Crypto Fear & Greed Index
The market-wide sentiment gauge every trader watches — plus our live engine internals reading the tape underneath the number across 250+ coins.
How the Crypto Fear & Greed Index Works
The Fear & Greed Index distils crypto market sentiment into a single 0–100 number. A low reading (0–25, Extreme Fear) means investors are panicking and selling; a high reading (76–100, Extreme Greed) means the crowd is euphoric and over-positioned. The market-wide index blends several inputs — price volatility and momentum, trading volume, Bitcoin dominance, social and search trends — because no single metric captures sentiment on its own.
We surface that headline number alongside something no generic tracker can: our own engine's market internals. While the sentiment score tells you how the crowd feels, our breadth read tells you what the tape is actually doing — how many of 250+ liquid coins are in a genuine long versus short setup, and how much manipulation pressure (average Trap Score) is running underneath. Sentiment and structure agreeing is a far stronger signal than either alone.
How Traders Use It
The index is most often used as a contrariantool — Warren Buffett's “be fearful when others are greedy, and greedy when others are fearful” applied to crypto. Extreme Fear has historically marked accumulation zones; Extreme Greed has marked distribution. It is a context layer, not a trade trigger: combine it with a concrete setup from the scanner and a clean Trap Score before acting, and always size for the possibility that an extreme gets more extreme. For the full playbook, read our guide on how to use the Fear & Greed Index in your trading.
FAQ
What is a good Fear and Greed Index value?
There is no universally "good" value — it depends on your strategy. Contrarian traders treat Extreme Fear (0–25) as a potential buying opportunity and Extreme Greed (76–100) as a signal to take profit or tighten risk. Neutral readings (46–55) carry the least directional edge.
How often does the index update?
The market-wide index recalculates once per day. Our engine internals — universe breadth and average Trap Score — recompute continuously from the live signal snapshot, so the structural read underneath the sentiment number is always current.
Is the Fear and Greed Index accurate for timing the market?
It is a sentiment gauge, not a timing system. Extremes can persist for weeks, and "Extreme Fear" can always get more fearful. Use it to frame risk and bias, then rely on an actual signal — a setup plus a low Trap Score — for entries and exits.
What makes this different from other Fear and Greed trackers?
Most trackers show the headline number and stop there. We pair the same market-wide index everyone references with our proprietary engine internals: real-time breadth across 250+ coins and a manipulation read no other sentiment page provides.
The market-wide index is sourced from public market data; engine internals are computed from live exchange data. For informational purposes only — not financial advice.