Constituent dispersion · breadth vs the index

QQEW — First Trust Nasdaq-100 Equal Weight

49/49 covered · 100% by weight · benchmark: QQEW price · closes through 2026-07-28 ·holdings as of 2026-06-16

Concentration 19.2% in top 5 43.1 effective names · HHI 232
RS vs S&P 500 21d -2.48pp sector return − SPY
RS vs Nasdaq-100 21d +3.54pp sector return − QQQ
Improving below the surface - the A/D line is rising while price is flat-to-down; more names participating than the headline shows. Last 21 sessions — price -0.85% · A/D +34 (+0.69/name)
QQEW 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 -1.51% +0.27 +6pp +0.42pp Improving
1 month -0.85% +0.69 +26pp +8.29pp Improving
1 quarter +10.92% +0.94 +29pp +8.74pp Confirming ↑

Over the last 126 sessions: price up +6.10%, breadth up (+1.8/name) · % beating 48→69 · median−ETF -0.06pp→+5.72pp.

Stocks above their moving average — participation breadth

Of the 49 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 2026-07-28.

5-day 69.39% 34/49 above
20-day 48.98% 24/49 above
50-day 59.18% 29/49 above
100-day 62.5% 30/48 above
150-day 58.33% 28/48 above
200-day 63.83% 30/47 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 49 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 30 (61%) 11 (22%) +19
1-Month 14 (29%) 6 (12%) +8
3-Month 10 (20%) 1 (2%) +9
6-Month 7 (15%) 1 (2%) +6
52-Week 4 (9%) 1 (2%) +3
YTD 7 (14%) 1 (2%) +6

Dispersion by window

WindowETFMedianMedian − ETF Up / DownBeat / Lag±1% bandDispersion
1d +0.43% +2.02% +1.58pp 35 / 14 34 / 15 11 of 49 ±4.01%
5d -1.51% +1.74% +3.25pp 28 / 21 32 / 17 5 of 49 ±7.77%
21d -0.85% +4.87% +5.72pp 32 / 17 34 / 15 5 of 49 ±13.55%
YTD +7.75% +5.76% -1.99pp 26 / 21 20 / 27 2 of 47 ±50.63%

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)

  • WDAY+8.24%+0.15pp
  • BKNG+6.70%+0.11pp
  • DASH+6.05%+0.1pp
  • ADBE+4.81%+0.08pp
  • ADSK+5.08%+0.08pp
  • ARM-8.11%-0.41pp
  • MU-8.85%-0.35pp
  • STX-8.53%-0.32pp
  • LRCX-7.54%-0.19pp
  • KLAC-6.18%-0.15pp

This month (21d)

  • WDAY+28.56%+0.53pp
  • AAPL+19.84%+0.42pp
  • ADBE+22.91%+0.4pp
  • PAYX+18.99%+0.34pp
  • ADP+18.17%+0.34pp
  • ARM-26.78%-1.34pp
  • MU-27.52%-1.1pp
  • LRCX-28.88%-0.72pp
  • STX-16.96%-0.64pp
  • KLAC-23.26%-0.56pp

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+28.56%
  • ADBE+22.91%
  • ADSK+20.95%
  • AAPL+19.84%
  • PAYX+18.99%
  • LRCX-28.88%
  • MU-27.52%
  • ARM-26.78%
  • KLAC-23.26%
  • STX-16.96%

QQEW — constituent leadership race

$100 in each covered QQEW 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 — 49 covered · click a column to sort

