VCRM Vanguard Core Tax-Exempt Bond ETF

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About

Vanguard Core Tax-Exempt Bond ETF (VCRM) ETF

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Exchange
BATS
Inception
2024-11-21
Has Options
No
Homepage
https://investor.vanguard.com/etf
Fund profile
holdings as of Oct 19, 2026issuer datathrough Jul 2026flows, SEC filings
Expense ratio
0.12%
issuer, Oct 21, 2026
Assets
$1.8B
SEC filing, Jul 31, 2026
Trailing yield
3.89%
paid monthly
Average daily volume
$93M
30 sessions
Holdings
2,899
top 10 are 6.1%
Listed
Nov 21, 2024
Cboe BZX
Net asset value
$72.51
issuer, Oct 20, 2026 · closed -0.04% to NAV
30-day SEC yield
4.50%
issuer, Oct 16, 2026
Closure risk, 12 months
0.2%
low: age · model
FrenzyCap ETF score
89
how it is built
Cost82
Liquidity99
Scale76
Diversification100

Moves with. Long Treasuries (31% of its variance, beta 0.21); US large-cap stocks (7% of its variance, beta 0.06). These factors explain 40% of its daily moves over the last year.

Stated objective. Vanguard Core Tax-Exempt Bond ETF (the Fund) seeks to provide total return, through current income that is exempt from federal personal income taxes, and capital appreciation. (from the fund's prospectus)

All 2,899 holdingsFlow historyOverlap toolAll National Muni ETFs

Fund flows
through Jul 2026SEC filings
Jul 2026
+$121M
latest reported month
Latest 3 months
+$533M
+29.7% of assets
Latest 12 months
+$1.4B
+80.5% of assets
Aug 2025: +$91MSep 2025: +$96MSepOct 2025: +$89MNov 2025: +$50MNovDec 2025: +$124MJan 2026: +$135MJanFeb 2026: +$193MMar 2026: +$28M+$28MMarApr 2026: +$107MMay 2026: +$335M+$335MMayJun 2026: +$76MJul 2026: +$121MJul
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Net flows of VCRM by month, Aug 2025 to Jul 2026
MonthNet flow
Jul 2026+$121M
Jun 2026+$76M
May 2026+$335M
Apr 2026+$107M
Mar 2026+$28M
Feb 2026+$193M
Jan 2026+$135M
Dec 2025+$124M
Nov 2025+$50M
Oct 2025+$89M
Sep 2025+$96M
Aug 2025+$91M

Net creations and redemptions from the fund's SEC filings, which become public about 60 days after each quarter. Every month since 21 months ago

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FundOverlapFeeAssets1Y
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VTEBVanguard Tax-Exempt Bond Index Fund—0.03%$50.4B−5.0%compare
JMUBJPMorgan Municipal ETF—0.18%$8.7B−4.9%compare
CGMUCapital Group Municipal Income ETF—0.27%$7.2B−4.0%compare
PZAInvesco National AMT-Free Municipal Bond ETF—0.28%$4.1B−8.0%compare

The largest other funds in the National Muni category.

Under the hood
fiscal year to Oct 31, 2025SEC census
Authorized participants
8 active
of 34 with agreements; top 3 did 75%
Created · redeemed
$636M · $0
over the fiscal year
Redemptions in kind
1%
creations 0% in kind
Creation unit
20,000
shares
Securities lending
not authorized
Diversification status
Non-diversified
may concentrate in fewer issuers

From the fund's annual census filing with the SEC. In-kind redemptions are what let an ETF shed appreciated securities without realising gains.

