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What does it cost to trade PG&E Corporation?

Q: How much does it cost to buy $10,000 of PG&E Corporation?

PreTrAIde estimates about $4.51 (4.51 bps) for a $10,000 market order in PG&E Corporation: $3.97 of half-spread and $0.53 of market impact, before any broker commission.

Q: Is PG&E Corporation a liquid stock?

PG&E Corporation trades about $486M a day, in the good liquidity tier of PreTrAIde's model, with an estimated quoted spread of 7.95 bps.

Q: How volatile is PG&E Corporation?

Its daily volatility is about 1.18% (moderate). The 1-day 95% value at risk on a $10,000 position is about $194.

A $10,000 order costs about $4.51 (4.51 bps) between the half-spread and market impact.

Data as of 1 November 2026

Cost of $10k$4.51

Estimated quoted spread7.95 bps

Average daily trading value$486M

Daily volatility1.18%

1-day VaR (95%) on $10,000$194

Liquidity tierGood

Estimated cost by order size

Order	Half-spread	Market impact	Total	Share of daily volume
$1,000	3.97 bps	0.21 bps	$0.42 · 4.19 bps	< 0.01%
$10,000	3.97 bps	0.53 bps	$4.51 · 4.51 bps	< 0.01%
$100,000	3.98 bps	1.34 bps	$53.22 · 5.32 bps	0.021%

Liquidity

PG&E Corporation trades about $486M a day, which puts it in the good liquidity tier. At that depth the model estimates a quoted spread of 7.95 bps, so a market order pays roughly half of it on the way in, and again on the way out. An order stays below 1% of a normal day's trading up to about $4.9M.

Volatility and risk

Daily volatility is around 1.18%, which is moderate for a stock. On a $10,000 position, the 1-day value at risk at 95% is about $194: on one trading day in twenty, a loss larger than that should be expected. Volatility also widens spreads, which the cost estimate above already includes.

How these figures are estimated

Spread: PreTrAIde's liquidity-tier model (average daily trading value) with a volatility uplift and a one-tick floor. Market impact: an Almgren-Chriss-style model on the order's share of daily volume. VaR: 1.645 × daily volatility. Inputs are 30-day average volume and recent price range. These are estimates, not quotes: the real cost depends on the market when the order is placed. PreTrAIde Methodology: How a Pre-Trade Analysis Is Computed

Frequently asked questions

How much does it cost to buy $10,000 of PG&E Corporation?

PreTrAIde estimates about $4.51 (4.51 bps) for a $10,000 market order in PG&E Corporation: $3.97 of half-spread and $0.53 of market impact, before any broker commission.

Is PG&E Corporation a liquid stock?

PG&E Corporation trades about $486M a day, in the good liquidity tier of PreTrAIde's model, with an estimated quoted spread of 7.95 bps.

How volatile is PG&E Corporation?

Its daily volatility is about 1.18% (moderate). The 1-day 95% value at risk on a $10,000 position is about $194.

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