First Trust NASDAQ-100 Technology Sector Index Fund
QTEC NASDAQ
First Trust NASDAQ-100 Technology Sector Index Fund
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- Fund size
- 2.69B as of Feb 2020
- Expense ratio
- 0.58% per year
- Dividend yield
- 0.01% Quarterly
- Volatility · 1Y
- 28.9% Above Average
- Beta
- 1.45 vs the market
- 52-week range
- 207.01340.28
How QTEC 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, QTEC returned +40.7% with dividends reinvested — −13.0 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 ±29% around its trend.
Drawdown from peak
How far below its previous high the price has been Deepest fall −16.0% on Mar 30, 2026 — 61 days after the previous high
More than 5% below a high 46% of the time.
Risk vs reward
1YOver 1 year, QTEC delivered less return with more risk than its benchmark.
Market sensitivity
BetaA beta of 1.45 means QTEC has moved more than 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 average330.37 −1.3%
- 26-day average325.64 +0.2%
- 50-day average320.11 +1.9%
- 200-day average286.02 +14.0%
The price is above 3 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
Technology · Equal Weighted — tracking the NASDAQ-100 Technology Sector Index.
- Assets under management2.69BUSD
- Expense ratio0.58%per year
- Holdings41
- Risk score5.5Medium
Launched May 2006. Listed options available. Fund data as of Feb 27, 2020.
What it pays you
Cash distributions over the last twelve months, and how they have grown.
About 0 USD a year for every 1,000 USD invested at today's price.
- Per share
- 0.03
- Frequency
- Quarterly
- Last paid
- Jun 25, 2026
Last 12 months
0.03 USD / shareWhere QTEC shows up
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About First Trust NASDAQ-100 Technology Sector Index Fund
First Trust NASDAQ-100 Technology Sector Index Fund
- Featured in 1 curated theme
- 41 holdings
- Ticker
- QTEC
- Exchange
- NASDAQ
- Currency
- U.S. Dollar (USD)
- Country
- USA
- Sector
- Technology
- Industry
- Equal Weighted
- Benchmark
- Total Market US Cap Weighted 1200 Index
All key statistics
Details
Shareas of Oct 12, 2026
Dataas of Feb 27, 2020
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Data for information only, not investment advice. Past performance does not guarantee future results.