ETF Pre-Trade tool analyzes trade costs

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The ETF market has evolved. Your trading process should evolve with it.

Analyze liquidity across many iShares ETFs and their underlying assets. Use the tool before executing a large trade to access BlackRock’s t-cost models and view liquidity metrics for the ETF and its underlying portfolio.

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The benefits of ETF Pre-Trade

Cost models

Access BlackRock's proprietary trading cost models

Basket data

Compile underlying basket liquidity data in a single click

Due Diligence

Consider multiple trading strategies as part of your due diligence process

Reports

Generate reports with ease

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Compare different ETFs and trade sizes

Liquidity metrics

View historical, intraday liquidity metrics

Ananth Madhavan, Managing Director

Global Head of Research for ETF and Index Investing

Many ETF Pre-Trade models are adapted from single-stock models that only consider on-exchange liquidity. By contrast, BlackRock’s analytics are built specifically for ETFs.

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