{"url":"https://etfiq.com/funds/vsgx/trading/","section":"funds","title":"VSGX Bid-Ask Spread, Liquidity and NAV Premium | ETFIQ","description":"As of Oct 22, 2026, VSGX closed +0.24% from its NAV, and on 95% of the 5 days to then it was within \u00b10.24%. No fund is recommended.","as_of":"Oct 22, 2026","structured_data":[{"@type":"Dataset","@id":"https://etfiq.com/funds/vsgx/trading/#data","name":"VSGX trading costs and liquidity","description":"As of Oct 22, 2026, VSGX closed +0.24% from its NAV, and on 95% of the 5 days to then it was within \u00b10.24%. 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How the score is built \n Cost to trade Not measured: the issuer's 30-day median spread is not read for this fund Capacity Not measured: 32.1% of its long weight could be measured; the largest part not measured is foreign Price fidelity Not measured: 5 days of closing premium are held, under the 20 needed Primary market, 85.0 5 active dealers of 38; largest 43% of creations and redemptions, N-CEN to Aug 31, 2025 Bad-day behaviour Not measured: 0 of the 10 worst days and 5 other days are held, under the 5 and 60 needed Depth Not measured: needs trade and quote data (Phase 2) \n Premium or discount to NAV\n Latest close, Oct 22, 2026: +0.24%\n 95% of days within: \u00b10.24%\n Days more than 1% from NAV: 0 of 5\n Widest: +0.24%, Oct 22, 2026\n Close against the NAV its issuer struck the same day, 5 days from Oct 16, 2026 to Oct 22, 2026. Source: ETFIQ from the issuer\u2019s NAV and closing price. Its holdings trade on markets that close before New York, so its closing premium carries the move since then.\n Capacity\n Not measured: 32.1% of its long weight could be measured; the largest part not measured is foreign.\n Dealers\n 5 active of 38 authorized participants; the largest did 43% of creations and redemptions, in the year to Aug 31, 2025 (Form N-CEN filed Nov 12, 2025).\n The active authorized participants, largest first, by share of the dollars created and redeemed: Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner and Smith Incorporated (43.0%), J.P. Morgan Securities LLC (27.3%), Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC (14.9%), UBS Securities LLC (12.7%), Jane Street Capital, LLC (2.1%). 33 more were listed and created or redeemed nothing.\n How to trade VSGX\n 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 \u00b10.24%; beyond that a buyer pays more, and a seller gets less, than the holdings are worth. Coming with trade data\n Spread through the day, buyers against sellers, an estimate of retail flow, large trades and the closing auction\u2019s share, each once ETFIQ has trade and quote data.\n Questions people ask\n Does VSGX trade at a premium or discount to NAV? It closed +0.24% from its NAV on Oct 22, 2026. On 95% of the 5 days to then it was within \u00b10.24%, and it closed more than 1% from NAV on 0 of them. Who is the AP for VSGX? VSGX\u2019s latest Form N-CEN, for the period ending Aug 31, 2025, lists 38 authorized participants (APs), and 5 created or redeemed shares. The largest were Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner and Smith Incorporated (43.0%), J.P. Morgan Securities LLC (27.3%), Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC (14.9%) of the dollars its APs created and redeemed. Who is the LMM for VSGX? VSGX\u2019s lead market maker (LMM) on Cboe BZX is Flow Traders U.S. LLC. Lead market maker per Cboe BZX, as of Oct 23, 2026. Sources and dates\n Premium: ETFIQ, close against the issuer\u2019s NAV, Oct 16, 2026 to Oct 22, 2026.\n Dealers: Form N-CEN, the year to Aug 31, 2025, accession 0000052848-25-000301.\n Where to next\n VSGX fund page ETF trading costs and liquidity Limit orders vs market orders for ETFs Why low volume does not mean illiquid How the IQ Liquidity Score is built Compare VSGX with another fund The score measures trading conditions, not the fund. ETFIQ is an independent publisher, not an adviser, and makes no recommendations. Standards and sources \n Cite this page. ETFIQ, VSGX trading: cost, capacity, premium and dealers, data as of Oct 22, 2026. https://etfiq.com/funds/vsgx/trading/ Free to use with attribution for figures ETFIQ computes; issuer data stays under its owner's terms. The underlying files are at Open data .\n Other forms Plain ETFIQ, VSGX trading: cost, capacity, premium and dealers, data as of Oct 22, 2026. https://etfiq.com/funds/vsgx/trading/ APA ETFIQ. (Oct 22, 2026). VSGX trading: cost, capacity, premium and dealers. Retrieved from https://etfiq.com/funds/vsgx/trading/ Markdown [VSGX trading: cost, capacity, premium and dealers (ETFIQ, Oct 22, 2026)](https://etfiq.com/funds/vsgx/trading/)","source":"ETFIQ, independent ETF data. Recomputed nightly from public filings and prices.","publisher":{"@id":"https://etfiq.com/#org","name":"ETFIQ","url":"https://etfiq.com"},"license":"https://etfiq.com/license/","license_text":"Figures ETFIQ computes are free to use with attribution: ETFIQ (etfiq.com). Issuer data stays under its owner's terms.","citation":"ETFIQ, VSGX trading: cost, capacity, premium and dealers, data as of Oct 22, 2026. https://etfiq.com/funds/vsgx/trading/"}