Constituent dispersion · breadth vs the index

QTEC — First Trust Nasdaq-100 Technology

45/45 covered · 100% by weight · benchmark: QTEC price · closes through 2026-08-14 ·holdings as of 2026-06-16

Concentration 21.37% in top 5 38.02 effective names · HHI 263
RS vs S&P 500 21d +4.04pp sector return − SPY
RS vs Nasdaq-100 21d +3.89pp sector return − QQQ
Broad advance - breadth is rising with price. Last 21 sessions — price +7.45% · A/D +27 (+0.6/name)
QTEC price
Cumulative advance / decline of constituents — rises when more names are up than down; turns before price at inflections

Divergence over time — price vs breadth, by horizon

The hero read is the 1-month picture; here the same price↔breadth divergence across 1 week / 1 month / 1 quarter, computed over the 126-session history. A/D /name is net advancers-minus-decliners per covered constituent; % beating Δ and median−ETF Δ show how participation shifted. Price rising while those fall = the move is narrowing under the surface.

HorizonPriceA/D /name% beating ΔMedian−ETF ΔRead
1 week +3.18% +0.24 -11pp -2.80pp Confirming ↑
1 month +7.45% +0.6 -22pp -6.81pp Confirming ↑
1 quarter +11.00% +0.6 +0pp +2.27pp Confirming ↑

Over the last 126 sessions: price up +43.97%, breadth up (+6.02/name) · % beating 47→40 · median−ETF -0.40pp→-2.50pp.

Stocks above their moving average — participation breadth

Of the 45 covered constituents, the share trading above each simple moving average — the classic breadth gauge. A firm index price with a low %-above-MA is a narrow, top-heavy tape. As of 2026-08-14.

5-day 60% 27/45 above
20-day 73.33% 33/45 above
50-day 53.33% 24/45 above
100-day 71.11% 32/45 above
150-day 75.56% 34/45 above
200-day 71.11% 32/45 above
% of constituents above their 50-day average — breadth over the last year; 50% is the participation midpoint

New highs & new lows — by horizon

How many of the 45 covered constituents closed today at a new high (or low) over each window, and the net. A shrinking net as the index holds up = fewer names leading.

HorizonNew highsNew lowsNet
5-Day 10 (22%) 5 (11%) +5
1-Month 4 (9%) 0 (0%) +4
3-Month 1 (2%) 0 (0%) +1
6-Month 1 (2%) 0 (0%) +1
52-Week 0 (0%) 0 (0%) +0
YTD 0 (0%) 0 (0%) +0

Dispersion by window

WindowETFMedianMedian − ETF Up / DownBeat / Lag±1% bandDispersion
1d -0.13% -0.12% +0.02pp 20 / 25 24 / 21 15 of 45 ±2.92%
5d +3.18% +0.54% -2.64pp 26 / 19 12 / 33 1 of 45 ±7.88%
21d +7.45% +4.95% -2.50pp 29 / 16 18 / 27 3 of 45 ±13.37%
YTD +41.90% +11.61% -30.28pp 27 / 17 18 / 26 0 of 44 ±113.1%

Median − ETF below zero means the typical name is lagging the cap-weighted index — the move is top-heavy. "Beat" counts constituents outperforming the ETF over the window. Dispersion is the cross-sectional standard deviation of constituent returns — high = a stock-picker's tape, low = pure beta.

What drove the move — contribution = weight × return

Today (1d)

  • AMD+6.50%+0.26pp
  • SNDK+7.39%+0.19pp
  • STX+5.65%+0.19pp
  • WDC+4.41%+0.13pp
  • MU+2.30%+0.08pp
  • AVGO-5.94%-0.12pp
  • AMAT-5.12%-0.11pp
  • CRWD-3.80%-0.1pp
  • FTNT-3.28%-0.09pp
  • PANW-2.96%-0.08pp

This month (21d)

  • STX+30.58%+1.05pp
  • MRVL+17.91%+0.98pp
  • WDAY+36.62%+0.6pp
  • MU+13.88%+0.5pp
  • SNDK+16.30%+0.43pp
  • APP-27.40%-0.53pp
  • NXPI-13.28%-0.34pp
  • CDNS-10.92%-0.24pp
  • AMAT-9.58%-0.2pp
  • META-11.24%-0.18pp

Each name's contribution = its index weight × its return — the percentage points it added to (green) or subtracted from (red) the ETF's move. Computed across covered names.

Leaders & laggards (21-day)

  • WDAY+36.62%
  • CTSH+31.93%
  • STX+30.58%
  • PLTR+29.46%
  • ZS+25.38%
  • APP-27.40%
  • NXPI-13.28%
  • META-11.24%
  • CDNS-10.92%
  • AMAT-9.58%

QTEC — constituent leadership race

$100 in each covered QTEC constituent at 2025-12-30, rebased to 100. Watch leadership change hands.

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Each covered constituent started at $100 at the window open; the bars race by total return (top 12 shown). Decision-support, not investment advice.

