Relative Strength Rank is a 1–99 percentile that tells you how a stock's recent price performance compares to the rest of the universe. Formula (IBD-style): 40% weight on the trailing 3-month return, 20% each on 6-month, 9-month, and 12-month returns. The weighted score is rank-transformed to 1–99. RS=99 = top 1% performer.

How do momentum traders use RS?

CANSLIM-style momentum strategies buy only stocks with RS > 80 that are breaking out of technical bases. Relative weakness (RS < 20) is used to avoid laggards and to look for short candidates. RS combined with breadth + sector leadership is the standard momentum playbook.

IBD-STYLE · 1-99 · NIFTY 100 UNIVERSE

Relative Strength Rank — the CANSLIM leaderboard for NSE.

The 1-99 percentile score every momentum trader checks on StockCharts.com / IBD — finally rebuilt for Indian markets. Weighted 3 / 6 / 9 / 12-month price performance ranked across NIFTY 50 + Next 50. RS > 80 = leaders. RS < 20 = laggards. Updated daily.

NIFTY 100 · RS RANK

100/101 stocks ranked

Updated 21 Apr 2026

Leaders (RS ≥ 80)

ADANIGREEN9912m +627.9%
VEDL9812m +284.1%
HINDPETRO9712m +120.6%
HINDALCO9612m +168.0%
LTIM9512m +144.8%
LTIM9412m +144.8%
IOC9312m +94.4%
BAJAJFINSV9212m +96.7%
SBILIFE9112m +79.0%
TRENT9012m +68.3%

Emerging (RS 60–79)

BPCL7912m +71.0%
PFC7812m +60.1%
ADANIENT7712m +30.0%
BAJFINANCE7612m +79.1%
JINDALSTEL7512m +53.0%
CANBK7412m +66.7%
UPL7312m +77.5%
PNB7212m +61.6%
ADANIPORTS7112m +42.9%
TVSMOTOR7012m +39.1%

Laggards (RS < 20)

TATAMOTORS112m —
DIVISLAB212m -32.7%
DIVISLAB312m -32.7%
HAL412m -19.2%
ICICIPRULI512m -11.3%
SUNPHARMA612m -21.5%
INFY712m -19.5%
TORNTPHARM812m -6.8%
JSWENERGY912m -15.0%
APOLLOHOSP1012m -13.5%

