# Bullish engulfing at support — NSE scan

> An engulfing candle forming while the stock sits on its 50-day average.

Canonical: https://patternsradar.com/screener/bullish-engulfing-support

```sift
where pattern is bullish_engulfing
  and close within 3% of sma(50)
```

A candlestick pattern in isolation is close to meaningless — engulfing candles form constantly. What gives one weight is location, and forming on a moving average the whole market watches is the location that matters.

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

Guides: [Candlestick patterns need context](https://patternsradar.com/blog/candlestick-pattern-screener-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/bullish-engulfing-support.