TJUN bid-ask spread and liquidity

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As of Oct 22, 2026, TJUN’s median bid-ask spread over 30 days was 0.26%.

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IQ Liquidity Score

2 of 6 measured · Oct 22, 2026

Not scored

0 · Hard to trade100 · Trades like a giant

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One dealer

Cost to trade

0.26% median spread, 30 days to Oct 22, 2026

44.3

Capacity

Not measured · its reference EEM is not measured (32.0% of its long weight could be measured; the largest part not measured is foreign)

Price fidelity

Not measured · 16 days of closing premium are held, under the 20 needed

Primary market

1 active dealer of 23; largest 100% of creations and redemptions, N-CEN to May 31, 2026

25.0

Bad-day behaviour

Not measured · 0 of the 10 worst days and 16 other days are held, under the 5 and 60 needed

Depth

Not measured · needs trade and quote data (Phase 2)

Cost for your order

One way, half its 30-day median spread; sizes above $10,000 are estimates

TJUN: cost for your order at each size, round trip
Order	Dollars	Percent	Basis
$1,000	$1.30	0.13%	spread
$10,000	$13	0.13%	spread

Spread 0.26% 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.

Premium or discount to value

Daily, 16 days to Oct 22, 2026 · the ±1% band marked

Latest close, Oct 22

−0.23%

95% of days within

±0.32%

Days more than 1% from NAV

0 of 16

Widest

−0.32%, 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

Not measured: its reference EEM is not measured (32.0% of its long weight could be measured; the largest part not measured is foreign).

Dealers

Authorized participants · N-CEN, the year to May 31, 2026

Active dealers

of 23 authorized

Largest

100%

of creations and redemptions

One dealer

Yes

1 active

1 of 23 authorized participants created or redeemed TJUN shares in the year to May 31, 2026. From the fund’s Form N-CEN, filed Aug 11, 2026.

The active authorized participants, largest first, by share of the dollars created and redeemed: Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC (100.0%). 22 more were listed and created or redeemed nothing.

How to trade TJUN

To buy or to sell, up to $100,000

Order type: Limit: midpoint + 3¢ to buy, midpoint − 3¢ to sell.At the Oct 22 close of $21.77, that’s $21.80 to buy and $21.74 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 ±0.32%; 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

What is TJUN’s bid-ask spread?

0.26% of the midpoint, the median over the 30 days to Oct 22, 2026, as its issuer states it. Half of it is about 3¢ a share at the Oct 22 close.

Does TJUN trade at a premium or discount to NAV?

It closed −0.23% from its NAV on Oct 22, 2026. On 95% of the 16 days to then it was within ±0.32%, and it closed more than 1% from NAV on 0 of them.

Who is the AP for TJUN?

TJUN’s latest Form N-CEN, for the period ending May 31, 2026, lists 23 authorized participants (APs), and 1 created or redeemed shares. The only active AP was Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC.

Who is the LMM for TJUN?

TJUN’s 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 TJUN?

About $13 one way, 0.13%: half its 30-day median spread. In and out costs twice that.

How do I place a limit order for TJUN?

Set the limit at the midpoint + 3¢ to buy, or the midpoint − 3¢ to sell, in your broker’s quote. At the Oct 22 close of $21.77, that’s $21.80 to buy and $21.74 to sell.

Sources and dates

SpreadFirst Trust (fund page), 30-day median · to Oct 22, 2026

Premium to NAVETFIQ, close against the issuer’s NAV · Sep 11, 2026 to Oct 22, 2026

DealersForm N-CEN · the year to May 31, 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 →TJUN fund page→

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