# Strong directional trend — NSE scan

> ADX above 30 with buyers in control and the averages stacked — a trend worth trading.

Canonical: https://patternsradar.com/screener/adx-strong-trend

```sift
where adx > 30
  and di_plus > di_minus
  and close > sma(50) > sma(200)
  and rsi(14) < 70
```

ADX measures how directional a market is without saying which way, so it needs the +DI/-DI comparison beside it to have an opinion. Above 30 is the level at which trend-following approaches start to work and mean-reversion ones stop; the RSI cap keeps this from returning names that have already gone vertical.

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

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/adx-strong-trend.