ETF Profile
holdings as of 2026-10-20
Holdings
2945
AUM
$2.8B
Provider
Vanguard
Inception
2024-11-21
Exchange
BATS
Data As Of
2026-10-20
Expense Ratio
0.12%
Dividend Yield
3.88%
Distribution
Monthly
Recent distributions
Ex-Date Pay Date Amount Type
2026-10-01 2026-10-05 $0.2137 CD
2026-09-01 2026-09-03 $0.2463 CD
2026-08-03 2026-08-05 $0.2394 CD
2026-07-01 2026-07-06 $0.2432 CD
2026-06-01 2026-06-03 $0.2211 CD
2026-05-01 2026-05-05 $0.2382 CD
Asset Allocation
Top Holdings
top 50 of 2945 holdings
Symbol Name Weight % Asset Class Country
— Vanguard Municipal Low Duration Fund 4.40% Cash/Money Market —
— Michigan State Hospital Finance Authority 0.98% Municipal Bond US
— California State Public Works Board 0.78% Municipal Bond US
— California State Public Works Board 0.77% Municipal Bond US
— Colorado Health Facilities Authority 0.68% Municipal Bond US
— Alabama Toll Road Bridge and Tunnel Authority 0.64% Municipal Bond US
— Minnesota Municipal Gas Agency 0.59% Municipal Bond US
— Black Belt Energy Gas District 0.52% Municipal Bond US
— Black Belt Energy Gas District 0.49% Municipal Bond US
— City of New York NY 0.47% Municipal Bond US
— Energy Southeast A Cooperative District 0.46% Municipal Bond US
— Salt River Project Agricultural Improvement & Power District 0.43% Municipal Bond US
— Triborough Bridge & Tunnel Authority 0.42% Municipal Bond US
— Black Belt Energy Gas District 0.42% Municipal Bond US
— California State Public Works Board 0.40% Municipal Bond US
— State of California 0.39% Municipal Bond US
— Black Belt Energy Gas District 0.38% Municipal Bond US
— Deschutes County Hospital Facilities Authority 0.38% Municipal Bond US
— New York City Transitional Finance Authority Future Tax Secured Revenue 0.37% Municipal Bond US
— Southeast Energy Authority A Cooperative District 0.37% Municipal Bond US
— Kentucky Public Energy Authority 0.36% Municipal Bond US
— Jefferson Sales Tax District 0.36% Municipal Bond US
— New York City Municipal Water Finance Authority 0.35% Municipal Bond US
— Bentonville School District No 6 0.35% Municipal Bond US
— Virginia Housing Development Authority 0.34% Municipal Bond US
— Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission 0.33% Municipal Bond US
— New York State Dormitory Authority 0.33% Municipal Bond US
— Massachusetts Development Finance Agency 0.32% Municipal Bond US
— Southeast Energy Authority A Cooperative District 0.32% Municipal Bond US
— State of Hawaii 0.32% Municipal Bond US
— State of Oregon Housing & Community Services Department 0.32% Municipal Bond US
— Leon County - City of Tallahassee Blueprint Intergovernmental Agency 0.31% Municipal Bond US
— Multnomah County School District No 1J Portland 0.30% Municipal Bond US
— Southeast Energy Authority A Cooperative District 0.30% Municipal Bond US
— Lamar Consolidated Independent School District 0.30% Municipal Bond US
— Texas Department of Housing & Community Affairs 0.30% Municipal Bond US
— PEFA Inc 0.30% Municipal Bond US
— Black Belt Energy Gas District 0.29% Municipal Bond US
— Public Finance Authority 0.28% Municipal Bond US
— Port of Morrow OR 0.28% Municipal Bond US
— Charlotte-Mecklenburg Hospital Authority/The 0.27% Municipal Bond US
— Dallas Independent School District Public Facility Corp 0.27% Municipal Bond —
— Massachusetts Development Finance Agency 0.26% Municipal Bond US
— California Community Choice Financing Authority 0.25% Municipal Bond US
— Illinois Finance Authority 0.25% Municipal Bond US
— New York State Thruway Authority 0.25% Municipal Bond US
— Colorado Health Facilities Authority 0.25% Municipal Bond US
— New York State Dormitory Authority 0.24% Municipal Bond US
— Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency 0.24% Municipal Bond US
— City of New York NY 0.24% Municipal Bond US
Non-Equity Breakdown
VANGUARD CORE TAX-EXEMPT BOND ETF · NPORT-P period 2026-07-31 (filed 2026-09-28)
Net assets: $1.80B · 2407 total positions · equity 0.00% · non-equity 100.12%
Non-equity holdings — 2407 positions, 100.12% of NAV
Category Weight Value Positions
Municipal 97.86% $1.76B 2388
Short-term investment 1.62% $29.1M 1
Mortgage-backed (US Govt-Sponsored Entity) 0.38% $6.8M 4
Mortgage-backed (Corporate) 0.24% $4.3M 4
Derivative (interest rate) 0.03% $506067 10
Chart
Seasonality
Month'24'25'26Avg
Jan--0.24%0.70%0.47%
Feb--1.06%1.37%1.22%
Mar---1.72%-1.84%-1.78%
Apr---1.02%0.88%-0.07%
May---0.52%0.49%-0.02%
Jun--1.21%0.82%1.01%
Jul---0.38%-1.53%-0.96%
Aug--0.19%-0.20%-0.01%
Sep--2.79%-3.34%-0.27%
Oct--1.13%1.20%*1.17%
Nov0.88%0.37%--0.62%
Dec-2.01%0.00%---1.00%
Total-1.15%3.32%-1.55%0.21%
* Only 3 year(s) of data available.
Technical Indicators

