FAQ & signal reference
Everything you need to know about the screener, the scoring metrics, and what every trading signal actually means.
3CQS tips & basic usage
- Have some knowledge of the symbols / coins you trade — so if you do hold red bags (generally everyone will at some point), you won't mind as much. Click on any symbol in the screener to bring up its background info.
- If you're looking for high volatility, sort the screener by volatility score. Scores are weighted averages across multiple time intervals (15m, 30m, 1h, etc.).
- Higher scores are higher volatility, which tend to yield higher gains — but can also mean higher risk.
- Watch the score trends (hover over the various columns to see the charts) to get an idea of the trajectory. If something's trending down for 2–3 periods, you might want to make some decisions like scaling settings or TP (Take Profit) back, stopping the bot, etc.
- Set your 3CQS alerts (the clock icon on the dashboard) to notify you of volatility changes on your preferred scores and volume.
- Trading volume is important — it can take longer to close deals when volume is low. Look for symbols trading 2M 24h volume or higher.
- Don't overextend and keep your bots fully covered, especially with highly volatile coins. They can dip extremely fast.
- Be patient. It is normal for markets to move up and down, sometimes very fast and for prolonged periods of time.
Scoring system
What is SymRank?
SymRank is a proprietary symbol ranking system exclusive to 3CQS users that ranks symbols (coins) in near-realtime based on multiple criteria including current trading volume, volatility, and price action.
What is SymScore?
SymScore uses a variety of metrics including the symbol's current SymRank, price action, and volatility — from which a score is calculated on a scale from 1–100 (Bearish to Bullish).
What is SymSense?
SymSense uses a symbol's current SymRank and SymScore to calculate a sense of how fearful or greedy a symbol currently is on a scale from 1–100.
What is SymSenser?
SymSenser acts as a thermometer for crypto market sentiment, giving you a real-time "sense" of how hot (greedy) or cold (fearful) the market is on a scale of 1 to 100 — empowering you to navigate the volatile crypto environment with confidence and precision.
What is SymSync?
SymSync measures how closely individual symbols align with current market conditions. Powered by SymSenser's real-time market sense on a scale of 1 to 100, SymSync evaluates each symbol's SymSense, calculating its match as a percentage from 0–100%. This ensures more precise and aligned trading decisions that reflect overall market sentiment in real time.
Volatility & price action
What are Volatility Scores?
Pricing is monitored in near-realtime and calculated, which results in 15m, 30m, 1h, etc. volatility interval percentages. Each interval is then weighted and averaged based on the timeframe (more recent timeframes are weighted higher), from which a score is then calculated. Higher scores are greater volatility.
What are Price Action Scores?
Realtime pricing is monitored and calculated using a combination of moving average formulas. Similar to volatility, more weight is given to recent pricing, from which a score is then calculated.
Combined insight
SymRank, SymScore & SymSense — how they relate
SymRank tracks an individual symbol's volume, price action, and volatility — from which rank is determined across all symbols. SymScore is the bearish / bullish sentiment for the individual symbol with SymRank also taken into consideration.
SymScore is really another layer on top of SymRank. Both metrics consider the symbol's most recent 24h price action, volatility and volume, but depending on overall market conditions, a symbol might have a SymRank greater than 100 but still a bullish SymScore.
SymSense utilizes the current SymRank and SymScore of a symbol to provide an overall sentiment for a particular symbol ranging from fearful (1) to greedy (100).
Price Action & Volatility Score insight
3CQS price action and volatility take into account pricing over the last 24 hours. Scores that are red are considered currently on a downtrend; green if on an uptrend.
Price action scores that are significantly negative are when price is moving much lower over the last 24 hours. Volatility scores can be negative as well but are not calculated the same way and won't generally be seen with as large negative scores.
Negative scores represent the lowest of all price / volatility trend movements over 24 hours, whereas the color is the current projected up / downtrend. Significant sells that drop price drastically will likely result in larger negative price action scores — but could increase volatility as buys increase price. So you can have a very low negative price action score with a high volatility score in many cases. Scores are constantly recalculated, so it's helpful to see the trends when you hover over them.
3CQS trading signals
Trading signals are developed using various market indicators and extensive technical research of the current and historical market atmosphere. They offer effective suggestions to purchase, trade, or hold an asset.
3CQS trading signals are designed to signal the start and stop of DCA (Dollar Cost Average) bots for optimal performance under a variety of market conditions. Every signal below has a BOT_START trigger and an inverse BOT_STOP condition.
All signals evaluate on a 15-minute cadence and require 3 consecutive data points matching the start condition before firing. Stop conditions also use a 5-minute hysteresis to filter out noise.
SymRank Top signals
Track when a symbol enters or exits the top-N rankings.
