VZ: Stock has fallen recently and is holding at its 50 day MA. Compare this telephone stock to the one beside it here, T. As you can see VZ has fallen further from its recent highs than T has. VZ also fell further from the high it hit in August than T did. VZ topped first and fell further than T did during the rally from July. T topped in Sept. while VZ was making lower highs during the same time frame. Obviously T is stronger than VZ and this is one of the ways you can analyze strength in a sector.