RS	Symbol	Sector	LTP	3m	6m	12m	From 52w hi
99	ADANIGREEN	Power	₹340.65	+62.6%	+78.6%	+627.9%	-26.5%
98	VEDL	Metals	₹249.3	+8.7%	+47.4%	+284.1%	-4.4%
97	HINDPETRO	Oil & Gas	₹256.4	+24.7%	+37.6%	+120.6%	0.0%
96	HINDALCO	Metals & Mining	₹183.7	+4.5%	+27.8%	+168.0%	-7.6%
95	LTIM	Information Technology	₹1,840.45	+8.4%	+23.4%	+144.8%	-3.1%
94	LTIM	Information Technology	₹1,840.45	+8.4%	+23.4%	+144.8%	-3.1%
93	IOC	Oil & Gas	₹129.15	+21.0%	+34.5%	+94.4%	-2.3%
92	BAJAJFINSV	Financial Services	₹357.7	+15.8%	+34.0%	+96.7%	-3.9%
91	SBILIFE	Financial Services	₹1,002.85	+23.4%	+56.2%	+79.0%	-1.1%
90	TRENT	Retail	₹256.95	+28.8%	+38.8%	+68.3%	-1.8%
89	ICICIGI	Financial Services	₹1,338.8	+16.3%	+26.7%	+67.2%	-2.1%
88	TIINDIA	Automobile	₹475.2	+43.1%	+21.0%	+55.5%	-3.0%
87	HDFCLIFE	Financial Services	₹621.45	+6.7%	+40.7%	+58.3%	-2.3%
86	RECLTD	Financial Services	₹109.88	+6.9%	+34.8%	+57.7%	-2.1%
85	LICI	Financial Services	₹1,007.65	+14.6%	+26.6%	+68.3%	-8.8%
84	ADANIPOWER	Power	₹7.35	+42.2%	+35.6%	+34.9%	-5.2%
83	MARUTI	Automobile	₹6,157.1	+15.6%	+24.6%	+58.9%	-0.9%
82	JSWSTEEL	Metals & Mining	₹193.65	+10.3%	+11.4%	+93.0%	-2.3%
81	TATASTEEL	Metals & Mining	₹43.81	+5.2%	+20.5%	+98.7%	-3.6%
80	BPCL	Oil & Gas	₹242.28	+9.4%	+23.9%	+71.0%	0.0%
79	BPCL	Oil & Gas	₹242.28	+9.4%	+23.9%	+71.0%	0.0%
78	PFC	Financial Services	₹108.36	+11.5%	+23.3%	+60.1%	-2.3%
77	ADANIENT	Diversified	₹51.03	+43.8%	+21.2%	+30.0%	-3.6%
76	BAJFINANCE	Financial Services	₹104.08	+12.0%	+3.1%	+79.1%	-10.5%
75	JINDALSTEL	Metals	₹91.85	+20.3%	+10.9%	+53.0%	0.0%
74	CANBK	Financial Services	₹60.2	-3.6%	+19.4%	+66.7%	-7.6%
73	UPL	Chemicals	₹492.3	+6.4%	+20.3%	+77.5%	-0.4%
72	PNB	Financial Services	₹144.65	-9.2%	+17.1%	+61.6%	-9.2%
71	ADANIPORTS	Infrastructure	₹304.8	+3.5%	+30.3%	+42.9%	-2.6%
70	TVSMOTOR	Automobile	₹408	+7.6%	+34.6%	+39.1%	-1.0%
69	SBIN	Financial Services	₹275.85	-1.9%	+18.5%	+62.8%	-1.9%
68	HAVELLS	Capital Goods	₹439.75	+16.3%	+8.2%	+44.1%	-2.8%
67	BANKBARODA	Financial Services	₹184.05	+11.6%	+16.8%	+52.2%	-1.6%
66	GAIL	Oil & Gas	₹91.94	+9.2%	+28.2%	+35.6%	0.0%
65	POWERGRID	Power	₹113.71	+7.3%	+14.5%	+38.2%	-2.4%
64	ONGC	Oil & Gas	₹192.9	+4.8%	+28.1%	+33.6%	-7.3%
63	DLF	Real Estate	₹148.4	+18.3%	-9.8%	+59.0%	-11.5%
62	BAJAJHLDNG	Financial Services	₹2,058.55	-4.2%	+14.3%	+44.4%	-6.5%
61	INDUSINDBK	Financial Services	₹1,304	+7.4%	+10.1%	+43.6%	-1.5%
60	ITC	Consumer Goods	₹267.35	+10.6%	+9.9%	+28.4%	0.0%
59	SRF	Chemicals	₹348.68	-0.5%	+13.8%	+51.6%	-9.4%
58	TITAN	Consumer Goods	₹427	+22.2%	+2.5%	+21.3%	-2.4%
57	MOTHERSON	Automobile	₹42.36	+6.9%	-0.6%	+35.4%	-1.0%
56	TATAPOWER	Power	₹81.6	+9.6%	+14.8%	+38.9%	-2.5%
55	ICICIBANK	Financial Services	₹259.09	-2.6%	+15.9%	+35.5%	-2.6%
54	EICHERMOT	Automobile	₹2,389.32	+3.6%	+7.5%	+38.9%	-9.1%
53	TATACONSUM	Consumer Goods	₹143.9	+14.8%	+3.5%	+15.8%	-6.9%
52	CHOLAFIN	Financial Services	₹203.34	+3.0%	-9.5%	+58.0%	-17.2%
51	NTPC	Power	₹140.17	+8.7%	+4.2%	+25.5%	-5.2%
50	IRFC	Financial Services	₹28.5	-17.4%	+31.3%	+32.6%	-20.1%