BOT_START: SymRank ≤ 10
BOT_STOP: SymRank > 11
BOT_START: SymRank ≤ 30
BOT_STOP: SymRank > 40
BOT_START: SymRank ≤ 50
BOT_STOP: SymRank > 60
BOT_START: SymRank ≤ 100, Volatility Score ≥ 3 (uptrend), Price Action Score ≥ 2 (uptrend)
BOT_STOP: SymRank > 140 or Volatility Score drops by 2 or Price Action Score drops by 1.5
BOT_START: SymRank ≤ 100, Volatility Score ≥ 3 (uptrend), Price Action Score ≥ 2 (uptrend), RSI-14 15m ≤ 65
BOT_STOP: SymRank > 140 or Volatility Score drops by 2 or Price Action Score drops by 1.5 or RSI-14 15m ≥ 70
BOT_START: SymRank ≤ 250, Volatility Score ≥ 3 (uptrend), Price Action Score ≥ 2 (uptrend), RSI-14 15m ≤ 65
BOT_STOP: SymRank > 275 or Volatility Score drops by 2 or Price Action Score drops by 1.5 or RSI-14 15m ≥ 70
SymScore Bullish signals
Fire when SymScore enters bullish territory. Range variants also stop on upper-bound exit.
BOT_START: SymScore ≥ 60 and < 70 (uptrend)
BOT_STOP: SymScore < 55
BOT_START: SymScore ≥ 60 and < 70 (uptrend)
BOT_STOP: SymScore ≥ 75 or < 55
BOT_START: SymScore ≥ 60 and < 80 (uptrend)
BOT_STOP: SymScore ≥ 85 or < 55
BOT_START: SymScore ≥ 70 and < 80 (uptrend)
BOT_STOP: SymScore < 65
BOT_START: SymScore ≥ 70 and < 80 (uptrend)
BOT_STOP: SymScore ≥ 85 or < 65
BOT_START: SymScore ≥ 70 and < 90 (uptrend)
BOT_STOP: SymScore ≥ 95 or < 65
BOT_START: SymScore ≥ 80 and < 90 (uptrend)
BOT_STOP: SymScore < 75
BOT_START: SymScore ≥ 80 and < 90 (uptrend)
BOT_STOP: SymScore ≥ 95 or < 75
BOT_START: SymScore ≥ 80 and ≤ 100 (uptrend)
BOT_STOP: SymScore < 75
BOT_START: SymScore ≥ 90 and ≤ 100 (uptrend)
BOT_STOP: SymScore < 85
SymScore Neutral
Mid-band signal — neither bullish nor bearish.
BOT_START: SymScore ≥ 50 and < 60 (any trend)
BOT_STOP: SymScore < 45 or > 65
SymScore Bearish signals
Mirror of the bullish set — fire when SymScore enters bearish territory.
BOT_START: SymScore ≥ 40 and < 50 (downtrend)
BOT_STOP: SymScore > 55
BOT_START: SymScore ≥ 40 and < 50 (downtrend)
BOT_STOP: SymScore ≤ 35 or > 55
BOT_START: SymScore ≥ 30 and < 50 (downtrend)
BOT_STOP: SymScore ≤ 25 or > 55
BOT_START: SymScore ≥ 30 and < 40 (downtrend)
BOT_STOP: SymScore > 45
BOT_START: SymScore ≥ 30 and < 40 (downtrend)
BOT_STOP: SymScore ≤ 25 or > 45
BOT_START: SymScore ≥ 20 and < 40 (downtrend)
BOT_STOP: SymScore ≤ 15 or > 45
BOT_START: SymScore ≥ 20 and < 30 (downtrend)
BOT_STOP: SymScore > 35
BOT_START: SymScore ≥ 20 and < 30 (downtrend)
BOT_STOP: SymScore ≤ 15 or > 35
BOT_START: SymScore ≥ 1 and < 30 (downtrend)
BOT_STOP: SymScore > 35
BOT_START: SymScore ≥ 1 and < 20 (downtrend)
BOT_STOP: SymScore > 25
SymSense Greed signals
Sentiment ranges from Super Greed up to X-Treme Greed.
BOT_START: SymSense ≥ 60 and < 70 (uptrend)
BOT_STOP: SymSense < 55
BOT_START: SymSense ≥ 60 and < 70 (uptrend)
BOT_STOP: SymSense ≥ 75 or < 55
BOT_START: SymSense ≥ 60 and < 80 (uptrend)
BOT_STOP: SymSense ≥ 85 or < 55
BOT_START: SymSense ≥ 70 and < 80 (uptrend)
BOT_STOP: SymSense < 65
BOT_START: SymSense ≥ 70 and < 80 (uptrend)
BOT_STOP: SymSense ≥ 85 or < 65
BOT_START: SymSense ≥ 70 and < 90 (uptrend)
BOT_STOP: SymSense ≥ 95 or < 65
BOT_START: SymSense ≥ 80 and < 90 (uptrend)
BOT_STOP: SymSense < 75
BOT_START: SymSense ≥ 80 and < 90 (uptrend)
BOT_STOP: SymSense ≥ 95 or < 75
BOT_START: SymSense ≥ 80 and ≤ 100 (uptrend)
BOT_STOP: SymSense < 75
BOT_START: SymSense ≥ 90 (uptrend)
BOT_STOP: SymSense < 85
BOT_START: SymSense ≥ 50 and < 60 (any trend)
BOT_STOP: SymSense < 45 or > 65
SymSense Fear signals
Sentiment ranges from Super Fear down to X-Treme Fear.
