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First Trust NASDAQ Cybersecurity ETF (CIBR) — chart, structure and Closelooknet read

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The desk on CIBR

What this diary said about First Trust NASDAQ Cybersecurity ETF, what it holds and what would change its view — in its own words, dated. Investment diary, not advice.

What we said

What we hold

BookPositionSinceResult
AI Buildout 200.16 shares · average entry $88.97 30 May 2026 +13.5%

Model books as of 25 Sept 2026; wikifolio positions from the official wikifolio data, entries in euros. Results are unrealised, before any exit. A record of what the diary does, not a recommendation to do the same.

Our record on CIBR

Every scored call, pick and trade this diary has made on First Trust NASDAQ Cybersecurity ETF, with the outcome where it is known.

Signals for this name

Every Closelooknet reading that exists for CIBR, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

Closelooknet ETF read

Our dispersion engine · constituent internals

weakening · Weakening below the surface - the A/D line is falling while price holds up; leadership is narrowing. — last 21 sessions: price +7.8%, advance/decline −0.98 per name

WindowFundMedian holdingBeat / lag the fundUp / downDispersion
Day −2.2% −1.2% 23 / 18 11 / 29 3.1pp
Week +1.1% −0.4% 18 / 23 20 / 21 6.1pp
Month +7.8% +3.8% 14 / 27 26 / 15 12.5pp
Year to date +41.5% +33.2% 17 / 23 29 / 11 48.4pp

Drove the month CRWD +33.3% · OKTA +45.2% · PANW +10.4% · NET +22.5% · FTNT +10.1%

Dragged the month GEN −27.1% · CSCO −5.0% · INFY −10.2% · LDOS −10.1% · HO.FP −7.0%

Computed by the Closelooknet dispersion engine from the full constituent roster (41 names, 99% of weight) · as of 2026-09-25 · full dispersion read → · methodology · descriptive, not advice.

Mentioned on Closelooknet 20 pieces · newest: Morning 10, “Rates — the 30-year hits its highest since 2004; Oracle and Arm sold, Meta and Intel bought, Nasdaq ends flat” (2026-09-25)

Mentioned on Closelooknet

Where CIBR appears in the diary — 20 pieces, newest first. Every link is our own writing.

Long reads

Dailies

Weather around the name 4 macro readings: Money Temperature, Factor regime, Sector × region …

The weather around this name

Macro readings that apply by membership — the regime, the factor tape, the sector cell, the funding backdrop.

  • Money Temperature Composite 62/100 · S&P 500 fund at 67, bullish alignedEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-09-25
  • Factor regime Momentum leading — risk appetite buildingMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): above its 50-day trend, 99th percentile of the window, +8.4% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-09-25
  • Sector × region Technology in US: +3.6% week · +7.5% month · +8.5% quarter · +40.3% yearThe Sector Engine cell this name lives in, from XLK.US; the 11 × 4 matrix shows where its sector is being bought and where it is being sold. Sector Engine → 2026-09-27
  • Sovereign pressure Index 0.61 · up 0.29 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-09-25
How it trades on rate days beta 0.28 to TLT · on the worst bond days it held up better than the market

How it trades on rate days

How CIBR has moved when long-dated Treasury yields rise — measured against TLT, the 20+ year Treasury fund.

  • Beta to long bonds, 1 year 0.28 — shows only a loose link to bond moves for every 1% move in TLT (20+ year Treasuries), First Trust NASDAQ Cybersecurity ETF moved 0.28% on average · correlation 0.09 · higher than 27% of US names
  • Beta, last 3 months 0.44 about the same as over the year
  • On the 10 worst bond days −0.36% on average against −0.74% for the S&P 500 the 10 sessions of the past year in which TLT fell most, i.e. long yields rose most
  • Latest of those days −0.79% TLT −1.29% that day 2026-09-24

Daily total returns from the adjusted price series; a TLT down day is a day long yields rose. Beta = the average move of the name for a 1% move in TLT. Past sensitivity, not a forecast. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

Who it is priced against Cybersecurity funds · 3 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

Cybersecurity funds

Curated competitor set — who the market prices this name against, not just who shares its sector.

Compared against CIBR on the nightly bakes; the Peers tab ranks the cohort on the Closelooknet scores where it exists.

Dividends and capital return trailing yield 0.39%, semi-annual · last 0.0720 USD on 2026-06-25

Dividends and capital return

What CIBR pays out and buys back — distributions read from the price series, money terms from the filings.

