{"url":"https://etfiq.com/portfolio/move/","section":"portfolio","title":"ETF Switch Cost: Spread, Fees and Overlap | ETFIQ","description":"Moving $25,000 from QQQ to VOO costs about $0.50 in spread and saves $38 a year in fees. Check any switch between two funds.","as_of":"Oct 26, 2026","structured_data":[{"@type":"WebApplication","@id":"https://etfiq.com/portfolio/move/#tool","name":"The cost of switching funds","url":"https://etfiq.com/portfolio/move/","applicationCategory":"FinanceApplication","operatingSystem":"Any","isAccessibleForFree":true,"offers":{"@type":"Offer","price":"0","priceCurrency":"USD"},"description":"Moving $25,000 from QQQ to VOO costs about $0.50 in spread and saves $38 a year in fees; 56% of the two funds\u2019 holdings overlap, from books to Oct 26, 2026.","dateModified":"2026-10-26","publisher":{"@id":"https://etfiq.com/#org"},"browserRequirements":"The dated answer is in the page; the controls need JavaScript."},{"@type":"FAQPage","mainEntity":[{"@type":"Question","name":"Why does the move count the spread twice?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"You pay half the spread to sell and half to buy. Both halves use each fund\u2019s published 30-day median spread."}},{"@type":"Question","name":"What is weight overlap?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"For every security both funds hold, the smaller of its two weights, added up. Cash is never counted."}}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"ETFIQ","item":"https://etfiq.com/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"My portfolio","item":"https://etfiq.com/portfolio/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"The cost of switching funds","item":"https://etfiq.com/portfolio/move/"}]},{"@type":"WebPage","name":"ETF Switch Cost: Spread, Fees and Overlap","description":"Moving $25,000 from QQQ to VOO costs about $0.50 in spread and saves $38 a year in fees. Check any switch between two funds.","url":"https://etfiq.com/portfolio/move/","dateModified":"2026-10-26","isPartOf":{"@type":"WebSite","name":"ETFIQ","url":"https://etfiq.com"},"speakable":{"@type":"SpeakableSpecification","cssSelector":[".lede",".faq"]},"publisher":{"@id":"https://etfiq.com/#org"}}],"characters":1423,"truncated":false,"content":"ETFIQ / My portfolio / The cost of switching funds \n \n Data as of Oct 26, 2026. Rebuilt every trading night.\n The cost of switching funds\n what a move between two funds costs and saves\n Moving $25,000 from QQQ to VOO costs about $0.50 in spread and saves $38 a year in fees; 56% of the two funds\u2019 holdings overlap, from books to Oct 26, 2026.\n The spread is paid twice: half to sell, half to buy.\n Fees and 30-day median spreads as each issuer publishes them; holdings as filed, to Oct 26, 2026.\n Questions people ask\n Why does the move count the spread twice? You pay half the spread to sell and half to buy. Both halves use each fund\u2019s published 30-day median spread. What is weight overlap? For every security both funds hold, the smaller of its two weights, added up. Cash is never counted. Where to next\n Cash drag Protect Own My portfolio Buffer ladder \n Cite this page. ETFIQ, The cost of switching funds, data as of Oct 26, 2026. https://etfiq.com/portfolio/move/ Free to use with attribution for data ETFIQ computes; issuer data stays under its owner's terms. The underlying files are at Open data .\n Other forms Plain ETFIQ, The cost of switching funds, data as of Oct 26, 2026. https://etfiq.com/portfolio/move/ APA ETFIQ. (Oct 26, 2026). The cost of switching funds. Retrieved from https://etfiq.com/portfolio/move/ Markdown [The cost of switching funds (ETFIQ, Oct 26, 2026)](https://etfiq.com/portfolio/move/)","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":"Data ETFIQ computes is free to use with attribution: ETFIQ (etfiq.com). Issuer data stays under its owner's terms.","citation":"ETFIQ, The cost of switching funds, data as of Oct 26, 2026. https://etfiq.com/portfolio/move/"}