20-Day High Breakout — Nifty 500 Stock Screener
Close greater than or equal to the 20-day rolling high — signals a fresh short-term breakout to a new local high.
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Exact condition
close gte high_20d
Evaluated on completed daily (1d) candles across the Nifty 500 universe.
Stocks matching 20-Day High Breakout right now
| Symbol | Company | Close (₹) | Change % | RSI(14) | Volume | Rel. Vol |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TATACHEM | TATA CHEMICALS LTD | 734.90 | +19.99% | 72.4 | 18.24 L | 3.04× |
Understanding the 20-Day High Breakout scan
A close above the highest high of the past 20 trading sessions — roughly one calendar month — is a meaningful structural event: everyone who sold anywhere inside the last month has been proven early. The 20-day high is also the entry line of the most famous trend-following system ever published, the Turtle/Donchian channel breakout, which bought 20-day highs mechanically across every market.
The signal's endurance comes from what it forces: participation in every major trend. No large advance in any stock has ever unfolded without first clearing its one-month high, so systematically watching this list guarantees the big movers pass through it. The cost is whipsaw — plenty of 20-day breaks stall and return to range, which is why the original systems paired the entry with strict exits and position sizing.
Modern discretionary use focuses on the setup behind the break. A 20-day high emerging from a tight, shrinking-volatility base (the 'coil') has very different odds from one poked during a wide, sloppy range. Volume expansion on the breakout day, market-regime tailwind and sector confirmation are the classic quality multipliers.
How to use this scan
- Scan the list daily — every future leader must clear its 20-day high on the way up.
- Prioritise breakouts from tight multi-week consolidations over pokes out of loose ranges.
- Check relative volume on the breakout candle; expansion is the single best confirmation.
- Use a Donchian-style trailing exit (e.g. 10-day low) if trading the signal systematically.
- Confirm the broader market regime — breakout win-rates collapse in downtrending markets.
Risks & limitations
Donchian breakouts have modest win rates by design — the edge lives in the occasional huge trend, and traders who cut winners early while taking every whipsaw destroy the system's math. No single indicator condition is a trade recommendation. Screener output is a starting shortlist, not a buy or sell call — it ignores fundamentals, news, earnings dates, promoter actions and your personal risk profile. Results are computed on completed candles from historical NSE data, so intraday moves after the last update are not reflected. Always confirm on the chart, size positions conservatively and use stop-losses.