⚡ Circuit Breakers Guide

Upper & lower circuit detection · RS rating · Delivery% · Days filter · Opportunity vs trap

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Published 28 May 2026 · Free feature · Data sourced from NSE daily bhavcopy, updated by 7:30 PM IST

What the Circuit Breakers Page Does

The Circuit Breakers page shows NSE stocks that closed at their upper or lower circuit limit on any given trading day. The data is sourced automatically from the NSE daily bhavcopy — the official end-of-day price file — and is available each evening after 7:30 PM IST.

How circuits are detected: A stock hits Upper Circuit when its closing price equals its daily high — demand exceeded supply at the price cap. A stock hits Lower Circuit when its close equals its daily low — sellers overwhelmed buyers at the floor. No manual tagging; Finmagine detects this automatically from the bhavcopy close = high / close = low condition.

Circuit breakers are set by the exchange at 2%, 5%, 10%, or 20% above/below the previous day's close depending on the stock's circuit filter category. Stocks under F&O (futures and options) typically have no individual circuit limits.

Filters

Circuit Type Chips

All Circuits 🟢 Upper Circuit 🔴 Lower Circuit

Three mutually exclusive chips. All Circuits is the default. Switch to Upper Circuit to focus on demand-driven moves, or Lower Circuit to track distress or potential oversold bounces. The selection reloads the table immediately.

Days Dropdown

OptionUse Case
TodaySee which stocks are in circuit right now — useful during/after market hours
Last 3 DaysShort-term momentum — stocks sustaining circuit pressure over multiple sessions
Last 7 Days (default)Balanced view — catches both fresh moves and persistent trends
Last 14 DaysIdentifies stocks with persistent circuit activity across two weeks
Last 30 DaysBroadest scan — useful for researching a company's recent trading history
Note: "Today" may return zero results if it's a weekend, a market holiday, or if the bhavcopy hasn't been processed yet (runs after 7:30 PM IST each trading day).

Reading the Table

ColumnWhat it Shows
CompanyCompany name + blue SYMBOL → link to the stock page
Circuit🟢 Upper or 🔴 Lower
CloseClosing price on the circuit date (= upper/lower limit price)
OpenOpening price — gap from open to close shows intraday direction
VolumeTotal shares traded, formatted as K / L / Cr (e.g. "4.2L", "1.2Cr")
Delivery%Percentage of volume resulting in actual delivery — green if ≥50%
SectorNSE sector classification for quick sector-level pattern spotting
RSRelative Strength Rating 1–99 — ≥70 green 40–69 amber <40 red
DateTrading date of the circuit hit

On mobile screens, Open, Volume, Delivery%, and Sector columns are hidden to keep the table readable. Company, Circuit, Close, RS, and Date remain visible.

Opportunity vs Trap: How to Decide

Upper Circuit — When It's Genuine Accumulation

An upper circuit is most significant when backed by all three of the following:

Best setup: Upper circuit + RS ≥ 70 + Delivery% ≥ 50% + sector in Leading quadrant on RRG = high-confidence sustained accumulation.

Upper Circuit — When It's a Trap

Caution signals: Low delivery% (grey, under 50%) on an upper circuit usually means intraday traders drove the price to the limit without genuine accumulation. Low RS (red badge, under 40) on an upper circuit suggests the stock is in a long-term downtrend — a single upper circuit does not reverse that.

Also be cautious of illiquid stocks (very low volume in K range) hitting circuit — thin order books mean the circuit requires minimal buying pressure and carries little informational value.

Lower Circuit — Reading Distress Signals

A lower circuit means sell orders exceeded buy orders at the floor price. Repeated lower circuits (visible in the Last 14 or 30 Days view) signal sustained selling pressure — promoter pledging, poor results, sector headwinds, or regulatory action. Use the SYMBOL → link to check fundamentals before concluding it's an oversold bounce opportunity.

Persistence Check — Use the Days Dropdown

A stock appearing in Last 7 Days but not in Last 3 Days hit circuit earlier in the week but has since normalised. A stock appearing in Last 3 Days is still under active circuit pressure — more actionable for traders watching for a breakout or breakdown on circuit open.

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