IBIT Fees and Costs — Defiance Daily Short Digitizing the Economy ETF

Data updated: 2023-05-30

The net expense ratio is 4.70%: a 0.95% management fee plus 3.75% other expenses. There are no sales loads or redemption fees. In fiscal 2022 the fund paid $1K in broker commissions, 0.1819% of average net assets.

IBIT Fees and Expenses

Annual operating expenses and sales charges of IBIT. Prospectus, as of July 31, 2022.

Annual operating expenses
Management fee0.95%
12b-1 fee0.00%
Other expenses3.75%
Gross expense ratio4.70%
Fee waiver—
Net expense ratio4.70%
Sales charges
Max front load—
Max deferred load—
Redemption fee—
Expense limitation in place (N-CEN)No
Fees waived or reduced during the yearNo
Waived fees subject to recoupmentNo

IBIT Costs Over Time

On $10,000 invested in IBIT, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $2,826 over 5 years, cutting the return by 5.13% a year. Illustration, not a forecast: it assumes today's net expense ratio throughout (a fee waiver may end).

$10,000 investedSell after 1 yearSell after 3 yearsSell after 5 years
Value before costs$10,500$11,576$12,763
Fund expenses (net expense ratio 4.70%)$494$1,479$2,461
Trading costs (broker commissions)$19$57$95
Lost growth on money paid in costs$0$78$269
Total costs$513$1,614$2,826
Value after costs$9,987$9,962$9,937
Impact on return, per year5.13%5.13%5.13%

IBIT Trading Costs

Brokerage costs reported on SEC Form N-CEN for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2022.

  • Explicit cost rate (commissions ÷ average net assets): 0.1819%
  • Total broker commissions: $1K
  • Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): $1.5M
  • Portfolio turnover (prospectus): —
  • Securities lending: none during the year

IBIT Agency Brokers

Commissions paid.

BrokerAmountShare
BNP PARIBAS SECURITIES CORP.$1K100.00%

IBIT Dealer Counterparties

Securities bought directly from dealers (principal trades).

BrokerAmountShare
CITADEL SECURITIES LLC$746K50.01%
GOLDMAN SACHS & CO. LLC$745K49.99%

For information only. Not investment advice: figures are as reported in SEC filings and may contain errors or be out of date. Past performance does not guarantee future results.