First Trust NASDAQ Cybersecurity ETF (CIBR) — Technical state
As of 2026-11-04 — re-computed nightly across the coverage universe. Closelooknet diary readings, not advice.
The Closelooknet read
- Signal: Pullback inside an uptrend stack — Trades -4.1% vs the 50-day and +16.5% vs the 200-day average, 12% below the 52-week high and +62.1% off the 52-week low. Computed from daily closes. (as of 2026-11-04)
- Trend: First Trust NASDAQ Cybersecurity ETF trades 4.1% below its 50-day and 16.5% above its 200-day moving average. (as of 2026-11-04)
- Inside the fund: Improving below the surface - the A/D line is rising while price is flat-to-down; more names participating than the headline shows. (improving, last 21 sessions). Over 21 sessions the fund moved −10.0% while the median holding moved −5.4%; 24 of 41 holdings beat the fund and 18 rose. Against the S&P 500 fund it is −8.4pp over the same window. The top ten holdings carry 63.7% of the weight (effective N 17.9). (as of 2026-11-04)
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Trades -4.1% vs the 50-day and +16.5% vs the 200-day average, 12% below the 52-week high and +62.1% off the 52-week low. Computed from daily closes.
Ranked #1 on today’s Directional Flow — theme flow list (scan of 2026-11-04).
The moving-average stack
- vs 20-day-6.1%
- vs 50-day-4.1%
- vs 200-day+16.5%
- 52-week band12% off the high · +62.1% off the low
- Streak2 consecutive up sessions
- 50-day crossprice crossed down through the 50-day 3 sessions ago
- Stochastic%K 11.1 · %D 11.9
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FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-11-04
Quick answers
What is the current Closelooknet signal on CIBR?
Pullback inside an uptrend stack — Trades -4.1% vs the 50-day and +16.5% vs the 200-day average, 12% below the 52-week high and +62.1% off the 52-week low. Computed from daily closes. As of 2026-11-04; the signal board re-computes across the coverage universe nightly. A research diary reading, not advice.
Is CIBR above its 50-day and 200-day moving averages?
As of 2026-11-04, First Trust NASDAQ Cybersecurity ETF trades -4.1% below its 50-day and +16.5% above its 200-day average, with the 20-day -6.1% away.
How far is CIBR from its 52-week high?
12% below the 52-week high and 62.1% above the 52-week low, as of 2026-11-04.
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Long reads
- Calendar — The Funds’ New Year and the Midterms: a Fresh Start?
- Cloud — the AI fund near its 2021 record while the chip funds fall back
That day the cybersecurity funds barely moved (BUG +0.2%, CIBR −0.4%) and Zscaler rose 1.5%.
- Bitcoin — New Life for the Coins and the Stocks
Last Sunday put the whole question on one number: the cybersecurity fund CIBR at 94.40, with the August 28 close of 98.56 overhead and the September 2 low of 93.54 underneath.
- Cybersecurity — Sold on Price, Bought on Flow
On the year the narrative has been paid: Fortinet +96%, Okta +93%, Palo Alto +80%, CrowdStrike +76%, Datadog +63%, Cloudflare +56%, and the two funds +32% (CIBR) and +41% (WCBR), against the software fund at −4%.
- Much More Than Semis — The Broadening Tech Bull
CIBR (Cybersecurity) — 68.76, +3.21% 52W but –3.76% YTD.
- The SaaS Litmus Test: Is The March Bottom Real?
CLOU +11.93%, ARKK +14.35%, CIBR +9.45% — violent moves off a completed March drawdown, with the entire March correction reversed in five trading days.
Dailies
- AI Trade — the users give back half their bid as chips bounce 1%; energy hits a 52-week high
The cybersecurity fund CIBR is up 2.7% at 105.54, the WisdomTree cloud fund 1.8% and the broad software fund IGV 1.5% — the layer that held flat on Thursday now leads on Friday.
- Chips — the washout hits 7%, Asia refuses to follow, and oil funds close at 52-week highs
Cloud closed green to flat (WisdomTree's WCLD +1.2%, CLOU +0.1%), cybersecurity barely moved (CIBR −0.3%, HACK +0.4%), the broad software ETF IGV lost 0.1% — and the AI users rallied outright: Accenture +7.7%, Cognizant +6.0%, Infosys…
- AI Trade — cloud fund +2.9% on a second up day, security +2.7%; chips −0.9% again, Delta −1.6% on fuel
The cybersecurity fund CIBR rises 2.7%, broad software (IGV) 2.1%.
- Storage — Western Digital Sold the Day Before a 10% Drop, SanDisk Doubled
AI Build-Out reinvested Corning (0.18 shares, now 100.29) on Tuesday, the cybersecurity fund CIBR (0.01, now 200.17) and Broadcom (0.09, now 50.28) on Wednesday, and Nvidia (0.11, now 100.24) on Thursday.
- Rates — the 30-year hits its highest since 2004; Oracle and Arm sold, Meta and Intel bought, Nasdaq ends flat
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
- Rates — the 10-year closes at 5.11% and the 5-year hits 5%; Tokyo reopens higher, chip-equipment makers lead
Chips sold as duration, software held: SOXX -1.23%, memory basket -2.70%, SanDisk $1,816.57 (-3.73%), Micron -2.22%, Broadcom -2.62%; against IGV +1.26%, ServiceNow +2.76%, Salesforce +1.84%, and the cyber fund CIBR a record close at…
- Nasdaq - a second record close as memory jumps 5-7% and banks, card networks and software are sold
Software was sold from its highs: Adobe -4.52% to $238.25, Intuit -3.87% to $292.35, Salesforce -1.33%, Microsoft -0.72% to $498.00 and back under $500; the cyber fund CIBR -0.50% a day after closing at its high
- Yields — the 10-year is back above 5% on a hot PMI and a hawkish Fed; chips fall, software is bought
Software bought: IGV 108.14 (+1.30%), Salesforce $238.21 (+2.11%), ServiceNow (+1.60%), Adobe $240.57 (+0.97%), Microsoft $498.69 (+0.14%, high $507.79); the cyber fund CIBR 103.90 (+1.29%) above Tuesday's 103.66 intraday high - a new…