Trade Cost Estimator
The fee table says 0.03%; the fill says otherwise. For a real order size, this instrument reads the tape — how much of the day’s volume you are, what the spread likely takes, and when the right move is a phone call, not a market order.
Volume & price are primary data · spread is a liquidity-band model, stated as an estimate
$30Mtypical dollars traded per day
3.3%your order vs the daily tape
~8bpspread band · ≈$400 on this order
limit ordersthe desk’s read
IDV · $1,000,000 orderNoticeable against the tape. Use limit orders and avoid the open and close auctions.
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