# 52-week high breakout — NSE scan

> Closing at a fresh 52-week high on above-average volume — the classic Darvas-style entry.

Canonical: https://patternsradar.com/screener/52-week-high-breakout

```sift
where close is highest in 52w and rel_volume > 1.5
```

A stock making its highest close in a year has no overhead supply left: nobody who bought in the last twelve months is sitting on a loss and waiting to get out even. The volume filter is what separates a real breakout from a drift to new highs on nothing, which tends to fall straight back through the level.

Category: [Breakouts](https://patternsradar.com/scans/breakouts.md). Default universe: top 500 NSE stocks by 20-day turnover.

Guides: [How to read a scan's hit rate](https://patternsradar.com/blog/how-to-read-scan-hit-rate.md), [The 52-week high strategy on the NSE](https://patternsradar.com/blog/52-week-high-strategy-nse.md).

The rendered page runs this scan against the latest session and can replay it across the last 250 sessions to measure its hit rate: https://patternsradar.com/screener/52-week-high-breakout.