Quick-reference for reading the values below. Indicators combine to confirm a view — no single one is a trade signal on its own.

Trend Indicators
  • SMA 20 / 50 / 200 — price above = uptrend, below = downtrend. SMA 50 crossing SMA 200 is the golden/death cross.
  • EMA 12 / 26 — faster-reacting averages; 12 above 26 is short-term bullish.
  • MACD — bullish when MACD > signal (green badge), bearish when below. Divergence from price often precedes reversals.
  • ADX (14) — trend strength regardless of direction. <20 range, 20–25 weak trend, 25–50 trend, >50 strong trend.
  • +DI / −DI — +DI > −DI favors bulls; the reverse favors bears. Read alongside ADX.
Momentum Oscillators
  • RSI (14) — <30 oversold, >70 overbought. 40–60 is neutral; trending names can stay extreme.
  • Stochastic %K / %D — <20 oversold, >80 overbought. %K crossing %D is an early momentum signal.
  • Williams %R — inverted scale: <−80 oversold, >−20 overbought.

Oscillators work best in range-bound markets; in strong trends they give premature reversal signals.

Volume & Volatility
  • Bollinger Bands — price at upper band = overbought, lower = oversold. Narrow bands (squeeze) often precede expansion.
  • OBV — cumulative volume; rising OBV confirms uptrend, falling OBV confirms downtrend. Divergence from price is a warning.
  • Vol SMA 20 / Vol ROC — today's volume vs. 20-day average. Positive ROC with price move = conviction.
  • ATR / True Range — average daily $ move; sizing and stop-loss reference.
  • HV 20 / 30 / 60 — realized (historical) volatility. Compare to IV on the options cards: IV > HV = rich premium.

Confluence matters: trend + momentum + volume agreeing carries far more weight than any single indicator. For how these feed the spread scanner score, see the algorithm docs →

Trend Indicators

SMA 20: $71.84
SMA 50: $73.20
SMA 200: $75.13
Current: $72.58
EMA 12: $72.23
EMA 26: $72.38
MACD: -0.1507 | Signal: 0.2156
BEARISH
ADX (14): 29.04
TREND
+DI: 28.30
−DI: 24.08

Momentum Oscillators

RSI (14): 53.17
NEUTRAL
Stoch %K: 86.93
Stoch %D: 88.19
Williams %R: -10.40

Volume & Volatility

BB Upper: $72.87
BB Lower: $70.81
NEUTRAL
OBV: -6,315,875
Vol SMA 20: 1,612,799
Vol ROC: -34.05%
ATR: $0.42
True Range: $0.44
HV 20: 7.0%
HV 30: 6.7%
HV 60: 5.3%

Data Summary

Data Points: 479
Last Updated:
Date Range: 2024-11-21T00:00:00 – 2026-10-21T00:00:00
AI Analysis

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Analysis includes technical indicators, news sentiment, risk assessment, and specific price levels to watch.

VCRM Options Activity & IV Rank

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Spread Scanner GPU

Each spread is ranked by a composite score built in three stages. Full documentation →

Stage 1 — Base Score (GPU scanner)

score = P(profit) × (credit / spread_width)
P(profit) from short leg delta (1 − |delta|), penalised above 85%. Credit uses mid-price to handle illiquid chains fairly.

