The Thrive Power Score (TPS) is a proprietary composite metric that rates the overall strength of any crypto asset on a scale from 0 to 100. It synthesizes eight distinct market dimensions — momentum, derivatives, smart money, volume, sentiment, structure, on-chain, and macro — into a single score that reflects the asset's current conviction level.
Think of it as having eight expert analysts sitting in a room. One specializes in order flow. Another watches nothing but on-chain data. A third tracks derivatives markets all day. TPS is what happens when all eight of them reach consensus and hand you a single number.
TPS isn't a signal to blindly buy or sell. It's a conviction gauge — a way to quantify how aligned (or misaligned) the market's underlying forces are for a given asset at any point in time. High TPS means the wind is at your back. Low TPS means you're fighting the current.
Every asset tracked on Thrive receives a continuously updated TPS alongside a letter grade (S through D) so you can scan hundreds of assets in seconds and immediately know where conviction is strongest.
RSI tells you about momentum — and nothing else. Bollinger Bands measure volatility relative to a moving average. MACD tracks trend direction and acceleration. Funding rates reveal derivatives positioning. Each of these is useful in isolation. None of them gives you the full picture.
The problem compounds when they disagree. RSI says overbought. MACD just crossed bullish. Funding is deeply negative. On-chain metrics show accumulation. Which one do you listen to? Most traders pick the signal that confirms their existing bias and ignore the rest.
This is exactly how smart traders lose money — not from lack of data, but from selective interpretation of too many disconnected data points.
TPS solves this by doing the synthesis for you. Instead of interpreting eight separate dashboards and somehow weighting them in your head, TPS integrates all eight dimensions into a structured framework that accounts for how each dimension interacts with the others under current market conditions. The result: one score, zero ambiguity.
TPS draws from eight distinct categories of market data. Each dimension captures a different aspect of an asset's health and trajectory. Together they cover virtually every angle a trader or analyst could evaluate.
| Dimension |
What It Measures |
| Momentum |
The strength and direction of price movement across multiple timeframes. Are buyers in control? Is the trend accelerating or fading? |
| Derivatives |
Positioning in futures and perpetual markets — open interest, funding rates, and leverage dynamics that reveal how leveraged traders are betting. |
| Smart Money |
Whale activity, large wallet movements, and institutional flow patterns. What the most informed participants are doing with their capital. |
| Volume |
The strength of participation behind price moves. Are breakouts backed by real volume, or are they low-conviction drifts? |
| Sentiment |
Crowd psychology and market mood derived from multiple data sources. Fear, greed, and the extremes that often precede reversals. |
| Structure |
Technical market structure — support/resistance levels, trend integrity, and the price patterns that define the current trading environment. |
| On-Chain |
Blockchain-native data including exchange flows, holder behavior, network activity, and supply dynamics that are invisible on a price chart. |
| Macro |
Broader market context — DXY, rates environment, cross-asset correlations, and the macro forces that pull crypto markets as a whole. |
No single dimension tells the whole story. An asset can have strong momentum but deteriorating on-chain fundamentals. It can have favorable macro conditions but terrible derivatives positioning. TPS captures these nuances and resolves them into a single, interpretable score.
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Every TPS score maps to a letter grade that makes it instantly readable at a glance. The grading system is designed to be intuitive — you don't need to memorize score ranges after the first day.
| Grade |
Score Range |
Interpretation |
| S |
80 – 100 |
Exceptional strength. Most or all dimensions aligned bullishly. These are the highest-conviction setups in the market. |
| A |
65 – 79 |
Strong. Clear directional lean with broad agreement across dimensions. Minor dissent in one or two areas. |
| B |
45 – 64 |
Neutral to mixed. Dimensions are split or muted. The market hasn't made up its mind. Caution warranted. |
| C |
25 – 44 |
Weak. Most dimensions skew bearish or flat. Not the time to be aggressive on the long side. |
| D |
0 – 24 |
Severe weakness. Near-universal bearish alignment across all dimensions. Capitulation territory or confirmed downtrend. |
The grade system is especially useful when scanning the screener. Sorting by TPS grade instantly surfaces the strongest and weakest assets in the market without you needing to open a single chart.
Here's where TPS separates itself from every other composite score in crypto.
Most composite indicators use fixed weights. They assign a static importance to each component regardless of what the market is doing. This creates a fundamental flaw: the factors that matter most in a trending market are not the same factors that matter most in a ranging market.
TPS is regime-adaptive. It detects the current market regime — trending, ranging, volatile, or compressed — and adjusts how much weight each dimension carries in the final score.
In a strong trend, momentum and volume carry more influence. You want to know if the trend has legs and if participation confirms it.
In a ranging market, structure and smart money become more important. Support/resistance levels define the playing field, and whale positioning often signals which direction the range will break.
