{"url":"https://etfiq.com/funds/vymi/trading/","section":"funds","title":"VYMI Bid-Ask Spread, Liquidity and NAV Premium | ETFIQ","description":"As of Oct 22, 2026, VYMI closed +0.33% from its NAV, and on 95% of the 6 days to then it was within \u00b10.33%. No fund is recommended.","as_of":"Oct 22, 2026","structured_data":[{"@type":"Dataset","@id":"https://etfiq.com/funds/vymi/trading/#data","name":"VYMI trading costs and liquidity","description":"As of Oct 22, 2026, VYMI closed +0.33% from its NAV, and on 95% of the 6 days to then it was within \u00b10.33%. 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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: 39.4% of its long weight could be measured; the largest part not measured is foreign Price fidelity Not measured: 6 days of closing premium are held, under the 20 needed Primary market, 65.0 4 active dealers of 35; largest 71% of creations and redemptions, N-CEN to Oct 31, 2025 Bad-day behaviour Not measured: 0 of the 10 worst days and 6 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: +0.33%\n 95% of days within: \u00b10.33%\n Days more than 1% from NAV: 0 of 6\n Widest: +0.33%, Oct 22, 2026\n Close against the NAV its issuer struck the same day, 6 days from Sep 11, 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: 39.4% of its long weight could be measured; the largest part not measured is foreign.\n Dealers\n 4 active of 35 authorized participants; the largest did 71% of creations and redemptions, in the year to Oct 31, 2025 (Form N-CEN filed Jan 12, 2026).\n The active authorized participants, largest first, by share of the dollars created and redeemed: Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner and Smith Incorporated (70.6%), J.P. Morgan Securities LLC (18.8%), Jane Street Capital, LLC (10.1%), UBS Securities LLC (0.5%). 31 more were listed and created or redeemed nothing.\n How to trade VYMI\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 \u00b10.33%; 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 VYMI trade at a premium or discount to NAV? It closed +0.33% from its NAV on Oct 22, 2026. On 95% of the 6 days to then it was within \u00b10.33%, and it closed more than 1% from NAV on 0 of them. Who is the AP for VYMI? VYMI\u2019s latest Form N-CEN, for the period ending Oct 31, 2025, lists 35 authorized participants (APs), and 4 created or redeemed shares. The largest were Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner and Smith Incorporated (70.6%), J.P. Morgan Securities LLC (18.8%), Jane Street Capital, LLC (10.1%) of the dollars its APs created and redeemed. Who is the LMM for VYMI? VYMI\u2019s lead market maker (LMM) on Nasdaq is Jane Street Capital, LLC. Lead market maker per Nasdaq, as of Oct 23, 2026. Sources and dates\n Premium: ETFIQ, close against the issuer\u2019s NAV, Sep 11, 2026 to Oct 22, 2026.\n Dealers: Form N-CEN, the year to Oct 31, 2025, accession 0001004655-26-000003.\n Where to next\n VYMI 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 VYMI 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, VYMI trading: cost, capacity, premium and dealers, data as of Oct 22, 2026. https://etfiq.com/funds/vymi/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, VYMI trading: cost, capacity, premium and dealers, data as of Oct 22, 2026. https://etfiq.com/funds/vymi/trading/ APA ETFIQ. (Oct 22, 2026). 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