Stage 2 — Skew Adjustment (±25% cap)

RR and BF (30-delta) from the persisted per-symbol skew snapshot — wing strikes picked by real greeks.delta, not a moneyness proxy. Put skew boosts bull puts, penalises bear calls. High butterfly boosts iron condors. Calendars are skew-neutral.

Stage 3 — Technical Overlay (±50% cap, 5 groups)
Group 1 · Directional Bias (±0.25)
  • RSI <40 bullish / >60 bearish
  • MACD crossover + histogram trend
  • Price vs SMA 50 & SMA 200
Group 2 · Momentum (±0.10)
  • Stochastic %K <20 / >80
  • Williams %R <−80 / >−20
Group 3 · Volatility (up to −0.25 / +0.15)
  • Blended ATR + straddle expected-move penalty
  • Bollinger Band signal (+ counter-trend penalty)
  • BB width — vol contraction boost for ICs
Group 4 · IV Regime (±0.15)
  • IV rank ≥ 75 → strong boost for credit spreads
  • IV rank < 25 → penalty (selling cheap vol)
Group 5 · Liquidity (penalty up to −0.10)
  • Min open interest across all legs
  • OI < 100 → −0.10 · OI < 500 → −0.05

score = base_score × skew_multiplier × tech_multiplier
Both multipliers are shown per spread. Beta is informational only — ATR already captures realized vol. Full algorithm documentation →

Enter a ticker to scan for optimal spread opportunities.

Evaluates all bull put, bear call, iron condor, and calendar spread combinations using GPU-accelerated analysis.

Skew (Wing IV − ATM IV)
DTE:
Wing Δ:
Metric:
Wing vs ATM
IV(put wing) − IV(ATM), in vol points

How much the OTM put trades above (or below) the at-the-money strike. Measures the height of the put-side tail relative to ATM — i.e. how expensive crash insurance is on this name.

  • Positive (typical) — wing IV > ATM IV. Standard equity put skew: portfolios bid up crash protection, so OTM puts trade richer than ATM.
  • Near zero or negative (unusual) — wing IV ≤ ATM IV. Flat or inverted put side. Common when there's no fear demand, in tightly mean-reverting names, or right after an earnings catalyst clears.
  • Percentile vs own 3-yr history: high = wings rich (good time to sell wing premium); low = wings cheap (good time to buy protection).
  • Not directional — high or low wings don't predict up or down moves. It's a price tag on tail insurance, not a forecast.
Risk Reversal
IV(call wing) − IV(put wing), equal delta on each side

Which side of the smile is the market paying up for? Measures the tilt of the surface — call skew vs put skew at matched deltas.

  • Negative (typical) — puts richer than calls. Standard equity behavior: hedging demand makes puts carry a premium. Most large-caps sit in the −1 to −5 vol-point range.
  • Strongly negative (< −5 pts) — heavy downside hedging, elevated fear, or an upcoming catalyst (earnings, FDA, macro event). Worth flagging.
  • Positive — calls richer than puts. Unusual for equities; signals bullish momentum, short-squeeze positioning, or takeover/M&A speculation.
  • Near zero — symmetric surface. Market sees roughly equal up/down risk. Rare for large-caps; more common in commodities and FX.
Reading them together

Wing-vs-ATM tells you how expensive the tails are. Risk Reversal tells you which side is favored. Combined:

  • High wing percentile + deeply negative RR → strong put bid; stress or major event priced in. Owning protection costs a premium; selling put premium is dangerous.
  • Low wing percentile + near-zero RR → complacency; insurance cheap and balanced. Good environment to add cheap downside hedges.
  • Positive RR + elevated wings → call-side fear-of-missing-out; common in squeeze setups. Upside calls expensive, downside puts not bid.
14 DTE / 10d —
— pts EXTREME
ATM — / Wing —
30 DTE / 10d —
— pts EXTREME
ATM — / Wing —

Percentile is the rank of today's reading within ~3 years of this symbol's own history. High percentile = wings are rich relative to history; not a directional signal. Skew is read off the chain in real time, not from CBOE SKEW.

