SRS™: The Setup Readiness Score Behind Every Institutional Forex Move
Institutions don't trade on a single chart pattern — they commit when positioning, seasonality and momentum all line up. The Setup Readiness Score (SRS™) distils that alignment into one number per pair, updated every week, so you can see which of 28 Forex pairs are genuinely ready instead of just visually interesting.
What is the SRS™ Score?
SRS™ is a 12-factor algorithm — COT-Index Extreme, Seasonal Confluence, Score Differential, Momentum Alignment, OI Confirmation, Spec Divergence, Signal Persistence, COT Net Trend, Cross-Currency Confirmation, COT-Index Momentum, Volatility Filter and Historical Edge — all normalised onto a single 0–100 scale. The more factors that agree, the higher the score. Each score maps to an actionable tier:
Why a Score Instead of Raw Data?
The COT report spans eight currencies in separate tables. SRS™ reads all of them and outputs one comparable score per pair — no spreadsheet required.
Positioning alone isn't enough. SRS™ folds seasonal bias and momentum confluence into the score, so you're never trading a single factor in isolation.
ELITE to WEAK tiers turn a number into a decision: focus, watch, or ignore — with zero interpretation overhead.
How SRS™ is Calculated
At its core, SRS™ weighs how strongly these institutional drivers agree this week:
- COT-Index Extreme — how extreme Commercial (smart money) positioning is within its historical range.
- Seasonal Confluence — whether the pair's historical seasonal tendency agrees with the signal direction.
- Score Differential — how strongly the two currencies in the pair diverge from each other.
- Momentum Alignment — whether positioning is actively moving in the signalled direction.
- Signal Persistence — how long the signal has already been building, week over week.
- Cross-Currency Confirmation — whether related pairs corroborate the same directional bias.