---
ticker: "QTEC"
name: "First Trust NASDAQ-100-Technology Sector Index Fund"
url: "https://etf.net/etf/QTEC"
grade: "B"
score: 57
graded_at: "2026-10-12"
category: "Technology (Broad)"
category_rank: "11 of 25"
methodology: "https://etf.net/methodology"
---

# QTEC: First Trust NASDAQ-100-Technology Sector Index Fund

Grade **B**, Score 57 of 100. Rank 11 of 25 in Technology (Broad).

Graded Oct 12, 2026.

## Grade pillars

| Pillar | Score | Category rank |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Cost | 40 | 15 of 25 |
| Mission | 51 | 12 of 12 |
| Risk | 51 | 15 of 25 |
| Tradability | 84 | 4 of 25 |
| Holdings | 81 | 4 of 24 |
| Durability | 62 | 10 of 25 |

## Top holdings

The fund holds 48 positions. These are the largest 30, by weight.

| # | Ticker | Name | Weight |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | MRVL | Marvell Technology, Inc. | 2.67% |
| 2 | AMD | Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. | 2.66% |
| 3 | META | Meta Platforms, Inc. (Class A) | 2.58% |
| 4 | DDOG | Datadog, Inc. (Class A) | 2.54% |
| 5 | CRWD | CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc. (Class A) | 2.45% |
| 6 | INTC | Intel Corporation | 2.41% |
| 7 | MSTR | Strategy Incorporated (Class A) | 2.39% |
| 8 | SNPS | Synopsys, Inc. | 2.39% |
| 9 | SHOP | Shopify Inc. (Class A) | 2.38% |
| 10 | ALAB | Astera Labs, Inc. | 2.37% |
| 11 | TER | Teradyne, Inc. | 2.37% |
| 12 | FTNT | Fortinet, Inc. | 2.34% |
| 13 | PLTR | Palantir Technologies Inc. (Class A) | 2.31% |
| 14 | ADI | Analog Devices, Inc. | 2.31% |
| 15 | KLAC | KLA Corporation | 2.29% |
| 16 | AMAT | Applied Materials, Inc. | 2.27% |
| 17 | ARM | Arm Holdings Plc | 2.26% |
| 18 | PANW | Palo Alto Networks, Inc. | 2.25% |
| 19 | MPWR | Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. | 2.25% |
| 20 | TXN | Texas Instruments Incorporated | 2.24% |
| 21 | MU | Micron Technology, Inc. | 2.21% |
| 22 | NBIS | Nebius Group N.V. | 2.20% |
| 23 | AAPL | Apple Inc. | 2.19% |
| 24 | LRCX | Lam Research Corporation | 2.18% |
| 25 | MSFT | Microsoft Corporation | 2.17% |
| 26 | ASML | ASML Holding N.V. (New York Registry Shares) | 2.16% |
| 27 | CDNS | Cadence Design Systems, Inc. | 2.14% |
| 28 | NVDA | NVIDIA Corporation | 2.14% |
| 29 | QCOM | QUALCOMM Incorporated | 2.12% |
| 30 | MCHP | Microchip Technology Incorporated | 2.12% |

Source: etf.net, https://etf.net/etf/QTEC. Please cite the page URL.