First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund - First Trust NASDAQ-100-Technology Sector Index Fund
NASDAQQTEC, First Trust's Nasdaq-100 Technology ETF, posted one of its strongest weekly performances of the year, jumping nearly 10% to close at $319.86 — and the positioning data lines up cleanly behind the move. Options sentiment is the clearest confirming signal. The put/call ratio has dropped to just 0.29, well below its 20-day average of 0.37. That reading is roughly 0.7 standard…
QTEC short interest surges 64.5% in one week to 7.05% of float, driven by tech sector volatility.
Snapshot as of 6 Aug 2026
QTEC, First Trust's Nasdaq-100 Technology ETF, posted one of its strongest weekly performances of the year, jumping nearly 10% to close at $319.86 — and the positioning data lines up cleanly behind the move. Options…
QTEC heads into late July with its most striking signal coming not from the lending market, but from options — where traders have sharply pivoted away from defensive positioning even as the fund pulls back on the…
QTEC enters the first week of May in a striking position: short sellers have been aggressively adding exposure into one of the sharpest one-month rallies the First Trust NASDAQ-100 Technology Sector Index Fund has seen…
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