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Market Breadth

QUICK DEFINITION

Market Breadth in Elliott Wave Theory: The number of stocks advancing versus declining in a market. Strong breadth during Wave 3 confirms the impulse, while weak breadth during Wave 5 signals exhaustion and an approaching correction.

What Market Breadth Means

The number of stocks advancing versus declining in a market. Strong breadth during Wave 3 confirms the impulse, while weak breadth during Wave 5 signals exhaustion and an approaching correction.

Where You'll See It

Market Breadth appears regularly in Artavest's weekly wave-count analysis across 108 US stocks and ETFs. It's part of the market family of Elliott Wave concepts and shows up most often when analysts are describing the market's broader structure, breadth, or regime in wave-stage terms.

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