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Stories are appearing in the media pointing out the possibility of an AI bubble. Alternative ETFs have been suggested that are not so "tech heavy." One suggestion is the Invesco S&P 500® Quality ETF (Symbol: SPHQ).

According to their web site: "The Invesco S&P 500® Quality ETF (… more

This post detailed the Double Exponential Moving Average Study or DEMA. DEMA is helpful for technical analysis because it reduces the lag of traditional moving averages, such as the simple moving average and the exponential moving average. The image below from the post shows the differences.… more

The CQG Quote Board is a classic quote display providing the open, high, low, last, and net change from the prior close.

One feature unique to the CQG Quote Board is a symbol entered can include the time frame parameter (the symbol and the time frame is separated by a comma), such… more

The Double Exponential Moving Average study is a moving average calculation that reduces the lag associated with other moving averages. The Double Exponential Moving average is calculated as the difference between the doubled value of the Exponential Moving Average and the moving average of the… more

At the bottom of this post is a downloadable CQG Pac that installs a page for CQG IC and QTrader customers interested in following a section of the technology ETFs. The group of ETFs are displayed in the table below.  The majority are the ARK funds.

This is the description of the ARK funds… more

From the ARK website: "Companies within ARKQ are focused on and are expected to substantially benefit from the development of new products or services, technological improvements, and advancements in scientific research related to, among other things, energy, automation and manufacturing,… more

This post details steps using the Excel CQG RTD Toolkit Add-in to pull in open interest data for an options series based on the same expiration. These same steps can be used to pull in other options related data. The Excel CQG RTD Toolkit Add-in is installed with CQG IC or QTrader.

To… more

This post offers two Excel dashboards for tracking the holdings of the Vanguard Information Technology ETF. The fund tracks the performance of the CRSP US Large Cap Growth Index.

It uses a passively managed, full-replication strategy to invest in stocks from companies with above-average… more

This post offers a downloadable CQG PAC for IC and QTrader and Excel dashboard that includes two custom studies that track a market's performance by measuring the price difference between the price and the 52 weeks high and the price difference between the 52 weeks low for the year.

The… more

This post offers two Excel dashboards for tracking the holdings of the Vanguard Information Technology ETF. The fund tracks a market cap-weighted index of companies in the US information technology sector.

From TradingView.com: "The fund passively provides diverse exposure to information… more