Volatility Surface

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Volatility Smile

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IV Rank (7 DTE)
IV Rank (30 DTE)
Straddle Price (30 DTE)
Beta Analysis

Risk Metrics

Beta: 0.0984
Alpha: -6.03%
Correlation: 0.3303
R-Squared: 10.9%
Stock Volatility: 3.8%
Market Volatility: 12.7%

Analysis Details

Benchmark: SPY
Data Points: 251
Period: 252 trading days
Interpretation:
Low volatility - stock moves less than market
Beta & Alpha Over Time

VCRM Institutional Ownership (13F)

Latest filings — 2026-09-30

Institutional managers with $100M+ AUM file Form 13F-HR quarterly, due 45 days after quarter end. Holdings are reported gross at quarter-end market value — they are a snapshot, not a real-time position.

  • Shares — long equity positions in this name, aggregated across share classes.
  • Calls / Puts — notional value of long call / put exposure where this ticker is the underlying.
  • % of Float — holder's reported shares divided by the latest diluted shares outstanding. Sums above 100% indicate large custodian / prime broker positions where the same shares are reported by multiple filers.
  • Custodian badge — filers with more than 5,000 holdings are typically broker-dealers / custodians reporting customer-held shares, not active managers.

Each filer is counted once at its latest 13F-HR filing. New filings are ingested on a weekly cadence.

165 filers14,848,870 shares$1.12B value
# Filer Shares Value % of Total % of Float Period
1 HBK Sorce Advisory LLC 3,651,728 $273.93M 24.53% — 2026-06-30
2 WEALTH ENHANCEMENT ADVISORY SERVICES, LLC 1,190,295 $84.81M 7.59% — 2026-09-30
3 Verum Partners LLC 841,112 $64.26M 5.75% — 2026-06-30
4 Topsail Wealth Management, LLC 615,176 $47.00M 4.21% — 2026-06-30
5 Karpus Management, Inc. 613,630 $46.88M 4.20% — 2026-06-30
6 Aprio Wealth Management, LLC 571,707 $43.68M 3.91% — 2026-06-30
7 Jones Financial Companies LLLP Custodian 500,175 $38.18M 3.42% — 2026-06-30
8 Mills Wealth Advisors LLC 450,834 $34.44M 3.08% — 2026-06-30
9 Confluence Wealth Services, Inc. 329,907 $25.20M 2.26% — 2026-06-30
10 Focus Partners Wealth 288,155 $22.02M 1.97% — 2026-06-30
11 Opus Capital Group, LLC 248,789 $19.01M 1.70% — 2026-06-30
12 San Luis Wealth Advisors LLC 214,094 $16.36M 1.46% — 2026-06-30
13 MB, LEVIS & ASSOCIATES, LLC 221,817 $15.88M 1.42% — 2026-09-30
14 TRUIST FINANCIAL CORP Custodian 207,390 $15.84M 1.42% — 2026-06-30
15 Elite Life Management LLC 193,761 $14.53M 1.30% — 2026-06-30
16 CGN Advisors LLC 173,051 $13.22M 1.18% — 2026-06-30
17 Alaethes Wealth, LLC 160,419 $12.26M 1.10% — 2026-06-30
18 Mallini Complete Financial Planning LLC 170,666 $12.21M 1.09% — 2026-09-30
19 Tradewinds Capital Management, LLC 153,988 $11.76M 1.05% — 2026-06-30
20 Jane Street Group, LLC Custodian 153,725 $11.74M 1.05% — 2026-06-30
21 Keystone Financial Group, Inc. 138,762 $9.93M 0.89% — 2026-09-30
22 ABLE Financial Group, LLC 134,519 $9.63M 0.86% — 2026-09-30
23 Syntegra Private Wealth Group, LLC 133,145 $9.53M 0.85% — 2026-09-30
24 Verus Financial Partners, Inc. 118,924 $9.09M 0.81% — 2026-06-30
25 TFO Wealth Partners, LLC 115,064 $8.79M 0.79% — 2026-06-30
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Constituent Performance

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Constituents
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