In high-volatility regimes, derivatives and on-chain data get elevated. Funding rate extremes and exchange flow spikes are the earliest warnings of liquidation cascades and capitulation events.
This dynamic reweighting is what makes TPS intelligent rather than mechanical. It's not just averaging eight numbers. It's contextualizing them within the market environment that actually exists right now.
The headline TPS number tells you the verdict. The component breakdown tells you the reasoning.
On every asset detail page, TPS displays an eight-dimension visual that shows the individual score for each component. This is where the real analytical depth lives.
When most dimensions agree — say, seven out of eight are above 70 — you have high conviction with broad confirmation. The score is reliable because it's coming from consensus, not from one outlier dimension dragging the average up.
When dimensions diverge — momentum strong but on-chain weak, or sentiment bullish but smart money neutral — you have a conditional setup. The TPS number reflects this disagreement as a more moderate score, but the breakdown shows you exactly where the tension lies.
Key patterns to watch for:
- Momentum + Volume aligned bullish, On-Chain lagging: Price is moving but the underlying network isn't confirming yet. Could be a short-term move without staying power.
- Smart Money strong, everything else weak: Smart money is accumulating while the crowd is fearful. Classic bottom-fishing signal worth monitoring.
- Derivatives extreme, Sentiment extreme, Macro weak: Overleveraged crowd chasing a move against macro headwinds. High reversal risk.
- All dimensions clustered in B-range (45-64): Market indecision across the board. Stay flat or reduce size until a dimension breaks out.
The component breakdown transforms TPS from a number you react to into a framework you reason with. Use it to build higher-conviction theses rather than taking scores at face value.
Theory is useful. Concrete examples are better. Here are three realistic scenarios showing how TPS reads across different market conditions.
Bitcoin is trading at $97,400, up 18% in three weeks. The trend is clean, higher highs and higher lows on every timeframe.
| Dimension |
Score |
| Momentum |
92 |
| Derivatives |
78 |
| Smart Money |
85 |
| Volume |
88 |
| Sentiment |
76 |
| Structure |
91 |
| On-Chain |
80 |
| Macro |
82 |
Reading: Near-universal alignment. Momentum and structure are the standouts — the trend is technically pristine with strong participation. Smart money confirms (large wallets are not distributing). Derivatives slightly lower at 78 because funding has crept positive, but not to extreme levels yet. Sentiment at 76 suggests bullishness without euphoria.
Action: This is a high-conviction long environment. TPS 84 tells you the trend is confirmed across virtually every dimension. Use position sizing appropriate for an A/S-grade setup. Trailing stops rather than fixed targets — let the trend run while it has this much backing.
Ethereum is stuck between $3,150 and $3,450. It's been range-bound for 12 days. No clear direction.
| Dimension |
Score |
| Momentum |
38 |
| Derivatives |
71 |
| Smart Money |
55 |
| Volume |
42 |
| Sentiment |
48 |
| Structure |
60 |
| On-Chain |
58 |
| Macro |
50 |
Reading: Classic B-grade indecision. Momentum and volume are the weakest dimensions — the range is killing trend-based signals, which is expected. Derivatives at 71 is the outlier. This tells you that futures traders are positioned moderately bullish even though spot can't break the range. Structure at 60 means the support/resistance levels are holding but neither side has broken.
Action: A TPS of 52 with this component profile says wait. Don't force a directional trade in a B-grade ranging market. The derivatives strength is interesting — if ETH breaks the range to the upside and TPS jumps above 65, that's your entry signal. Until then, this is a reduce-size-and-observe environment. Consider range-trading strategies at support/resistance boundaries with tight stops.
Solana dropped 32% in five days following a major protocol exploit. It's sitting at $98 after trading at $144 the week before.
| Dimension |
Score |
| Momentum |
8 |
| Derivatives |
15 |
| Smart Money |
71 |
| Volume |
28 |
| Sentiment |
12 |
| Structure |
18 |
| On-Chain |
22 |
| Macro |
35 |
Reading: Devastation across the board — except smart money. Momentum at 8 means the downtrend is near-vertical. Sentiment at 12 is capitulation-level fear. Derivatives at 15 tells you the leveraged long side has been liquidated. But smart money at 71 is the critical signal. While retail panics and leverage gets wiped out, large wallets are accumulating.
Action: A D-grade TPS of 22 means don't try to catch this knife. But the smart money divergence demands attention. Add SOL to your watchlist and set a TPS alert for when the score crosses above 40. That's your signal that the bleeding has stopped and multiple dimensions are starting to recover. Smart money at 71 during a crash has historically preceded meaningful bottoms — but you need patience for the rest of the score to confirm.
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TPS is most powerful when integrated into a repeatable workflow rather than used as a standalone trigger. Here are concrete strategies.
Set a minimum TPS threshold for entries. If you only take longs when TPS is A-grade (65+) and only take shorts when TPS is C-grade or below (under 45), you automatically filter out the messy, low-conviction setups that erode accounts.
