For this data in row 20, ColM - ColT
17.7% 16.5% 15.2% 14.8% 14.3% 12.5% #DIV/0! #DIV/0! #DIV/0!

this formula:
=IF(M20N20,1,0)+IF(O20<N20,IF(M20N20,1,0),0)+IF( N20O20,IF(M20N20,1,0),0)+IF(O20P20,IF(N20O20,I F(M20N20,1,0),0),0)+IF(P20Q20,IF(O20P20,IF(N20 O20,IF(M20N20,1,0),0),0),0)+IF(Q20R20,IF(P20Q20 ,IF(O20P20,IF(N20O20,IF(M20N20,1,0),0),0),0),0) +IF(R20S20,IF(Q20R20,IF(P20Q20,IF(O20P20,IF(N2 0O20,IF(M20N20,1,0),0),0),0),0),0)+IF(S20T20,IF (R20S20,IF(Q20R20,IF(P20Q20,IF(O20P20,IF(N20O 20,IF(M20N20,1,0),0),0),0),0),0),0)

returns an error

Is there away to still count the consecutive improvements in the first few
columns?

The prior post where I suggested returning a 0 if an error is discovered
wouldn't work...