50	GRASIM	Cement	₹751.96	+5.9%	-7.5%	+41.7%	-7.8%
49	BOSCHLTD	Automobile	₹22,966.1	+10.1%	-8.3%	+35.0%	-9.7%
48	LT	Construction	₹993.8	+5.6%	-1.4%	+32.9%	-7.0%
47	INDIGO	Aviation	₹1,141.5	-2.1%	-5.8%	+39.6%	-13.1%
46	ABB	Capital Goods	₹1,112.67	+15.4%	+0.5%	+20.8%	-11.3%
45	GODREJCP	Consumer Goods	₹521.58	+3.9%	-1.6%	+26.5%	-7.3%
44	ULTRACEMCO	Cement	₹3,752.45	-2.3%	-1.4%	+33.9%	-8.8%
43	VBL	Consumer Goods	₹43.48	-6.2%	-4.5%	+43.4%	-11.0%
42	HDFCBANK	Financial Services	₹324.41	+1.5%	+3.9%	+23.1%	-1.3%
41	BRITANNIA	Consumer Goods	₹1,612.97	+0.7%	+11.8%	+15.5%	-8.9%
40	HEROMOTOCO	Automobile	₹3,265.1	+3.8%	-5.2%	+29.6%	-11.8%
39	BHARTIARTL	Telecom	₹320.17	+15.1%	-2.4%	+17.6%	-6.2%
38	SIEMENS	Capital Goods	₹718.6	+12.2%	-5.4%	+18.6%	-9.2%
37	CIPLA	Healthcare	₹587.65	+4.3%	+10.2%	+2.4%	-3.9%
36	INDHOTEL	Consumer Services	₹106.72	+12.1%	-12.0%	+6.0%	-14.0%
35	BAJAJ-AUTO	Automobile	₹2,784.3	+2.1%	-2.7%	+17.8%	-9.9%
34	BERGEPAINT	Consumer Goods	₹187.83	-1.8%	-6.1%	+19.1%	-16.1%
33	AMBUJACEM	Cement	₹238.4	+3.2%	-13.6%	+21.3%	-14.2%
32	TECHM	Information Technology	₹485	+9.7%	-2.0%	+2.2%	-12.1%
31	PIDILITIND	Chemicals	₹331.55	-0.4%	-8.7%	+16.3%	-11.8%
30	HCLTECH	Information Technology	₹409.85	+3.8%	-0.3%	-6.1%	-5.7%
29	RELIANCE	Oil & Gas	₹236.07	+2.2%	+1.6%	+3.1%	-7.0%
28	CGPOWER	Capital Goods	₹72.35	-11.7%	-10.2%	+24.9%	-17.2%
27	ASIANPAINT	Consumer Goods	₹1,002.85	-0.8%	-12.3%	+13.6%	-17.6%
26	NESTLEIND	Consumer Goods	₹309.83	-3.5%	-9.4%	+13.5%	-14.4%
25	KOTAKBANK	Financial Services	₹153.93	-6.0%	-0.6%	+13.7%	-6.4%
24	HINDUNILVR	Consumer Goods	₹850.75	+3.9%	-8.1%	+6.3%	-10.6%
23	NAUKRI	Consumer Services	₹166.34	-8.7%	-1.4%	+8.2%	-15.5%
22	COALINDIA	Metals & Mining	₹322.15	-3.3%	-2.2%	+1.0%	-7.4%
21	ADANIENSOL	Power	₹871.75	-1.1%	+8.6%	-13.4%	-19.0%
20	AXISBANK	Financial Services	₹485.25	-4.3%	-14.5%	+24.1%	-23.7%
19	LODHA	Real Estate	₹494.7	+1.7%	-2.4%	+7.3%	-15.5%
18	TCS	Information Technology	₹1,158.65	+7.5%	-12.5%	-3.4%	-15.4%
17	DRREDDY	Healthcare	₹604.62	-7.8%	+0.5%	-0.8%	-17.8%
16	COLPAL	Consumer Goods	₹884.2	-8.3%	-7.9%	+3.4%	-12.9%
15	UNITDSPR	Consumer Goods	₹1,302.9	-1.3%	-2.5%	-8.6%	-19.1%
14	SHRIRAMFIN	Financial Services	₹185.61	-1.4%	-26.7%	+18.9%	-26.8%
13	DABUR	Consumer Goods	₹265.75	-10.7%	-10.1%	+10.2%	-16.7%
12	DMART	Retail	₹1,295.5	-4.6%	+8.7%	-13.2%	-22.4%
11	WIPRO	Information Technology	₹87.38	+4.7%	-14.8%	-17.9%	-22.5%
10	APOLLOHOSP	Healthcare	₹1,240.7	-4.9%	-8.9%	-13.5%	-17.2%
9	JSWENERGY	Power	₹63.25	+0.7%	-22.4%	-15.0%	-25.6%
8	TORNTPHARM	Healthcare	₹628.5	-7.2%	-17.3%	-6.8%	-26.1%
7	INFY	Information Technology	₹473	+0.7%	-11.4%	-19.5%	-25.4%
6	SUNPHARMA	Healthcare	₹655.5	-1.6%	-22.1%	-21.5%	-25.7%
5	ICICIPRULI	Financial Services	₹358.85	-14.3%	-15.8%	-11.3%	-21.2%
4	HAL	Defence	₹261.55	-32.7%	-31.1%	-19.2%	-40.2%
3	DIVISLAB	Healthcare	₹757.05	-39.7%	-36.1%	-32.7%	-43.8%
2	DIVISLAB	Healthcare	₹757.05	-39.7%	-36.1%	-32.7%	-43.8%
1	TATAMOTORS	Automobile	₹405.85	-41.0%	-35.7%	—	-44.9%

