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What I don't mean is just looking for strong stocks with a score of 8 or higher, as as you said you'd get all the extended stocks too. So the screen would look only for stocks transitioning from a lower score to higher score. Which would be quite a small list to then check manually for stocks with potential.

Transitioning, excellent point.  If any one recalls a long while back, after I started to get the idea of how breadth worked I implemented a breath scoring system and would only buy when it was getting top scores - and all I did was get into positions right at the peak just before they pulled back.  You suggested that strengthening breath was the time to get in, not strongest breadth - and that made a big difference.