Crypto Fear & Greed Index
One number for crypto market sentiment, from 0 (extreme fear) to 100 (extreme greed). Updated daily.
Last 90 days
What the index measures
The Fear & Greed Index compresses several market signals into a single 0–100 score: volatility, trading volume and momentum, social-media activity, Bitcoin’s share of the total market (dominance), and search trends. Readings at the extremes describe crowd emotion: panic selling at one end, FOMO at the other.
How traders read it
Many treat it as a contrarian signal — the old “be fearful when others are greedy, and greedy when others are fearful” idea. Extreme fear has historically coincided with capitulation lows and extreme greed with overheated bull markets, but the index is a sentiment thermometer, not a timing tool: it can sit at an extreme for weeks. Pair it with price structure on our markets pages rather than trading it in isolation. Nothing here is investment advice.
Index data by alternative.me, updated daily.