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 CASL/Advanced Scanner Examples

Scan Example #1
Advanced Scanner


List symbols where Close is between 100 and 200
Or Close < 10
Or Volume > 100000
And Close has crossed above SMA(21)
And Volume > Average Volume(10)
Add Column Volume as VOL
Sort on Column VOL desc
Add Column SMA(21)
Apply to Nifty
Apply to NSE Futures 1M
Apply to Junior
Apply to MyFav List1
Apply to MyFav List2
Set periodicity to Weekly
 
Scan Explained
This Scan will list those Symbols:
  • where the current Close is between 100 and 200
  • where the current Close is less than 10
  • where the traded Volume is more than 100,000
  • where the current Close has just crossed above its 21-bar Simple Moving Average (SMA)
  • where the current Volume is more than the 10-bar average of the daily traded Volume
The Scan will be applied to:
  • all Symbols that constitute the Nifty and Junior indices
  • all 1-mo NSE Futures
  • MyFavourite watchlists titled "List1" and "List2"
The Scan report will list Volume column as "VOL", and the column will be sorted in a descending order.
The Scan report will also include a 21-bar Simple Moving Average (SMA) column as SMA(21).
Furthermore, the Scan will be applied to Weekly data.

Scan Example #2
Advanced Scanner


List symbols where RSI(14) has been falling over 5 bars
Apply to NSE
 
Scan Explained
This Scan will list all those NSE Symbols where the 14-bar Relative Strength Index (RSI) has been decreasing (or falling) over the last 5 trading bars.
The lookback period for this Scan would (therefore) be the last 6 trading bars.

Scan Example #3
Advanced Scanner


List symbols where Close has gained by more than 10%
Apply to NSE
 
Scan Explained
This Scan will list all those NSE Symbols where the current Close has gained by more than 10% vis-a-vis the previous Close.
The lookback period for this Scan would (therefore) be the last 2 trading bars.

Scan Example #4
Advanced Scanner


List symbols where Close has crossed below EMA(21) after remaining above it for 3 bars
Apply to NSE
 
Scan Explained
This Scan will list all those NSE Symbols where today's Close has just crossed below today's 21-bar Exponential Moving Average (EMA), provided the Close of the previous 3 trading bars had been above the 21-bar EMA of the previous 3 trading bars.
The lookback period for this Scan would (therefore) be the last 4 trading bars.

Scan Example #5
Advanced Scanner


List symbols where Price is touching Envelope Upper(200,2,EMA)
Apply to NSE
 
Scan Explained
This Scan will list all those NSE Symbols where the current trading bar has traded the Upper band of the 200-bar Envelope (the other parameters for computing the Envelope being 2% and EMA).

Scan Example #6
Advanced Scanner


List symbols where Close is between BBL(20) and 2% above BBL(20)
Add Column Close
Add Column BBL(20) as BBL
Apply to NSE
 
Scan Explained
This Scan will list all those NSE Symbols where the current Close is between the Lower band of the 20-bar Bollinger Band and a value that is 2% above that Lower Bollinger Band.
The Scan report will also list two columns viz. "Close", and 20-bar Bollinger Band Lower as "BBL".

Scan Example #7
Advanced Scanner


List symbols where BBU(20) has been converging towards BBL(20) for the last 5 bars
Apply to NSE
 
Scan Explained
This Scan will list all those NSE Symbols where the Upper band of the 20-bar Bollinger Band has been converging or moving towards its Lower band for all of the last 5 trading bars.
The lookback period for this Scan would (therefore) be the last 5 trading bars.

Scan Example #8
Advanced Scanner


List symbols
Add Column BarsSince(pattern is new High) as XBars
Add Column Highest Value Since(Close has crossed above EMA(200), Close) as CloseSinceXover
Apply to Nifty
 
Scan Explained
This Scan will list the number of trading bars that have passed since a Symbol registered a new High, under a column header titled "XBars".
This Scan will also list the Highest Value of Close that has been registered by a Symbol, under a column header titled "CloseSinceXover", since a particular event happened.
In this case, the event is Close having crossed above its 200-bar Exponential Moving Average (EMA).
The Scan will be applied to all Nifty Symbols.

Scan Example #9
Advanced Scanner


List symbols where pattern is HAshiRed for the last 3 bars and pattern is HAshiGreen 3 bars ago
Apply to NSE
 
Scan Explained
This Scan will list all those NSE Symbols where the last 3 Heikin-Ashi trading bars were Red in color (downtrending), but the previous 3 Heikin-Ashi trading bars (before the Red bars) were Green in color (uptrending).
The lookback period for this Scan would (therefore) be the last 6 Heikin-Ashi bars.

Scan Example #10
Advanced Scanner


List symbols where pattern is New High(High,52,w) for 3 bars
Apply to NSE
 
Scan Explained
This Scan will list all those NSE Symbols where a New High has been registered for 3 consecutive trading bars.
The New High is defined as a 52-week High.
The lookback period for this Scan would (therefore) be the last 3 trading bars.

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