Skipped 1 tickers with insufficient history: ZOMATO

How RS Rank is computed

For each stock, we compute the trailing returns over 4 windows:

• 63-day (3-month) — weight 40%
• 126-day (6-month) — weight 20%
• 189-day (9-month) — weight 20%
• 252-day (12-month) — weight 20%

The weighted raw score is then rank-transformed across the entire universe and mapped to a 1–99 percentile. A stock with RS = 85 has outperformed 84% of the NIFTY 100 constituents over the blended window.

How momentum traders use it

• CANSLIM buy rule. RS ≥ 80 AND price near 52-week high AND technical base breakout with volume = classic CANSLIM entry. Leaders keep leading.
• Relative-weakness avoid. RS < 20 names rarely become next quarter's leaders — skip them for momentum strategies.
• Sector leadership check. When 3+ names in one sector (IT, PSU Bank, Auto) cluster at RS > 80, it's genuine leadership — not a one-stock story.
• Fresh leadership rotation. Stocks moving from RS 40-60 to RS 75+ in 1-2 months are new leaders emerging — often more powerful trades than stocks already at RS 90+.

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Axel Markets is an information + analytics product. We are not a SEBI-registered Research Analyst (RA) or Investment Adviser (IA). Nothing on this page is a buy, sell, or hold recommendation. Past performance is not indicative of future returns. Verify all data against the authoritative source (NSE, BSE, AMFI, SEBI, company RHP / factsheet) before acting. RS computed from Yahoo Finance ^NSEI adjusted daily closes across NIFTY 50 + Next 50 constituents. IBD's exact proprietary formula uses slightly different weights; we use the widely-published approximation. Rank is a point-in-time snapshot and changes daily. Past RS performance does not predict future returns. Educational research only, not a trade recommendation.