First Trust Nasdaq-100 Equal Weighted Index Fund
QQEW NASDAQ
QQEW provides equal-weighted exposure to the NASDAQ 100, a tech-focused index that comprises 100 of the largest domestic and international non-financial companies listed on the NASDAQ Stock Market based on market capitalization
Hover to inspectDrag to measure a move← → to step through days
- Fund size
- 843M as of Feb 2020
- Expense ratio
- 0.60% per year
- Dividend yield
- 0.13% Quarterly
- Volatility · 1Y
- 19.0% Average Risk
- Beta
- 1.04 vs the market
- 52-week range
- 123.05167.03
How QQEW has paid off
Price return over every period, and total return with dividends reinvested, set against its benchmark.
Return by period
Price · to Oct 12Total return vs benchmark
Total Market US Cap Weighted 1200 IndexOver 1 year, QQEW returned +15.5% with dividends reinvested — −38.2 pts behind its benchmark.
How bumpy is the ride?
Return only means something next to the risk taken to earn it. Volatility, drawdowns and market sensitivity over 1 year.
Volatility
Annualized · 1YA typical year sees the price swing about ±19% around its trend.
Drawdown from peak
How far below its previous high the price has been Deepest fall −15.7% on Mar 30, 2026 — 154 days after the previous high
More than 5% below a high 36% of the time.
Risk vs reward
1YOver 1 year, QQEW delivered less return with more risk than its benchmark.
Market sensitivity
BetaA beta of 1.04 means QQEW has moved roughly in line with the market.
Trend & momentum
Where the price sits against its moving averages, and how stretched the recent move is.
Price vs moving averages
Uptrend- 12-day average163.23 −0.7%
- 26-day average162.44 −0.2%
- 50-day average161.04 +0.6%
- 200-day average150.82 +7.5%
The price is above 2 of 4 averages. The 50-day average is above the 200-day, a sign of a rising longer-term trend.
Relative strength (RSI)
NeutralRSI compares recent gains with recent losses on a 0–100 scale. Above 70 a move is often considered stretched, below 30 washed out.
Technical indicators describe past prices. They are not a forecast.
Inside the fund
US Equity · LargeCap EqWeights — tracking the NASDAQ-100 Equal Weighted Index.
- Assets under management843MUSD
- Expense ratio0.60%per year
- Holdings103
- Risk score5.0Medium
Launched May 2006. Fund data as of Feb 27, 2020.
What it pays you
Cash distributions over the last twelve months, and how they have grown.
About 1 USD a year for every 1,000 USD invested at today's price.
- Per share
- 0.21
- Frequency
- Quarterly
- Last paid
- Mar 26, 2026
Last 12 months
0.21 USD / shareWhere QQEW shows up
Curated themes and indices that hold QQEW. Open one to see it in context, or test the whole theme in a portfolio.
About First Trust Nasdaq-100 Equal Weighted Index Fund
QQEW provides equal-weighted exposure to the NASDAQ 100, a tech-focused index that comprises 100 of the largest domestic and international non-financial companies listed on the NASDAQ Stock Market based on market capitalization
- Featured in 3 curated themes
- 103 holdings
- Ticker
- QQEW
- Exchange
- NASDAQ
- ISIN
- US3373441050
- CUSIP
- 337344105
- Currency
- U.S. Dollar (USD)
- Country
- USA
- Sector
- US Equity
- Industry
- LargeCap EqWeights
- Benchmark
- Total Market US Cap Weighted 1200 Index
All key statistics
Details
Shareas of Oct 12, 2026
Dataas of Feb 27, 2020
Put QQEW to the test
See how it would change the return and the risk of a portfolio, with virtual money, before a single real dollar moves.
Data for information only, not investment advice. Past performance does not guarantee future results.