First Trust NASDAQ-100 Ex-Technology Sector Index Fund (QQXT) — Technical state
As of 2026-09-24 — re-computed nightly across the coverage universe. Closelooknet diary readings, not advice.
Trades -4.2% vs the 50-day and -3.1% vs the 200-day average, 8.1% below the 52-week high and +1.6% off the 52-week low; a golden cross printed 30 sessions ago. Computed from daily closes.
The moving-average stack
- vs 20-day-3%
- vs 50-day-4.2%
- vs 200-day-3.1%
- 52-week band8.1% off the high · +1.6% off the low
- Streak2 consecutive down sessions
- CrossoverGolden cross 30 sessions ago
- 50-day crossprice crossed down through the 50-day 12 sessions ago
- Stochastic%K 0.6 · %D 15.5 · bear cross
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FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-09-24
Quick answers
What is the current Closelooknet signal on QQXT?
Mixed moving-average stack — Trades -4.2% vs the 50-day and -3.1% vs the 200-day average, 8.1% below the 52-week high and +1.6% off the 52-week low; a golden cross printed 30 sessions ago. Computed from daily closes. As of 2026-09-24; the signal board re-computes across the coverage universe nightly. A research diary reading, not advice.
Is QQXT above its 50-day and 200-day moving averages?
As of 2026-09-24, First Trust NASDAQ-100 Ex-Technology Sector Index Fund trades -4.2% below its 50-day and -3.1% below its 200-day average, with the 20-day -3% away.
How far is QQXT from its 52-week high?
8.1% below the 52-week high and 1.6% above the 52-week low, as of 2026-09-24.
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Long reads
- Software vs Semis — The Axis Turned
Growth without tech, as one line: QQXT / QQQ weekly since 2007, log scale.
- Software vs Semis — The Tape Split in Two
The Nasdaq cuts we track sharpen it: Cut Week Top 20 US (TOPT) +2.6% N100 ex-Tech (QQXT) +2.2% N100 equal weight (QQQE) +1.2% N100 Top 30 (QTOP) +1.0% N100 Tech (QTEC) −0.4% Read it bottom-up: inside the Nasdaq-100, everything that is not…
- Much More Than Semis — The Broadening Tech Bull
QQXT · Nasdaq 100 Ex-Tech Sleeve · No Breakout QQXT — the ex-technology sleeve of the same index — sits at the upper boundary of its regression channel but has not broken out.
101 and glossary
- Magnificent Seven
How Closelooknet uses it The Mag Pulse board tracks the seven against a hand-set trendline; the ex-tech Nasdaq fund QQXT is the control group — the index without the leaders — and was negative on the year in September 2026 while the…
Dailies
- Nasdaq - a record close in the worst month of a midterm year, right after the bulls gave up
QQXT, the Nasdaq 100 with technology stripped out, closed at $97.60 on Monday.
- Nasdaq — a record print at 27,272, chips extend, software sold from its highs; AMD joins the trillion club
- Chips and Crypto — Arm +14%, Intel +13% and bitcoin at 85,700, with bonds bid and gold sold
- Expiry Friday — the equipment names join at last: Applied +4.4%, Lam +5.2%, memory ETF over $58, 10-year back at 5%
- Yen — the Bank of Japan hikes and the dollar holds 157: the carry trade pays, the lines held, chips +3.4% over $505
- Rates — Fed day at a 5% 10-year: the hike is priced, the cycle is not; Yardeni cuts the S&P target to 7,900
- Chips up, software down: Nvidia leads a split rebound while the bond market catches its breath
The cleanest picture is the Nasdaq-100 itself: its tech-only fund QTEC is −0.8% while its ex-tech fund QQXT is +0.5%.
- Software and semis sell off together at midday — the green sits outside tech
The cut that proves where the pain lives: the Magnificent-Seven fund (MAGS) is off just -0.52% — still below its 69.5 shelf — and the ex-tech Nasdaq-100 (QQXT), off about half a percent, is losing less than the index itself (QQQ -0.92%)…