FEX Stock Summary and Trading Ideas (First Trust Large Cap Core Alphadex | NASDAQ:FEX)

The Fund will seek investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield (before the Fund s fees and expenses) of an equity index called the NASDAQ AlphaDEX Large Cap Core Index(the Index ). The Index is a modified equal dollar-weighted index developed and maintained by The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. that is designed to generate positive alpha relative to traditional passive-style indices through the use of the AlphaDEX selection methodology.

First Trust Large Cap Core Alphadex trades on the NASDAQ stock market under the symbol FEX.

As of May 13, 2024, FEX stock price was flat at $97.58 with 5,551 million shares trading.

FEX has a beta of 0.99, meaning it tends to be less sensitive to market movements. FEX has a correlation of 0.81 to the broad based SPY ETF.

FEX has a market cap of $1.21 billion. This is considered a Small Cap stock.

In the last 3 years, FEX stock traded as high as $99.44 and as low as $71.62.

FEX has underperformed the market in the last year with a price return of +25.5% while the SPY ETF gained +27.9%. However, in the short term, FEX had mixed performance relative to the market. It has outperformed in the last 3 months, returning +5.3% vs +4.3% return in SPY. But in the last 2 weeks, FEX shares have been beat by the market, returning +2.1% compared to an SPY return of +2.5%.

FEX support price is $96.74 and resistance is $98.43 (based on 1 day standard deviation move). This means that using the most recent 20 day stock volatility and applying a one standard deviation move around the stock's closing price, stastically there is a 67% probability that FEX stock will trade within this expected range on the day.