# OBV at a six-month high — NSE scan

> Cumulative volume flow at a new high while the trend holds — accumulation leading price.

Canonical: https://patternsradar.com/screener/obv-new-high

```sift
where obv() is highest in 26w and close > sma(50)
```

On-balance volume adds the day's volume on up days and subtracts it on down days, so it tracks who is winning rather than where price sits. When OBV makes a new high the buying pressure is already at breakout levels even if price is not, and the classic reading is that price follows volume — this scan looks for exactly that lead.

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

Guides: [Volume breakout screener for Indian stocks](https://patternsradar.com/blog/volume-breakout-screener-india.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/obv-new-high.