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First Trust NASDAQ-100-Technology Sector Index Fund (QTEC) — chart, structure and Closelooknet read

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The desk on QTEC

What this diary said about First Trust NASDAQ-100-Technology Sector Index Fund, what it holds and what would change its view — in its own words, dated. Investment diary, not advice.

What we said

Charts from the desk on QTEC

The charts this diary drew or picked on First Trust NASDAQ-100-Technology Sector Index Fund, as published — each dated and linked to the piece that explains it.

Signals for this name

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

Closelooknet ETF read

Our dispersion engine · constituent internals

confirming up · Broad advance - breadth is rising with price. — last 21 sessions: price +5.7%, advance/decline +0.56 per name

WindowFundMedian holdingBeat / lag the fundUp / downDispersion
Day +0.3% +0.4% 23 / 22 28 / 17 2.7pp
Week +5.6% +4.4% 19 / 26 33 / 12 6.1pp
Month +5.7% +4.9% 22 / 23 31 / 14 13.9pp
Year to date +43.6% +18.8% 19 / 26 32 / 13 122.7pp

Drove the month INTC +39.4% · AMD +31.1% · ARM +23.6% · CRWD +33.3% · QCOM +24.0%

Dragged the month DASH −18.4% · ADSK −17.8% · ADBE −13.9% · INTU −20.3% · ROP −13.2%

Computed by the Closelooknet dispersion engine from the full constituent roster (45 names, 100% of weight) · as of 2026-09-25 · full dispersion read → · methodology · descriptive, not advice.

Mentioned on Closelooknet 6 pieces · newest: Midday 10, “Chips up, software down: Nvidia leads a split rebound while the bond market catches its breath” (2026-09-02)

Mentioned on Closelooknet

Where QTEC appears in the diary — 6 pieces, newest first. Every link is our own writing.

Long reads

  • Software vs Semis — The Tape Split in TwoWeekly Signal · 5 Jul 2026The 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 BullWeekly Signal · 4 May 2026Scenario B · Reversal Rotation Out of Tech QTEC fails to hold breakout above the regression channel.

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 · +40.9% 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 → 2026-09-26
  • 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 0.53 to TLT · on the worst bond days it moved with the market

How it trades on rate days

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

  • Beta to long bonds, 1 year 0.53 — tends to move with bonds for every 1% move in TLT (20+ year Treasuries), First Trust NASDAQ-100-Technology Sector Index Fund moved 0.53% on average · correlation 0.17 · higher than 56% of US names
  • Beta, last 3 months 0.81 more rate-sensitive lately than over the year
  • On the 10 worst bond days −0.66% 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 −0.18% 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.

About First Trust NASDAQ-100-Technology Sector Index Fund

First Trust NASDAQ-100-Technology Sector Index Fund (QTEC) 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.

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

Quick answers

What is First Trust NASDAQ-100-Technology Sector Index Fund (QTEC)?

First Trust NASDAQ-100-Technology Sector Index Fund is an exchange-traded fund trading as QTEC 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 QTEC?

As a benchmark: the daily editions, the sector dispersion board and the index dashboards quote First Trust NASDAQ-100-Technology Sector Index Fund 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 QTEC trade against its moving averages?

Uptrend stack intact: Trades +6.1% vs the 50-day and +21.3% vs the 200-day average, 2.8% below the 52-week high and +60.8% 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 QTEC?

Broad advance - breadth is rising with price. (confirming up, last 21 sessions). Over 21 sessions the fund moved +5.7% while the median holding moved +4.9%; 22 of 45 holdings beat the fund and 31 rose. Against the S&P 500 fund it is +5.0pp over the same window. The top ten holdings carry 36.4% of the weight (effective N 38.0). 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-100-Technology Sector Index Fund trade when bond yields rise?

Over the past year First Trust NASDAQ-100-Technology Sector Index Fund had a beta of 0.53 to TLT, the long-dated Treasury fund — it tends to move with bonds, higher than 56% of US names. On the 10 sessions in which long bonds fell most it moved −0.66% 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-100-Technology Sector Index Fund?

First Trust NASDAQ-100-Technology Sector Index Fund appears in 6 Closelooknet pieces, most recently Midday 10: Chips up, software down: Nvidia leads a split rebound while the bond market catches its breath (2026-09-02); Midday 10: SOXX breaks its floor on FOMC day — the sell-off spares only the testers (2026-07-29); Daily Pulse: Semiconductors — Verdict Day: The Market Opens Below Every Line It Drew This Week (2026-07-17). What Closelooknet said most recently: 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%. (Midday 10, 2026-09-02). The "Mentioned on Closelooknet" block on this page lists the long reads, the reference entries and the dailies that name it.

What does this page show?

A live price chart with SMA overlays and drawing tools for QTEC, 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.