# ETF Switch Cost: Spread, Fees and Overlap

> 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.

Data as of Oct 26, 2026. Rebuilt every trading night.

Data as of Oct 26, 2026. Rebuilt every trading night.

## The cost of switching funds

what a move between two funds costs and saves

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’ holdings overlap, from books to Oct 26, 2026.

The spread is paid twice: half to sell, half to buy.

Fees and 30-day median spreads as each issuer publishes them; holdings as filed, to Oct 26, 2026.

### Questions people ask

Why does the move count the spread twice? You pay half the spread to sell and half to buy. Both halves use each fund’s 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.

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