  • Trailing 12 months 0.39 USD per share · a 0.39% yield on the 2026-09-25 close 3 distributions, paid twice a year 2026-09-25
  • Change on the year +128.0% against the prior twelve months prior twelve months 0.17 USD per share
  • Last distribution 0.0720 USD per share as the price series records it, within days of the ex-date 2026-06-25
  • By calendar year 2023: 0.17 USD (partial) · 2024: 0.15 USD · 2025: 0.30 USD · 2026: 0.18 USD to date first distribution recorded in the three-year window: 2023-12-22

Per-share amounts are derived from the adjusted price series in the listing currency, so dates sit within days of the ex-date; filing figures come from the fundamentals feed for the last reported fiscal year. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

About First Trust NASDAQ Cybersecurity ETF

First Trust NASDAQ Cybersecurity ETF (CIBR) is an exchange-traded fund that trades on US exchanges. Closelooknet tracks it as a benchmark: the dailies and the sector dispersion board quote it as a market reference, and the holdings card above matches its largest positions against the names with a Closelooknet page. It is a constituent of Closelooknet benchmark ETF set.

closelook.net is an investment research diary — market structure, index membership and scores are our own readings, not investment advice. Related: index compare · sector dispersion · scanner.

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-09-26

Quick answers

What is First Trust NASDAQ Cybersecurity ETF (CIBR)?

First Trust NASDAQ Cybersecurity ETF is an exchange-traded fund trading as CIBR on the US exchange (US) and is one of the benchmark ETFs Closelooknet tracks as a market reference, as of the registry build of 2026-09-26.

How does Closelooknet use CIBR?

As a benchmark: the daily editions, the sector dispersion board and the index dashboards quote First Trust NASDAQ Cybersecurity ETF as a market reference, and this page matches the fund's largest holdings against the names Closelooknet covers so a reader can move from the fund to the companies inside it.

Where does CIBR trade against its moving averages?

Uptrend stack intact: Trades +5% vs the 50-day and +27.5% vs the 200-day average, 3.2% below the 52-week high and +68.1% off the 52-week low. Computed from daily closes. As of 2026-09-25 — a technical state from the nightly Closelooknet bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

What does the Closelooknet dispersion engine say about CIBR?

Weakening below the surface - the A/D line is falling while price holds up; leadership is narrowing. (weakening, last 21 sessions). Over 21 sessions the fund moved +7.8% while the median holding moved +3.8%; 14 of 41 holdings beat the fund and 26 rose. Against the S&P 500 fund it is +7.1pp over the same window. The top ten holdings carry 63.7% of the weight (effective N 17.9). As of 2026-09-25, computed from the full constituent roster — the full dispersion read carries the series; a descriptive reading from Closelooknet's research diary, not advice.

How does First Trust NASDAQ Cybersecurity ETF trade when bond yields rise?

Over the past year First Trust NASDAQ Cybersecurity ETF had a beta of 0.28 to TLT, the long-dated Treasury fund — it shows only a loose link to bond moves, higher than 27% of US names. On the 10 sessions in which long bonds fell most it moved −0.36% on average, against −0.74% for the S&P 500. The "How it trades on rate days" block on this page carries the lines.

Where has Closelooknet written about First Trust NASDAQ Cybersecurity ETF?

First Trust NASDAQ Cybersecurity ETF appears in 20 Closelooknet pieces, most recently Morning 10: Rates — the 30-year hits its highest since 2004; Oracle and Arm sold, Meta and Intel bought, Nasdaq ends flat (2026-09-25); Morning 10: Rates — the 10-year closes at 5.11% and the 5-year hits 5%; Tokyo reopens higher, chip-equipment makers lead (2026-09-24); Morning 10: Nasdaq - a second record close as memory jumps 5-7% and banks, card networks and software are sold (2026-09-23). What Closelooknet said most recently: Chips split, software sold: SOXX $566.07 (+0.06%); SanDisk $1,753.62 (-3.47%), memory fund DRAM -1.91%, Broadcom -1.30%, Nvidia -0.41%; Micron $1,080.53 (+0.81%); IGV -0.88%, Microsoft -0.53%, cyber fund CIBR -0.79% after its record (Morning 10, 2026-09-25). The "Mentioned on Closelooknet" block on this page lists the long reads, the reference entries and the dailies that name it.

Does Closelooknet hold First Trust NASDAQ Cybersecurity ETF?

Yes — AI Buildout: 200.16 shares · average entry $88.97 since 2026-05-30, +13.5% unrealised. A record of what the diary does, not a recommendation to do the same.

Does First Trust NASDAQ Cybersecurity ETF pay a dividend?

First Trust NASDAQ Cybersecurity ETF has paid 0.39 USD per share over the last twelve months, paid twice a year, a trailing yield of 0.39% on the 2026-09-25 close; the last distribution recorded in the price series was 0.0720 USD on 2026-06-25. The "Dividends and capital return" block on this page carries the lines.

What does this page show?

A live price chart with SMA overlays and drawing tools for CIBR, fund basics and the top holdings by weight with the Closelooknet names among them marked, the technical state where the data exists, and the research diary mentions — an investment research diary view, not investment advice.