# How much of an ETF can you trade at once?

> As of Nov 4, 2026, the median ETF can absorb about $476 million of new shares a day through its holdings, across 2,562 funds. Updated every trading night.

Data as of Nov 4, 2026. Rebuilt every trading night.

## How much of an ETF can you trade at once?

Data as of Nov 4, 2026. Rebuilt every trading night.

As of Nov 4, 2026, the median ETF can absorb about $476 million of new shares a day through its holdings, across 2,562 funds.

### In plain words

Small trades hardly move an ETF. For large ones the limit is not the fund’s own volume, because new shares can be made from the basket. The question becomes how much of the basket can be traded in a day.

ETFIQ calls this capacity. It takes the holdings making up 95% of the fund’s weight, finds how much of each trades in a day, and sizes the block the weakest link allows. The median is $476 million across 2,562 funds. It is an estimate from recent volume and filed holdings; the trading page names the holding that sets the limit and the date.

### Questions

What limits how much I can trade? The fund’s own volume for small trades, and the volume of its holdings for large ones.

Is capacity a guarantee? No. It is an estimate from recent volume and the filed holdings.

Where do I see a fund’s capacity? On its trading page, with the holding that sets the limit.

### Where to next

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