BOT_START: SymSense ≥ 40 and < 50 (downtrend)
BOT_STOP: SymSense > 55
BOT_START: SymSense ≥ 40 and < 50 (downtrend)
BOT_STOP: SymSense ≤ 35 or > 55
BOT_START: SymSense ≥ 30 and < 50 (downtrend)
BOT_STOP: SymSense ≤ 25 or > 55
BOT_START: SymSense ≥ 30 and < 40 (downtrend)
BOT_STOP: SymSense > 45
BOT_START: SymSense ≥ 30 and < 40 (downtrend)
BOT_STOP: SymSense ≤ 25 or > 45
BOT_START: SymSense ≥ 20 and < 40 (downtrend)
BOT_STOP: SymSense ≤ 15 or > 45
BOT_START: SymSense ≥ 20 and < 30 (downtrend)
BOT_STOP: SymSense > 35
BOT_START: SymSense ≥ 20 and < 30 (downtrend)
BOT_STOP: SymSense ≤ 15 or > 35
BOT_START: SymSense ≥ 1 and < 30 (downtrend)
BOT_STOP: SymSense > 35
BOT_START: SymSense ≥ 1 and < 20 (downtrend)
BOT_STOP: SymSense > 25
SymSync signals
Fire based on how aligned a symbol is with overall market sentiment.
BOT_START: SymSync ≥ 98 and ≤ 100
BOT_STOP: SymSync ≤ 95 or ≥ 100
BOT_START: SymSync ≥ 88 and ≤ 92
BOT_STOP: SymSync ≤ 85 or ≥ 95
BOT_START: SymSync ≥ 78 and ≤ 82
BOT_STOP: SymSync ≤ 75 or ≥ 85
BOT_START: SymSync ≥ 68 and ≤ 72
BOT_STOP: SymSync ≤ 65 or ≥ 75
BOT_START: SymSync ≥ 58 and ≤ 62
BOT_STOP: SymSync ≤ 55 or ≥ 65
BOT_START: SymSync ≥ 48 and ≤ 52
BOT_STOP: SymSync ≤ 45 or ≥ 55
Volatility signals
Pure volatility threshold signals — fire when a symbol's volatility score crosses an absolute level.
BOT_START: SymRank ≤ 850, Volatility Score ≥ 4 and < 6
BOT_STOP: Volatility Score ≤ 2
BOT_START: SymRank ≤ 850, Volatility Score ≥ 4 and < 6, Price Action Score ≥ 2
BOT_STOP: Volatility Score ≤ 2
BOT_START: SymRank ≤ 850, Volatility Score ≥ 6 and < 8
BOT_STOP: Volatility Score ≤ 4
BOT_START: SymRank ≤ 850, Volatility Score ≥ 6 and < 8, Price Action Score ≥ 2
BOT_STOP: Volatility Score ≤ 4
BOT_START: SymRank ≤ 850, Volatility Score ≥ 8 and < 10
BOT_STOP: Volatility Score ≤ 6
BOT_START: SymRank ≤ 850, Volatility Score ≥ 10
BOT_STOP: Volatility Score ≤ 8
BOT_START: SymRank ≤ 850, Volatility Score ≥ 4 and < 6
BOT_STOP: Volatility Score > 6 or ≤ 2
BOT_START: SymRank ≤ 850, Volatility Score ≥ 6 and < 8
BOT_STOP: Volatility Score > 8 or ≤ 4
BOT_START: SymRank ≤ 850, Volatility Score ≥ 8 and < 10
BOT_STOP: Volatility Score > 10 or ≤ 6
BOT_START: SymRank ≤ 850, Volatility Score ≥ 4 and < 8
BOT_STOP: Volatility Score > 8 or ≤ 2
BOT_START: SymRank ≤ 850, Volatility Score ≥ 6 and < 10
BOT_STOP: Volatility Score > 10 or ≤ 4
BOT_START: SymRank ≤ 850, Volatility Score ≥ 8
BOT_STOP: Volatility Score ≤ 6
Troubleshooting
Things to check if 3CQS is misbehaving
- If you're using a wireless connection, make sure the signal is strong, you're near a wireless access point, or try using a wired connection.
- If you're using a VPN, try disconnecting it or use another.
- If you're running 3CQS in a virtual machine, make sure the VM has enough resources.
- If you have access to another computer, see if the same issue occurs. If it does, it's likely something to do with your Internet connection or latency.
- Try increasing the refresh rate on the dashboard or temporarily turning it off. Depending on the number of bots / deals you're running, 3Commas can send back a lot of data per refresh.
- Some antivirus software will continuously scan folders and memory as an application is running. Check your antivirus to see if any scans are happening in the background.
- Check other applications running on your computer to ensure they are not using a lot of system resources.
- Be sure you're running the latest version of 3CQS and updates to your own operating system.
- Starting with 3CQS v5.0 errors are sent to an event log. Click the more options icon "…" on the dashboard then view event logs.