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28% of US shares traded are priced at $5 or below
More than a quarter of all shares traded are in stocks priced at $5 or below. Source: SIFMA equity market structure compendium, 2024 data.
US equity volume is reported in shares, and a share is not a unit of value. 28% of shares traded are priced at $5 or below and 19.6% are ETFs rather than companies. Average daily volume reached 17.6 billion shares in 2025, up 44.6%.
17.6bnAverage daily volume, 2025
28%Priced $5 or below
19.6%ETF share of volume
30.98bnRecord day, 9 Apr 2025
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