# What is Market Breadth > How many stocks join a move: advance-decline, % above averages and divergences. Canonical: https://getmarketstrength.com/watch-what-is-market-breadth Last updated: 2026-11-07 English · 2:42 · Published 2026-10-28 How many stocks join a move: advance-decline, % above averages and divergences. ## What the video says The index is at a new high. So the market is strong, right? Not always. To know for sure, you need to check market breadth. Breadth asks a simple question. How many stocks are actually taking part in the move? An index like the Nifty is weighted by size. A handful of giant companies can push it up, even while most other stocks are falling. Picture a rally led by just five big stocks, while hundreds of others quietly slide. The index looks fine. Most portfolios do not. The simplest breadth measure is advances versus declines. How many stocks closed up today, and how many closed down. A more useful measure is the percent of stocks above their moving average. For example, how many stocks are above their two hundred day average. Above seventy percent means broad strength. Most stocks are in uptrends. Below thirty percent means broad weakness. Most stocks are in downtrends. And around eighty percent on the shorter averages, the market is stretched, often due for a rest. Around twenty percent, it is washed out. The most important signal is divergence. The index makes a new high, but breadth makes a lower high. Fewer and fewer stocks are carrying the rally. It is like a building with fewer pillars each day. It can stand for a while, but it is getting weaker underneath. The opposite works too. After a deep fall, the index may make a new low, while breadth holds higher. Selling is drying up, and a bottom may be near. Here is real breadth data from Market Strength. The share of stocks above their fifty day and two hundred day averages, over the last two years. See how breadth turned down before the index did, and how it turned up near the bottoms. On Market Strength, open Market Breadth from the More menu. You can switch between the ten, twenty, fifty and two hundred day lines. The numbers at the top show today's breadth, so you always know if the tide is with you. Market Strength is an education and research tool, not investment advice. [Read the guide: Market breadth indicator for NSE stocks](https://getmarketstrength.com/market-breadth-indicator) ## More videos - [What is Relative Strength](https://getmarketstrength.com/watch-what-is-relative-strength) (English, 2:53) - [Getting Started: Market Strength tour (Hindi)](https://getmarketstrength.com/watch-market-strength-getting-started) (Hindi, 1:48) - [What is VCP](https://getmarketstrength.com/watch-what-is-vcp) (English, 2:40) - [Workspace: Market Strength tour (Hindi)](https://getmarketstrength.com/watch-market-strength-workspace) (Hindi, 2:11) - [What is a Darvas Box](https://getmarketstrength.com/watch-what-is-a-darvas-box) (English, 2:31) - [What is Stage Analysis](https://getmarketstrength.com/watch-what-is-stage-analysis) (English, 2:41) - [Sector Rotation: Market Strength tour (Hindi)](https://getmarketstrength.com/watch-market-strength-sector-rotation) (Hindi, 2:05) - [What is Sector Rotation](https://getmarketstrength.com/watch-what-is-sector-rotation) (English, 2:30) - [Stock Screener: Market Strength tour (Hindi)](https://getmarketstrength.com/watch-market-strength-stock-screener) (Hindi, 2:37) - [What is the Trend Template](https://getmarketstrength.com/watch-what-is-the-trend-template) (English, 2:37) - [What is a Cup with Handle](https://getmarketstrength.com/watch-what-is-a-cup-with-handle) (English, 2:39) - [What are Moving Averages](https://getmarketstrength.com/watch-what-are-moving-averages) (English, 3:17) - [What is Position Sizing](https://getmarketstrength.com/watch-what-is-position-sizing) (English, 3:23) - [A 52-week-high breakout routine (Hindi video)](https://getmarketstrength.com/watch-52-week-high-breakout-routine) (Hindi, 14:23) - [Reading relative strength on a chart (Hindi video)](https://getmarketstrength.com/watch-relative-strength-indicator-tradingview) (Hindi, 10:26) - [Reading a rotation chart step by step (Hindi video)](https://getmarketstrength.com/watch-sector-rotation-rrg-chart) (Hindi, 14:34) - [Market Strength Scanner: Full Walkthrough (Hindi)](https://getmarketstrength.com/watch-market-strength-full-walkthrough) (Hindi, 17:42) [All video lessons](https://getmarketstrength.com/videos) --- Source: Market Strength Scanner (https://getmarketstrength.com). Educational content, not investment advice. Cite with the canonical URL above.