# Market Breadth

Overview

- Find **potential** highs or lows in the general market
- Divergence is a key way to spot market turns early and act as an **early warning sign**

<p class="callout success">Another simple way to check market breadth is checking sectors or large - mid - small caps (like btc against others)</p>

### AD line

- A line that is calculated by taking the difference between the number of advancing
- Can be used as a point of divergence, AD line may not have made a new high but price may have, signalling potential weakness
- Can be used like regular bearish / bullish divergence

[![image.png](https://pdb.conorbriggs.com.au/uploads/images/gallery/2026-02/scaled-1680-/lvg5miB3jY8dB6ao-image.png)](https://pdb.conorbriggs.com.au/uploads/images/gallery/2026-02/lvg5miB3jY8dB6ao-image.png)

### Above / Below EMA Oscilator (ABO)

The ABO indicator is great to see if there is another point of divergence

[![image.png](https://pdb.conorbriggs.com.au/uploads/images/gallery/2026-02/scaled-1680-/wDeTYkBofHlGmb8x-image.png)](https://pdb.conorbriggs.com.au/uploads/images/gallery/2026-02/wDeTYkBofHlGmb8x-image.png)