Price above the 20, which is above the 50, which is above the 200. A trend in good order.
where close > sma(20) > sma(50) > sma(200)
Top 500 by turnover
Momentum stock scanners for NSE
Momentum scanning rests on the most stubbornly persistent finding in market research: over horizons of three to twelve months, what has gone up keeps going up more often than chance allows. The scans here express that idea at different tempos. The leaders lists rank raw relative strength over a quarter and a year; the stacked-averages and rising-200-day scans define the uptrend structurally; the pullback and strong-but-quiet scans solve momentum's practical problem, which is that pure strength rankings hand you stocks at their most extended. The OHL pair watches momentum at the single-session scale — who controlled the day from its first print. The common discipline across all of them is buying strength on its pauses rather than its sprints. Momentum's known cost is the crash risk at trend's end, which is exactly what the hit-rate replay on each scan page lets you inspect before committing.
Up more than 50% over a year and still within 10% of the high — momentum that has not rolled over.
where return_1y > 50 and close within 10% of high_52w sort by return_1y desc
Top 500 by turnover
Three-month gains with RSI still under 65 — room to run without chasing.
where return_3m > 20 and rsi(14) between 45 and 65 and close > sma(50)
Top 500 by turnover
Price that has not closed below its 20-day average in two weeks. Persistence, not a single good day.
where close has been above sma(20) for 10 bars and adx > 25
Top 500 by turnover
Three consecutive sessions of rising volume while price advances.
where volume rising for 3 bars and close > close[-3]
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A close higher than the one before it, five sessions running, on normal-or-better volume.
where close rising for 5 bars and volume > 1x avg(volume, 20)
Top 500 by turnover
ADX above 30 with buyers in control and the averages stacked — a trend worth trading.
where adx > 30 and di_plus > di_minus and close > sma(50) > sma(200) and rsi(14) < 70
Top 500 by turnover
Ten percent rate of change with RSI still under 70 — acceleration, not exhaustion.
where roc > 10 and close > sma(50) and rsi(14) < 70
Top 500 by turnover
Never traded below its open all session and closed up — buyers in control from the first print.
where open == low and change > 1
Top 500 by turnover
Never traded above its open and closed down — sellers ran the whole session.
where open == high and change < -1
Top 500 by turnover
Up more than 30% in a quarter and still above the 50-day — the current cycle's leaders.
where return_3m > 30 and close > sma(50) sort by return_3m desc
Top 500 by turnover
RSI under 40 in a stock still above its 200-day — weakness for sale inside strength.
where close > sma(200) and rsi(14) < 40
Top 500 by turnover
The plain health check: price above the 200-day, and the 200-day itself climbing.
where close > sma(200) and sma(200) rising for 20 bars
Top 500 by turnover
The MACD line itself crossing above zero — the 12-day average overtaking the 26-day.
where macd().line crosses above 0 and close > sma(50)
Top 500 by turnover
The fifty names where the most money changed hands today, over ₹50 crore each.
where turnover > 50cr sort by turnover desc top 50
Top 500 by turnover
Common questions
What is a momentum stock scan?
A scan that filters for stocks already moving — by return over some window, by trend structure such as price above rising moving averages, or by directional strength measures like ADX. It bets on continuation rather than reversal.
What is the OHL strategy?
Open-High-Low: if a stock's open equals its low, buyers controlled the session from the first print (a buy signal); if the open equals its high, sellers did. Intraday traders apply it minutes after the open; on daily bars it reads as a conviction stamp on the whole session.
How is momentum different from a breakout?
A breakout is an event — price clearing a specific level today. Momentum is a condition — persistent strength over weeks or months. A breakout scan catches the day the move starts; a momentum scan catches the stocks where the move is already underway and still orderly.