How to Use the India Market Health Dashboard

A complete walkthrough of all 7 views — from reading EMA-based sectoral health gauges to interpreting FII/DII institutional flows. Use this dashboard to assess whether the market environment favours buying, waiting, or caution.

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Contents

  1. Dashboard Overview
  2. Sectoral Health
  3. Breadth Analysis
  4. Sectoral Breadth Analysis
  5. Sector Performance
  6. Industry Breadth Analysis
  7. Industry Performance
  8. FII / DII Activity
  9. Putting It All Together

Dashboard Overview

The India Market Health Dashboard gives you a top-down view of the Indian stock market — from broad index trends all the way down to individual industry performance. It is built around one core question: is the market environment healthy enough to justify buying?

The dashboard is organised into 7 views accessible via the tab bar at the top of the page. Each view adds a layer of detail:

Index Trends Market Breadth Sector Depth Industry Depth Institutional Flow
Best practice: Work through the views in order — Sectoral Health first, then Breadth, then Sector/Industry drill-downs, and finally FII/DII. This gives you a top-down picture before you go hunting for individual stocks.
1

Sectoral Health

Are the major indices in uptrends? How strong are those trends?

This is the default view and your starting point. It shows gauge-style cards for major NSE indices — Nifty 50, Nifty 500, Nifty Midcap 100, Nifty Smallcap 100, Nifty Bank, Nifty IT, Nifty Auto, Nifty Pharma, and more.

What the gauge score means: Each index gets a score from 0 to 4 based on how many of its four key EMAs the current price is trading above.

Score Colour Meaning
4 / 4Dark GreenPrice above all EMAs (10, 20, 50, 200-day) — strong uptrend
3 / 4Light GreenMostly bullish, minor weakness in one EMA
2 / 4YellowNeutral — mixed signals, consolidation phase
1 / 4OrangeMostly bearish, only one EMA support intact
0 / 4RedPrice below all EMAs — downtrend

EMA indicator dots: Below each gauge you will see four coloured dots for the 200-day, 50-day, 20-day and 10-day EMAs. A green dot means price is above that EMA; a red dot means it is below. The percentage next to each dot shows exactly how far price is from that EMA (e.g. "+2.1%" means the index is 2.1% above its 200-day EMA).

Trend Elevator: On the right side of each card a vertical bar shows the stacking order of price and the four EMAs. When price sits on top of all four EMAs in descending order (Price → EMA10 → EMA20 → EMA50 → EMA200), a green "✓ BULLISH TREND" badge is shown. Any break in this stack shows "✕ BROKEN TREND".

How to use it: Focus on the Nifty 50 and Nifty 500 cards first. If both are green (score 3–4), the broad market is in good shape and you can be more aggressive in your stock picking. If they are yellow or red, apply extra caution regardless of how good an individual stock looks.
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2

Breadth Analysis

Is the market rally broad-based, or driven by a handful of heavyweights?

Market breadth measures what percentage of the stocks inside an index are actually participating in the move. An index can go up even when most of its stocks are falling — if a few very large companies are rising strongly enough. Breadth tells you whether the move is healthy or suspect.

For each index (Nifty 50, Nifty 500, Nifty Midcap 100, Nifty Smallcap 100, etc.) you see three columns:

% Stocks above 200-day EMA % Stocks above 50-day EMA % Stocks above 20-day EMA
Green (> 60%) — Strong, broad participation
Yellow (40–60%) — Mixed, transition zone
Red (< 40%) — Weak, narrow market

Above the table, an auto-generated plain-English interpretation tells you what state each index is in — for example: "The Overall Market (Nifty 500) is in Consolidation Mode. The index is time-correcting within a broader uptrend..."

Pattern you see What it means
All three columns green Healthy bull market — participation is strong across all timeframes. Good environment to be invested.
200 EMA green, 20 EMA red Long-term trend intact but near-term pullback. Normal correction within an uptrend — look for buying opportunities.
All three columns red Broad market weakness. Avoid new positions; existing positions need review.
200 EMA red, 20 EMA green Short-term bounce in a longer downtrend. Be cautious — this is often a "dead cat bounce".
Key insight: Always compare the Nifty 50 (large-caps) with the Nifty Smallcap 100. If large-caps are strong but smallcaps are red, the rally is narrow and fragile. A truly healthy market has breadth expanding across all market caps simultaneously.
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3

Sectoral Breadth Analysis

Which sectors have broad-based strength vs. being carried by a few stocks?

This view applies the same breadth logic — but sector by sector. Instead of asking "how many Nifty 50 stocks are above their 200-day EMA?", it asks "how many IT sector stocks are above their 200-day EMA?" This reveals whether a sector's strength is genuine or concentrated in a handful of companies.

Each row shows a sector (Banking, IT, Auto, Pharma, FMCG, etc.) with its stock count and the same three breadth columns (% above 200, 50, and 20-day EMA). The colour coding is identical to the Breadth Analysis view.

Drill-down tip: Every sector name is a clickable link. Click any sector to jump directly to the Industry Breadth Analysis for that sector — showing which specific industries inside it are strong or weak.
What to look for Action
A sector with all three columns green and high stock count Strong sector with genuine broad participation — worth looking for stocks here
A sector with a few stocks but all green Niche area in uptrend — check if the industry itself is small or if breadth data is limited
A sector with positive price move but red breadth Move is driven by 1–2 large stocks, not sector-wide — be cautious about chasing
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4

Sector Performance

Which sectors are outperforming and over what time horizon?