Symbol Weight Last 1d 5d 21d YTD RS rank
ARM Arm Holdings Plc ADR 5.02% 244.74 -8.11% -15.53% -26.78% +123.90% 4
MU Micron Technology 3.98% 820.53 -8.85% -15.48% -27.52% +187.61% 2
STX Seagate Technology Holdings 3.80% 747.30 -8.53% -16.21% -16.96% +171.83% 8
DDOG Datadog Inc Cl A 3.29% 250.88 -0.39% -1.53% +4.63% +84.48% 47
FTNT Fortinet Inc 3.10% 149.98 -1.58% -5.14% -0.91% +88.87% 29
CRWD Crowdstrike Holdings 2.97% 181.80 +0.94% -4.89% +3.72% +55.13% 43
PANW Palo Alto Networks 2.89% 319.00 +0.53% -6.77% +4.87% +73.18% 49
MPWR Monolithic Power Sys 2.61% 1282.01 -4.26% -7.32% -2.24% +41.73% 20
LRCX Lam Research Corp 2.49% 269.61 -7.54% -16.27% -28.88% +57.80% 0
CDNS Cadence Design Sys 2.45% 344.72 +1.80% +0.02% -8.63% +10.28% 18
KLAC K L A-Tencor Corp 2.40% 190.80 -6.18% -12.30% -23.26% 6
AVGO Broadcom Ltd 2.28% 380.91 -0.60% -1.45% +4.35% +10.29% 45
ASML ASML Holdings NY Reg ADR 2.25% 1582.95 -4.24% -12.02% -11.79% +48.48% 14
NVDA Nvidia Corp 2.14% 197.01 +0.25% -4.96% +2.33% +5.76% 39
APP Applovin Corp Cl A 2.13% 418.22 +1.33% -2.44% -12.34% -37.93% 12
AAPL Apple Inc 2.12% 340.08 +0.94% +3.77% +19.84% +25.21% 92
MNST Monster Beverage Corp 2.03% 97.74 +2.53% +3.47% +1.41% +27.48% 35
SNPS Synopsys Inc 1.99% 383.82 -1.33% -1.35% -15.52% -18.29% 10
MSFT Microsoft Corp 1.89% 393.35 +1.09% -1.11% +5.46% -18.48% 55
ADP Automatic Data Processing 1.87% 264.17 +3.60% +7.29% +18.17% +3.55% 88
ROST Ross Stores Inc 1.86% 251.03 +3.16% +6.45% +17.71% +39.65% 84
WDAY Workday Inc 1.84% 159.69 +8.24% +13.12% +28.56% -25.65% 98
DXCM Dexcom Inc 1.83% 74.85 +2.02% +0.13% +6.72% +12.78% 57
PAYX Paychex Inc 1.81% 118.87 +4.01% +7.28% +18.99% +7.07% 90
META META Platforms Inc 1.78% 593.41 -0.08% -7.83% +7.84% -10.02% 61
ADBE Adobe Systems Inc 1.76% 249.18 +4.81% +9.69% +22.91% -28.80% 96
ABNB Airbnb Inc Cl A 1.76% 153.11 +4.26% +6.25% +5.19% +12.81% 53
AXON Axon Enterprise 1.75% 547.65 +4.22% +7.14% +17.82% -3.57% 86
DASH Doordash Inc Cl A 1.72% 195.52 +6.05% +3.98% +6.79% -13.67% 59
EA Electronic Arts Inc 1.71% 208.87 -0.10% -0.08% +1.76% +2.32% 37
MELI Mercadolibre Inc 1.69% 1862.52 +2.35% +2.19% +11.19% -7.53% 71
AMGN Amgen Inc 1.68% 393.10 +4.48% +7.33% +9.70% +20.93% 65
IDXX Idexx Laboratories 1.65% 569.54 +2.40% +3.09% +3.27% -15.81% 41
ALNY Alnylam Pharmaceuticals 1.64% 288.41 +3.60% +6.28% -1.02% -27.47% 27
VRTX Vertex Pharmaceutic 1.64% 490.39 +2.38% +1.74% -0.19% +8.17% 33
BKNG Booking Holdings 1.63% 199.31 +6.70% +11.10% +9.84% 67
PLTR Palantir Technologies Cl A 1.59% 123.53 -6.08% -6.88% +9.39% -30.50% 63
GILD Gilead Sciences Inc 1.59% 134.32 +2.91% +3.10% +5.04% +10.06% 51
ADSK Autodesk Inc 1.59% 237.38 +5.08% +12.42% +20.95% -19.81% 94
ROP Roper Industries 1.58% 390.92 +4.24% +11.47% +15.55% -11.78% 78
PDD Pdd Holdings Inc 1.51% 85.71 +1.01% +1.04% +11.97% -24.41% 73
VRSK Verisk Analytics Inc 1.51% 212.26 +2.71% +8.71% +16.51% -4.87% 80
ZS Zscaler Inc 1.51% 151.63 +2.94% +1.96% +14.65% -32.58% 76
NFLX Netflix Inc 1.50% 72.39 +2.83% +5.42% -1.92% -22.79% 22
ISRG Intuitive Surg Inc 1.48% 361.80 +1.39% +3.35% -10.60% -36.12% 16
REGN Regeneron Pharmaceuticals 1.45% 695.18 +4.20% +2.96% +9.84% -9.83% 69
INTU Intuit Inc 1.12% 312.99 +2.99% +7.96% +16.91% -52.52% 82
GOOGL Alphabet Cl A 1.04% 333.71 +2.19% -3.87% -1.09% +6.69% 24
GOOG Alphabet Cl C 1.04% 332.60 +1.85% -3.93% -0.62% +6.07% 31

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.