Constituents — 45 covered · click a column to sort

Symbol Weight Last 1d 5d 21d YTD RS rank
MRVL Marvell Technology Inc 5.46% 222.02 -0.07% +1.51% +17.91% +161.58% 82
ARM Arm Holdings Plc ADR 4.51% 279.44 +0.28% -1.11% +6.65% +155.64% 56
AMD Adv Micro Devices 3.94% 514.39 +6.50% +6.42% +2.68% +140.19% 40
INTC Intel Corp 3.87% 102.50 -1.97% +0.84% +5.69% +177.78% 51
MU Micron Technology 3.57% 971.66 +2.30% +10.72% +13.88% +240.59% 71
STX Seagate Technology Holdings 3.42% 973.44 +5.65% +19.77% +30.58% +254.09% 93
WDC Western Digital Corp 2.98% 508.80 +4.41% +17.15% +9.00% +195.49% 64
DDOG Datadog Inc Cl A 2.95% 255.46 +1.28% +9.20% -2.62% +87.85% 24
QCOM Qualcomm Inc 2.83% 165.79 +0.61% -1.23% -2.83% -2.45% 22
FTNT Fortinet Inc 2.79% 160.01 -3.28% +0.23% -0.48% +101.50% 33
CRWD Crowdstrike Holdings 2.67% 216.95 -3.80% +1.18% +6.47% +85.13% 53
SNDK Sandisk Corp 2.63% 1641.11 +7.39% +35.38% +16.30% +591.34% 76
PANW Palo Alto Networks 2.60% 384.27 -2.96% +5.61% +8.55% +108.62% 60
NXPI Nxp Semiconductors 2.55% 234.71 +1.21% -2.09% -13.28% +8.69% 2
TXN Texas Instruments 2.47% 279.58 +2.25% -2.27% -4.00% +62.20% 16
MPWR Monolithic Power Sys 2.35% 1402.01 +2.90% +0.03% +7.38% +55.00% 58
MCHP Microchip Technology 2.32% 79.17 +1.91% -6.52% -3.07% +24.98% 18
LRCX Lam Research Corp 2.23% 332.36 -1.38% +6.75% +3.55% +94.53% 44
CDNS Cadence Design Sys 2.20% 324.82 +0.32% -4.25% -10.92% +3.92% 7
KLAC K L A-Tencor Corp 2.16% 203.72 -2.70% +2.83% -7.13% 13
AMAT Applied Materials 2.13% 507.18 -5.12% -5.93% -9.58% +97.60% 9
ADI Analog Devices 2.10% 389.39 +2.16% -0.14% +2.33% +44.03% 38
AVGO Broadcom Ltd 2.05% 392.99 -5.94% -8.13% +4.95% +13.79% 49
ASML ASML Holdings NY Reg ADR 2.02% 1844.08 -0.21% +5.92% +3.32% +72.97% 42
NVDA Nvidia Corp 1.92% 225.16 -0.06% +0.54% +8.56% +20.88% 62
APP Applovin Corp Cl A 1.92% 315.44 +0.89% -9.04% -27.40% -53.19% 0
AAPL Apple Inc 1.90% 305.93 +0.22% -2.28% -8.20% +12.64% 11
SNPS Synopsys Inc 1.78% 421.50 +2.37% +1.32% +1.07% -10.27% 36
MSFT Microsoft Corp 1.70% 495.40 -0.30% -0.92% +23.51% +2.67% 87
WDAY Workday Inc 1.65% 198.68 -3.76% +10.60% +36.62% -7.50% 98
META META Platforms Inc 1.60% 589.85 -0.86% -0.38% -11.24% -10.56% 4
ADBE Adobe Systems Inc 1.58% 264.02 -2.39% -0.45% +12.20% -24.56% 69
DASH Doordash Inc Cl A 1.55% 217.02 +0.35% +0.35% +16.45% -4.18% 78
SHOP Shopify Inc 1.51% 154.32 -2.66% +1.81% +23.40% -4.13% 84
MSTR Strategy Inc 1.45% 93.04 -4.18% -6.97% -1.05% -38.77% 31
ADSK Autodesk Inc 1.43% 251.66 -2.44% +1.04% +15.94% -14.98% 73
PLTR Palantir Technologies Cl A 1.43% 174.04 -2.78% +1.18% +29.46% -2.09% 91
ROP Roper Industries 1.42% 399.34 +0.46% -0.72% +9.65% -9.88% 67
TRI Thomson Reuters Corp 1.37% 103.61 -2.32% +1.75% +4.85% -19.69% 47
PDD Pdd Holdings Inc 1.35% 84.79 +0.74% -7.60% -2.18% -25.22% 29
ZS Zscaler Inc 1.35% 183.60 -2.43% +8.85% +25.38% -18.37% 89
CTSH Cognizant Tech Sol 1.31% 58.79 -0.84% +1.94% +31.93% -28.81% 96
INTU Intuit Inc 1.01% 345.66 -3.53% +6.28% +17.26% -47.56% 80
GOOGL Alphabet Cl A 0.94% 345.90 -0.13% -2.37% -2.41% +10.59% 27
GOOG Alphabet Cl C 0.94% 343.54 -0.12% -2.81% -2.90% +9.55% 20

RS rank = the constituent's 21-day return percentile within the index (100 = strongest of the covered names). Weight is the index weight; returns use adjusted closes. Default sort: weight.

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Dispersion is computed across the constituents we cover in our data lake (see coverage badge). Decision-support, not investment advice.