While breadth tells you how many stocks are participating, performance tells you how much they have moved. This view ranks every sector by the average price return of its constituent stocks across five time horizons:

1 Week 1 Month 3 Months 6 Months 12 Months

The table is sorted by 3-month performance by default, which balances short-term momentum with medium-term trend. Cells are colour-coded green (positive) to red (negative), with intensity reflecting the magnitude of the move — darker colours mean larger moves.

Performance pattern Interpretation
Green across all 5 periods Sustained uptrend — institutional money is consistently rotating into this sector
Green (1W, 1M) but Red (6M, 12M) Recent bounce in a longer downtrend — potential sector rotation but verify with breadth first
Red (1W, 1M) but Green (12M) Short-term correction in a long-term uptrend — may be a buying opportunity
Red across all 5 periods Sustained sector weakness — avoid until trend reversal is confirmed
Drill-down tip: Click any sector name to see Industry Performance for that sector — breaking down which specific industries are driving (or dragging) the sector's returns.
Open Sector Performance →
5

Industry Breadth Analysis

Inside a sector, which industries have the strongest participation?

Sectors are broad. The Banking sector, for example, includes Private Banks, Public Sector Banks, NBFCs, and Microfinance companies — each with very different trends. Industry Breadth breaks sectors down to this granular level.

You can access this view in two ways:

Each industry row shows its stock count and the percentage of stocks above the 200, 50, and 20-day EMAs. Industry names are clickable and open the Industry Stocks View showing every individual stock in that industry with its technical details.

What to look for: Find industries where all three breadth columns are green AND the stock count is reasonable (10+ stocks). This confirms genuine sector rotation rather than one or two stocks skewing the data. These are the highest-quality hunting grounds for individual stock picks.
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6

Industry Performance

Rank industries by actual price returns to find where money is flowing.

This is the most granular performance ranking in the dashboard. It shows every NSE industry group ranked by the average 3-month stock return of its members, with columns for 1W, 1M, 3M, 6M and 12M returns — the same colour-coded format as Sector Performance.

Like Industry Breadth, it can be filtered by sector (by clicking through from Sector Performance) or viewed across all sectors at once.

Best use case How to do it
Find the strongest industry right now Open the view in all-industry mode, look at the top-ranked rows by 3M return, then confirm with Industry Breadth
Find industries recovering from weakness Sort mentally by 12M (red) vs 1M (green) — these are early-stage sector rotations
Drill into a specific sector's industries Click the sector name in Sector Performance to filter this view to that sector only
Drill-down tip: Click any industry name to open the Industry Stocks View — a table of every stock in that industry with its price, PE ratio, and technical metrics side by side.
Open Industry Performance →
7

FII / DII Activity

Are big institutions buying or selling? Who is driving the market?

Foreign Institutional Investors (FII/FPI) and Domestic Institutional Investors (DII) together move enormous amounts of capital in Indian markets. Tracking their net buying or selling gives you a read on institutional sentiment — the "smart money" view that retail investors often don't have easy access to.

The view shows a 3×6 table: three entities (FII, DII, and Combined Net) across six time windows (1D, 1W, 1M, 3M, 6M, 12M). All values are in ₹ crore.

FII / FPI DII NET (Combined)
Green — Net buying (institutional accumulation)
Red — Net selling (institutional distribution)

Colour intensity scales with magnitude — a ₹50,000 crore net flow shows at full intensity, while small flows appear pale. This lets you instantly see which period has the heaviest institutional activity.

What you see What it means
FII green, DII red Foreign buying is dominant; domestic institutions are taking profits. Common in early to mid bull runs.
Both FII and DII green Strong institutional accumulation from both sides. Highly bullish signal — markets tend to rise.
FII red, DII green Foreign selling absorbed by domestic institutions (SIPs, LIC, MFs). Provides market support and limits downside.
Both FII and DII red Institutional distribution from both sides. High caution — potential for sharp market decline.
1D green but 12M red Single-day buying in a longer selling trend. One day of inflow does not reverse a trend — watch for consistency.

Data source: Data is sourced from MoneyControl covering the last 12 months of trading history. A Refresh button (↻) at the top right lets you manually fetch the latest available data if you need it updated intraday.

Pro tip: Compare the FII 1M column against the Nifty 50 1M return (visible in Sector Performance). When FII is net positive and Nifty is up, it confirms foreign-led buying. When Nifty is up but FII is red, the rally is domestically driven — typically more stable but watch for any FII reversal.
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Putting It All Together — A Daily Workflow

Here is a practical 5-minute routine you can follow each morning before the market opens or after it closes:

Step View Question to answer
1 Sectoral Health Are Nifty 50 and Nifty 500 in a bullish EMA stack? What is the overall score?
2 Breadth Analysis Is the market move broad-based? Are smallcaps participating alongside large-caps?
3 Sector Performance Which 2–3 sectors are leading the market right now on a 3-month basis?
4 Industry Performance (filter by top sector) Inside those leading sectors, which industries are the strongest?
5 FII / DII Activity Are institutions accumulating or distributing? Does this confirm the price trend?

Once you have identified a strong sector and industry, use the Industry Breadth drill-down to open the Industry Stocks View and find specific stocks within that pocket of strength. Then cross-reference those stocks in the Fundamental Screener and Technical Screener for final conviction.

Market Health Dashboard Strong Industry Industry Stocks View Fundamental Screener Technical Screener

Quick Reference — All Market Health Views