed SSG shares in the year to May 31, 2026. From the fund’s Form N-CEN, filed Aug 14, 2026.

The active authorized participants, largest first, by share of the dollars created and redeemed: Jane Street Capital, LLC (43.2%), Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner and Smith Incorporated (35.5%), Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC (10.9%), ABN AMRO Clearing USA LLC (6.8%), Virtu Americas LLC (3.7%). 34 more were listed and created or redeemed nothing.

Creations and redemptions

By week, 52 weeks to Oct 22, 2026
Oct 27 2025Each week’s net creations (green) and redemptionsOct 22 2026

$76m net created in 27 weeks and $30m net redeemed in 21, over the 52 weeks from Oct 27, 2025 to Oct 22, 2026, from the change in its shares outstanding.

How to trade SSG

To buy or to sell, up to $100,000
Order type
Limit: midpoint + 1¢ to buy, midpoint − 1¢ to sell.At the Oct 22 close of $13.36, that’s $13.37 to buy and $13.35 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 ±0.40%; 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

Is SSG liquid?

SSG’s IQ Liquidity Score is 78 of 100, Liquid, the 63rd percentile of 107 leverage ETFs, as of Oct 22, 2026.

What is SSG’s bid-ask spread?

0.10% of the midpoint, the median over the 30 days to Oct 22, 2026, as its issuer states it. Half of it is about 1¢ a share at the Oct 22 close.

Does SSG trade at a premium or discount to NAV?

It closed +0.07% from its NAV on Oct 22, 2026. On 95% of the 249 days to then it was within ±0.40%, and it closed more than 1% from NAV on 1 of them.

Who is the AP for SSG?

SSG’s latest Form N-CEN, for the period ending May 31, 2026, lists 39 authorized participants (APs), and 5 created or redeemed shares. The largest were Jane Street Capital, LLC (43.2%), Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner and Smith Incorporated (35.5%), Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC (10.9%) of the dollars its APs created and redeemed.

Who is the LMM for SSG?

SSG’s lead market maker (LMM) on NYSE Arca is IMC-Chicago, LLC. Lead market maker per NYSE Arca, as of Oct 23, 2026.

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

About $5.00 one way, 0.05%: half its 30-day median spread. In and out costs twice that. Owning $10,000 for a year costs about $114 all in, against $95 for the fee alone.

How do I place a limit order for SSG?

Set the limit at the midpoint + 1¢ to buy, or the midpoint − 1¢ to sell, in your broker’s quote. At the Oct 22 close of $13.36, that’s $13.37 to buy and $13.35 to sell.
Sources and dates
SpreadProShares (fund page), 30-day median · to Oct 22, 2026
Premium to NAVETFIQ, close against the issuer’s NAV · Oct 23, 2025 to Oct 22, 2026
DealersForm N-CEN · the year to May 31, 2026
Creations and redemptionsShares outstanding, daily, from the issuer
IQ Liquidity ScoreETFIQ · Oct 22, 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 →SSG fund page→
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