First Trust NASDAQ-100-Technology Sector Index Fund (QTEC) — Technical state
As of 2026-10-15 — re-computed nightly across the coverage universe. Closelooknet diary readings, not advice.
Trades -1.7% vs the 50-day and +12.5% vs the 200-day average, 8.3% below the 52-week high and +52.8% off the 52-week low. Computed from daily closes.
The moving-average stack
- vs 20-day-4.4%
- vs 50-day-1.7%
- vs 200-day+12.5%
- 52-week band8.3% off the high · +52.8% off the low
- Streak1 consecutive up session
- 50-day crossprice crossed down through the 50-day 1 sessions ago
- Stochastic%K 25.5 · %D 14.7 · bull cross
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FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-10-15
Quick answers
What is the current Closelooknet signal on QTEC?
Pullback inside an uptrend stack — Trades -1.7% vs the 50-day and +12.5% vs the 200-day average, 8.3% below the 52-week high and +52.8% off the 52-week low. Computed from daily closes. As of 2026-10-15; the signal board re-computes across the coverage universe nightly. A research diary reading, not advice.
Is QTEC above its 50-day and 200-day moving averages?
As of 2026-10-15, First Trust NASDAQ-100-Technology Sector Index Fund trades -1.7% below its 50-day and +12.5% above its 200-day average, with the 20-day -4.4% away.
How far is QTEC from its 52-week high?
8.3% below the 52-week high and 52.8% above the 52-week low, as of 2026-10-15.
Mentioned on Closelooknet
Where QTEC appears in the diary — 8 pieces, newest first. Every link is our own writing.
Go deeper
Long reads
- Financials — The Early Warning Has Turned, for Now
- Non-Tech Growth — Two Years of Dead Capital, and Now It Trades Like a Bond
- 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
Scenario B · Reversal Rotation Out of Tech QTEC fails to hold breakout above the regression channel.
Dailies
- 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%.
- SOXX breaks its floor on FOMC day — the sell-off spares only the testers
The Nasdaq-100 WITHOUT its technology (QQXT) is the week's best fund on the board at +3.4% — while the Nasdaq's top 30 (QTOP, −7.8%) and its tech sleeve (QTEC, −6.6%) are the two worst, QQQ itself −5.8% and the Mag-7 basket −5.3%.
- Semiconductors — Verdict Day: The Market Opens Below Every Line It Drew This Week
The Nasdaq-100 in four cuts, Thursday's close: the index (QQQ), the mega-caps (QTOP) and equal-weight tech (QTEC) all sit just above their support lines — while the ex-tech hundred (QQXT, bottom right) is green near its highs, nowhere…
- The Great Rotation Out of Tech — Season 9, Episode 47
QTEC · Daily · 360-bar linear regression channel.