1

Flexibility in Execution

Flexibility in Execution

The depth of SPY’s secondary market enables a wide range of execution strategies and offers implicit transaction cost benefits.

2

Hedging

Hedging

SPY can be used to hedge a portfolio from downside risks while gaining exposure to the broader stock market to help offset losses in other holdings.

3

Liquidity Management

Liquidity Management

SPY is highly liquid, so traders can invest to manage portfolio liquidity — as a source of cash for redemption requests, a liquidity sleeve, and more.

4

Options Volume

Options Volume

Options can be used by institutional traders in a variety of ways. And SPY made up 45% of all ETF options volume in 2022.1

5

Securities Lending

Securities Lending

Investors can use SPY as an additional source of income via securities lending — the process of loaning their ETF shares to other investors.