# Volume dry-up near highs — NSE scan

> Holding within 5% of the 52-week high on barely half its normal volume — supply running out.

Canonical: https://patternsradar.com/screener/volume-dry-up

```sift
where close within 5% of high_52w and rel_volume < 0.6
```

A stock that stays near its highs while volume falls to 60% of normal is a stock nobody is willing to sell at these prices — the quiet before the mark-up, in the accumulation reading. The bearish reading is that nobody cares; the difference is usually settled by the first high-volume day that follows, which is why this scan pairs with the volatility-contraction one rather than replacing it.

Category: [Volatility](https://patternsradar.com/scans/volatility.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/volume-dry-up.