How to use Stage2Stocks

What this is, and what it isn't

Every stock on the NSE is, at any moment, in one of four stages: basing, advancing, topping or declining. You want to own stocks in the advancing stage — Stage 2 — and you want to buy them when the wider market agrees.

Stage2Stocks does that analysis for the whole market every evening, so you don't have to look through 2,000 charts. After the last close it placed 2,102 NSE stocks in their stages; 750 of them are in Stage 2, and the market read says Neutral — Fading.

It is end-of-day: the numbers update after the NSE closes, using the day's final prices. It is not a tips service or advice — there are no buy or sell calls. It gives you the map; the decisions stay yours.

Use it in this order

The most common mistake is starting with a stock. Start two steps earlier, and most bad trades are ruled out before you ever open a chart.

1. The market — is it helping or hurting new buys? A breakout in a weak market fails far more often than the same breakout in a strong one.
2. The sectors — where is money moving? Look for stocks in the strongest groups.
3. The shortlist — which leaders in those sectors are early in Stage 2, at a breakout or a pullback?
4. The stock — only now, open the chart: its stage, its 30-week line, its volume.

That order is the whole method. The evening routine turns it into a ten-minute habit.

What each page is for

• Market read →Can I act today?The market's mood, how many stocks are really rising under the index, and what changed this week. Start here.
• Sector rotation →Where is the money going?Every sector and industry ranked, with the rotation graph showing which are gaining strength and which are fading.
• Screener →Which stocks fit what I'm looking for?The whole NSE, filtered by stage, trend quality, sector, size and more. Your filters live in the link, so any view can be shared or saved.
• Prop Scan →What's worth a look tonight?An evening short list of Stage 2 stocks at a breakout or pullback entry, still early in the move, grouped by sector.
• Stage transitions →What changed stage today?Every stock that moved into or out of a stage after the last close — new Stage 2 starts, and leaders slipping into Stage 3.
• Stock pages →What does this chart say?Every stock has its own page: the weekly chart with the 30-week line, its stage history and its context. Arrow keys flip through any list you came from.
• Ask AI →What's happening, in plain words?Ask about today's market, a sector or a stock, and get an answer from the same data the site runs on.
• Market Journal →What happened today?The evening wrap — the market, the sectors and the day's notable names, written after every close.

Good to know

• The setup score (0–10) rates the quality of a Stage 2 stock's trend — an in-house model built from moving-average structure, recent strength, distance from highs and how mature the trend is, tuned over years of testing on NSE data. A high score means a strong trend, not an early one, so for buying, look for the early entry badge as well.
• The Edge grade — Strong, Solid, Even or Weak — gives historical context: whether stocks in a similar position have tended to do better or worse than usual.
• Everything is end-of-day. A stock "appearing in the scan" means it met that evening's conditions after the close.
• No broker needed. A broker connection only matters for the live desk, which can use your own broker's feed for real-time prices.
• Every number is computed, never typed. Stats, tables and scores are generated from the data after each close.

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