- US minus euro-area 2-year yield: −0.25 points per basis point of widening.
- 10-year US real yield (TIPS): −0.3 points per basis point rise.
- Euro trend: +3 points per 1% the ECB reference rate sits above its 50-session average.
- CFTC leveraged-fund net long, euro FX futures: +0.15 points per 1,000 contracts added in a week.
- Financial conditions (Chicago Fed NFCI): −1.5 points per +0.01 rise (dollar safe-haven demand).
- Geopolitical risk (GPR index): −1 point per 20 index points above 100.
Each factor is capped at ±10 and weighted (rate gap 2.0; real yields and trend 1.0; the rest 0.5–0.8). The score is withheld under 50% coverage. ECB data is modified by Marlin (a spread, its daily change and a distance from an average), as the ECB's copyright notice asks us to state.