This single rule — only trade in the direction TPS confirms — eliminates a massive percentage of losing trades that come from fighting the prevailing market conditions.
Scale position size to TPS grade:
- S-grade (80+): Full position. Maximum conviction.
- A-grade (65-79): 75% of max position.
- B-grade (45-64): 25-50% or sit out entirely.
- C/D-grade: Counter-trend only if you have a specific edge, with minimal size.
This approach ensures you're sizing largest when conditions are most favorable and smallest when they're ambiguous. Over hundreds of trades, this position-sizing discipline alone can transform your equity curve.
TPS tells you what the market is doing now. Pair it with:
The trifecta — TPS for conviction, TAS for directional edge, TRP for regime classification — is the most complete signal framework available in crypto.
When TPS is falling but price is rising, or TPS is rising but price is falling, you have a divergence. TPS divergences are significantly more reliable than single-indicator divergences because they represent disagreement across eight dimensions, not just one.
A rising TPS on a falling price is one of the strongest accumulation signals available. It means the underlying fundamentals are improving even as price declines — classic smart money accumulation behavior.
For traders who want programmatic access, TPS is fully queryable in the Thrive Data Workbench. You can filter, sort, and build custom screens using SQL.
Example query — find all assets with S-grade TPS where smart money dimension exceeds 80:
SELECT
symbol,
tps_score,
tps_grade,
tps_smart_money,
tps_momentum,
tps_derivatives
FROM thrive_power_scores
WHERE tps_grade = 'S'
AND tps_smart_money > 80
ORDER BY tps_score DESC;
This gives you a focused list of the highest-conviction assets where smart money is most active. From here you can build backtests, export to your trading system, or set up automated alerts when new assets enter this filter.
The Workbench also supports historical TPS queries, so you can analyze how TPS behaved at previous market turning points and develop your own regime-based strategies.
TPS is integrated across the Thrive platform in every context where you need it:
- Asset Detail Pages: Full TPS score with eight-dimension component breakdown, historical TPS chart, and grade history.
- Screener: Sort and filter all tracked assets by TPS score or grade. Instantly surface the strongest and weakest assets in the market.
- Data Workbench: Query TPS programmatically with SQL. Build custom filters, backtests, and alerts using TPS as a core variable.
- Dashboards: Pin TPS widgets to your custom dashboards for at-a-glance monitoring of your watchlist's conviction levels.
- Alerts: Set threshold alerts when any asset's TPS crosses above or below a target score. Get notified when high-conviction setups emerge or when your holdings show deteriorating strength.
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TPS recalculates continuously as new data flows in across all eight dimensions. In practice, you'll see meaningful score changes within minutes of significant market events. The score isn't on a fixed refresh cycle — it updates in near real-time as underlying data changes.
Yes. You can set alerts on both the composite TPS score and individual dimension scores. Common alert setups include: TPS crossing above 65 (entering A-grade territory), TPS dropping below 25 (D-grade warning), or smart money dimension spiking above 80 while overall TPS remains low (accumulation divergence). Set these up from the asset detail page or via the alerts configuration.
Galaxy Score is a general-purpose ranking metric used by some platforms. TPS is fundamentally different in three ways: it's regime-adaptive (weights shift with market conditions), it includesderivatives and smart money dimensions that Galaxy Score doesn't cover, and it provides afull component breakdown so you can see exactly which dimensions are driving the score. TPS is built specifically for active traders, not passive observers.
TPS is available for every asset tracked on Thrive. Some dimensions may carry more or less weight depending on data availability — for example, smaller-cap assets may have less derivatives data, so other dimensions compensate accordingly. The score remains reliable because the regime-adaptive framework adjusts for data coverage automatically.
No indicator predicts price, and anyone claiming otherwise is selling something. TPS measures the current alignment of market forces. A high TPS means conditions are favorable for upside. A low TPS means conditions favor downside. But markets can stay irrational, black swans happen, and no score accounts for everything. Use TPS as a conviction tool within a complete risk management framework, not as a crystal ball.
RSI measures a single thing: the speed and magnitude of recent price changes. It's a momentum oscillator — one dimension. TPS incorporates momentum as one of its eight dimensions, but also layers in derivatives positioning, smart money behavior, on-chain data, macro context, sentiment, volume quality, and market structure. Comparing RSI to TPS is like comparing a speedometer to a full vehicle diagnostic system. RSI tells you how fast price is moving. TPS tells you whether the entire market ecosystem supports that movement.
TPS is timeframe-agnostic at the composite level, but the component breakdown helps across both horizons. Short-term traders focus more on the momentum, derivatives, and volume dimensions. Longer-term traders weight on-chain, smart money, and macro more heavily. The regime-adaptive framework naturally adjusts for the dominant timeframe of current market activity, making TPS useful whether you hold for hours or months.
