# VDV Bid-Ask Spread, Liquidity and NAV Premium

> As of Nov 3, 2026, VDV’s median bid-ask spread over 30 days was 0.26%. A $10,000 order costs about $13 one way.

Data as of Nov 3, 2026. Rebuilt every trading night.

As of Nov 3, 2026. Rebuilt every trading night.

## VDV bid-ask spread and liquidity

As of Nov 3, 2026, VDV’s median bid-ask spread over 30 days was 0.26%.

### IQ Liquidity Score

Not scored, 1 of 6 measured.

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 can be bought and sold, not whether to own it. How the score is built

Cost to trade, 44.3 0.26% median spread, 30 days to Nov 3, 2026 Capacity Not measured: 39.0% of its long weight could be measured; the largest part not measured is foreign Price fidelity Not measured: 3 days of closing premium are held, under the 20 needed Primary market Not measured: it first traded on 2026-04-16, and no N-CEN ETF row for series S000101720 is in the quarters read (2024q4 to 2026q3) Bad-day behaviour Not measured: 1 of the 10 worst days and 2 other days are held, under the 5 and 60 needed Depth Not measured: needs trade and quote data (Phase 2)

### Cost for your order

| Order | Dollars | Percent | Basis |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| $1,000 | $1.30 | 0.13% | spread |
| $10,000 | $13 | 0.13% | spread |

### Premium or discount to NAV

- Latest close, Nov 3, 2026: +0.54%

- 95% of days within: ±0.54%

- Days more than 1% from NAV: 0 of 3

- Widest: +0.54%, Nov 3, 2026

Close against the NAV its issuer struck the same day, 3 days from Oct 30, 2026 to Nov 3, 2026. Source: ETFIQ from the issuer’s NAV and closing price. Its holdings trade on markets that close before New York, so its closing premium carries the move since then.

### Capacity

Not measured: 39.0% of its long weight could be measured; the largest part not measured is foreign.

### How to trade VDV

Order type Limit: midpoint + 10¢ to buy, midpoint − 10¢ to sell. At the Nov 3 close of $76.27, that’s $76.37 to buy and $76.17 to sell. When Its holdings trade on markets that close before New York, so its price can drift from their value later in the day. Watch The premium. On 95% of days it is within ±0.54%; beyond that a buyer pays more, and a seller gets less, than the holdings are worth.

### What retail orders paid

In Sep 2026, retail market orders in VDV paid $1.04 one way on $10,000, against $12 at the quote. 88% of shares filled better than the quote.

| Orders | One way on $10,000 |
| --- | --- |
| All wholesalers read | $1.04 |
| Vanguard customers | $1.26 |
| Schwab customers | $2.96 |
| Fidelity customers | $5.41 |

| Month | One way on $10,000 |
| --- | --- |
| Apr 2026 (old format) | $0.41 |
| May 2026 (old format) | −$0.20 |
| Jun 2026 (old format) | −$0.54 |
| Jul 2026 (old format) | $0.38 |
| Aug 2026 | $0.52 |
| Sep 2026 | $1.04 |

### Where it trades

In Q2 2026, odd lots were 18.7% of VDV’s exchange volume.

### Coming with trade data

Spread through the day, buyers against sellers, an estimate of retail flow, large trades and the closing auction’s share, each once ETFIQ has trade and quote data.

### Questions people ask

What is VDV’s bid-ask spread? 0.26% of the midpoint, the median over the 30 days to Nov 3, 2026, as its issuer states it. Half of it is about 10¢ a share at the Nov 3 close. Does VDV trade at a premium or discount to NAV? It closed +0.54% from its NAV on Nov 3, 2026. On 95% of the 3 days to then it was within ±0.54%, and it closed more than 1% from NAV on 0 of them. What does it cost to trade $10,000 of VDV? 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 VDV? Set the limit at the midpoint + 10¢ to buy, or the midpoint − 10¢ to sell, in your broker’s quote. At the Nov 3 close of $76.27, that’s $76.37 to buy and $76.17 to sell.

### Sources and dates

- Spread: Vanguard (fund page), 30 days to Nov 3, 2026 ( the issuer’s page ).

- Premium: ETFIQ, close against the issuer’s NAV, Oct 30, 2026 to Nov 3, 2026.

- Retail orders: SEC Rule 605 reports, Sep 2026, from Charles Schwab, G1 Execution Services, Fidelity Brokerage Services, Robinhood, HRT Financial, Jane Street Capital, Vanguard. Computed by ETFIQ. Citadel Securities refused ETFIQ’s request, so its orders are not counted.

- Where it trades: SEC MIDAS, Q2 2026.

### Where to next

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Source: ETFIQ, independent ETF data. Recomputed nightly from public filings and prices.
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