Market Breadth: advancing and declining F&O stocks by session
Is a rally broad or narrow? Breadth counts how many F&O stocks rose and fell in each session, so you can see when an index move is carried by a handful of names.
- What it is
- A stacked bar per session showing the share of F&O stocks that rose, fell or stayed flat.
- Data it uses
- Every F&O stock's near-month future: last price against NSE's previous settlement price. About 210 stocks; index futures excluded.
- Covers
- NSE F&O stocks
- Updates
- Today refreshes every minute; one stored session is added each evening (13, 20 or 40 shown)
What the chart shows
- One 100% bar per session: advancing in green, unchanged in grey, declining in red, with a dashed 50% line.
- Under More detail: today's bar, the advance-decline ratio by session, and a table with up and down counts, the average move and long and short buildup counts.
- Cards: today's A/D ratio, the number of sessions shown, and the broadest rise and fall.
How it is worked out
Each F&O stock (about 210) is counted by its near-month future's last price against NSE's previous settlement price. Index futures are left out. The A/D ratio is advancing divided by declining.
How to read it
Green past the 50% line means more than half the names rose. An index that keeps rising while decliners lead is a narrowing rally.
Controls
- Sessions: 13, 20 or 40
Keep in mind
Breadth counts stocks, not their weight in any index, and it covers F&O stocks only, not the whole market. A new row is added each evening once the session is stored.
Market Breadth questions
What is the advance-decline ratio?
The number of stocks that rose divided by the number that fell. Above 1 means more rose.
Which stocks are counted?
NSE's F&O stocks, roughly 210, each by its near-month future.
Is it weighted by market cap?
No. Every stock counts once.
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