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The Volume Footprint Scanner identifies Nifty 500 stocks where price weakness is accompanied by unusual volume activity — a combination that often precedes institutional accumulation before a breakout. It has no filters or dropdowns; it runs one focused scan every day and shows you the result set.
This combination — price weakness + volume strength — is the classic footprint of institutional accumulation. Large funds cannot buy in a single session without moving price, so they accumulate quietly over days and weeks. The volume spike is the tell. The scanner surfaces that tell automatically across the entire Nifty 500 universe.
| Column | What it Shows |
|---|---|
| Symbol | Blue link to the company's stock page on Finmagine |
| Industry | NSE industry classification — hidden on mobile |
| From 52W High | How far the stock is below its 52-week high — always red negative (e.g. -24.3%) |
| 1W Ret | 1-week price return — green if positive, red if negative |
| 1M Ret | 1-month price return |
| 3M Ret | 3-month price return — hidden on mobile |
| Industry Rank | #2 / 12 green = top 25% of industry #8 / 12 grey = lower tier |
| RS | 83 green ≥70 55 amber 40–69 28 red <40 |
| MCap | Market cap formatted as K Cr / L Cr — hidden on mobile |
The highest-conviction Volume Footprint candidates have all three of the following:
Stocks showing -60% or more from their 52W high are deep in a downtrend. A volume spike on a deeply declined stock is more likely to be a trapped-bull capitulation or a distressed seller than accumulation. Focus on the -20% to -40% range where bases are being built, not stocks in free fall.
A red RS badge (under 40) means the stock is underperforming most of the market on a 12-month basis. Volume spikes on RS laggards may indicate distribution — insiders or institutions exiting — rather than accumulation. The scanner flags the volume anomaly; RS tells you the direction of that volume.
Compare the 1W, 1M, and 3M returns together:
Click the symbol link to open the company's stock page. Check:
The scanner is computed daily by the industry rank pipeline, which runs after 5 PM IST each trading day using NSE bhavcopy data. The "As of" date below the table shows the last computation date. On weekends and market holidays, the date will reflect the most recent trading day.
Volume averages use the nse_delivery table which is populated from the NSE daily bhavcopy. The 52-week high is calculated from the rolling price history in the same table.
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