# Stacked moving averages — NSE scan

> Price above the 20, which is above the 50, which is above the 200. A trend in good order.

Canonical: https://patternsradar.com/screener/stacked-averages

```sift
where close > sma(20) > sma(50) > sma(200)
```

Every timeframe agreeing is what "stacked" means, and it is the cheapest possible definition of a healthy trend. Written as a chained comparison, which Sift expands into the three separate tests — the same thing Chartink needs three filter rows to say.

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

Guides: [Golden cross and death cross on NSE stocks](https://patternsradar.com/blog/golden-cross-death-cross-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/stacked-averages.