07-07-2021, 07:24 PM
I am planning to switch roughly 100k from one ETF to some other very similar ETF for
<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>The ETFs in question are VT and VWRA.</p> <p>As the ETF are covering mostly the same stocks I am thinking of just selling and buying at the current market rate.</p> <p>What I am concerned about is HFT (or something else I don't know about) that would notice me making a large buy/sell and being able to manipulate the price while the order is in progress. Looking at the market dept of VT and VWRA 100k should not be an issue, please correct me if I am wrong.If it is, I could break the transaction into smaller transactions but that would in crease the fees.</p> <p>Is there anything I actually should be concerned about? or is 100k just too little to actually matter?</p> </div><!-- SC_ON --> submitted by <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/Enum1"> /u/Enum1 </a> <br/> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/investing/comments/ofkvwk/i_am_planning_to_switch_roughly_100k_from_one_etf/">[link]</a></span> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/investing/comments/ofkvwk/i_am_planning_to_switch_roughly_100k_from_one_etf/">[comments]</a></span>Kind Regards R
<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>The ETFs in question are VT and VWRA.</p> <p>As the ETF are covering mostly the same stocks I am thinking of just selling and buying at the current market rate.</p> <p>What I am concerned about is HFT (or something else I don't know about) that would notice me making a large buy/sell and being able to manipulate the price while the order is in progress. Looking at the market dept of VT and VWRA 100k should not be an issue, please correct me if I am wrong.If it is, I could break the transaction into smaller transactions but that would in crease the fees.</p> <p>Is there anything I actually should be concerned about? or is 100k just too little to actually matter?</p> </div><!-- SC_ON --> submitted by <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/Enum1"> /u/Enum1 </a> <br/> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/investing/comments/ofkvwk/i_am_planning_to_switch_roughly_100k_from_one_etf/">[link]</a></span> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/investing/comments/ofkvwk/i_am_planning_to_switch_roughly_100k_from_one_etf/">[comments]</a></span>Kind Regards R