How MacroSetup reads the market for you
Three steps, every trading day: read the macro picture, score each of the eight major currencies, and put the widest gaps between a strong and a weak currency at the top. You get the conclusion and the reasons, and you decide what to do with them.
- 1
We read the macro picture
Central bank decisions and speeches, inflation, jobs and growth data, risk appetite across stocks, credit and commodities, and geopolitical news. Primary sources come first.
- 2
Each currency gets a score
Four pillars add up to a score from 0 to 100, so the strongest and weakest currencies stand out at a glance.
- 3
The biggest gaps become setups
Pairs with the widest gap between a strong and a weak currency make the top 3. Entry, stop and position size stay your call.
What goes into the score
Maximum points per pillar
- Risk sentiment40
- How stocks, volatility, credit and commodities are treating each currency.
- Fundamentals35
- Central bank stance, interest rates, and the data each bank watches most.
- Geopolitics20
- Trade policy, conflict, elections and energy shocks.
- Price strength5
- How the currency is trading this week. It never overrules the macro view.
The view covers the current trading week, Monday to Friday. The exact scoring rules stay in-house; the reasons behind every score are always shown. Read the methodology
A trading week with MacroSetup
Monday morning
A full outlook for the trading week: every currency scored, the ladder, the pairs and the top 3 setups.
During the week
A check every hour on trading days, and an update as soon as new data or news, such as a central bank decision, changes the picture.
Before the news
High-impact releases are flagged a day ahead on the currency and on every setup that includes it.
Every day
The day's top 3 setups are measured against price, so you can judge the research yourself.
The research looks at the current trading week, Monday to Friday. It gives a direction and the reasons behind it; entry, stop and position size stay your call. The features page shows every screen.
Try it: score any pair
A pair’s score is simply the difference between its two currencies. Tap two currencies to see the bias and which pillars drive it. This example uses real scores from 17 September 2026.
Positive numbers favor the first currency in the pair, negative numbers the second.
Read the methodologyCurrency strength
Example from 17 Sep 2026Tap two currencies to see the pair.
EUR/USD
Strongly bearish-26
- Risk sentiment
- -2
- Fundamentals
- -11
- Geopolitics
- -10
- Price strength
- -3
More than a currency strength meter
A strength meter shows how a currency has already moved. MacroSetup scores what is driving it, and tells you why.
Looks at what drives a currency
- Price-based strength meter
- Price moves only
- Doing it yourself
- If you read everything
- MacroSetup
- Central banks, data, sentiment, geopolitics
Explains why
- Price-based strength meter
- No
- Doing it yourself
- Your own notes
- MacroSetup
- Reasons and sources per score
Time it takes
- Price-based strength meter
- Minutes
- Doing it yourself
- Hours every week
- MacroSetup
- Minutes
High-impact news flagged ahead
- Price-based strength meter
- No
- Doing it yourself
- If you track the calendar
- MacroSetup
- On every setup it touches
Results checked against price
- Price-based strength meter
- Rarely
- Doing it yourself
- Rarely
- MacroSetup
- Every day, in the open
Questions about the method
How is a currency score built?
Four parts add up to a score from 0 to 100: risk sentiment (up to 40 points), the fundamentals of the currency including its central bank and rate level (35), geopolitics (20) and how the currency has moved this week (5). The weights are fixed, so two currencies are always judged the same way. The full methodology
Where does the data come from?
Central bank statements and minutes, the statistics offices behind each release, market prices for risk sentiment, and the policy rates themselves. Every score change in the update log names the release or the decision behind it.
What is the difference between a score and a setup?
A score belongs to one currency. A setup is a pair: the strongest currency against the weakest, with the gap between their scores as the reason. The top 3 setups of the day are the three widest gaps that pass the rules.
Is it any use for a day trader?
It gives you the direction the macro leans, not a moment to enter. Day traders use it to pick which pairs to look at and which side to take; the timing stays on your own chart.