Market sentiment and the bitcoin price on one timeline
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greed
today's reading
The Fear & Greed index compresses market sentiment into a single number from 0 to 100: zero is panic, one hundred is euphoria. It is computed by alternative.me from volatility, volume, bitcoin dominance and search interest.
The reading alone says little. It gains meaning next to price: the chart below shows where the market was afraid and price rose afterwards — and where it went the other way. The table under the chart is more useful still: what happened to price over the next 30 and 90 days after each extreme reading.
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Extreme fear
21%
679 days
Fear
29%
915 days
Neutral
14%
455 days
Greed
25%
785 days
Extreme greed
10%
331 days
Over the selected period the low was 5 (22.08.2019), the high was 95 (26.06.2019).
What followed extreme readings
Date
Index
BTC price
After 30 days
After 90 days
fear 19
$61 560
+2.1%
—
fear 15
$62 958
+3.0%
+21.0%
fear 11
$64 143
-2.4%
+20.7%
fear 9
$66 964
+17.3%
-8.1%
fear 11
$70 511
+4.7%
-10.7%
fear 18
$68 114
+1.4%
-6.2%
fear 9
$67 004
+2.9%
+15.7%
fear 12
$62 910
+6.9%
+29.5%
fear 20
$89 560
-24.1%
-12.7%
fear 20
$88 659
-0.3%
-22.3%
fear 20
$90 395
+3.7%
-25.6%
fear 11
$84 740
+4.6%
-19.7%
fear 20
$102 313
-11.4%
-31.0%
fear 18
$82 615
+24.6%
+31.8%
fear 10
$84 709
-2.4%
+27.2%
greed 84
$103 707
-7.3%
-9.9%
greed 83
$101 420
-6.8%
-17.2%
greed 84
$96 408
-3.8%
-12.5%
greed 80
$87 952
+13.7%
+10.8%
fear 17
$56 022
+0.3%
+21.1%
greed 83
$69 470
-8.2%
-11.0%
greed 81
$73 072
-8.2%
-7.9%
greed 82
$62 432
+11.9%
+9.6%
fear 20
$16 693
+0.5%
+45.7%
fear 20
$19 550
-14.8%
+6.8%
fear 20
$19 311
+6.1%
-14.0%
fear 20
$19 803
-2.7%
-12.4%
fear 20
$20 131
-4.1%
-14.7%
fear 16
$19 329
+23.8%
-1.0%
fear 14
$21 491
-0.8%
-10.2%
fear 12
$28 425
-29.8%
-24.9%
fear 13
$29 031
-28.6%
-30.3%
fear 9
$30 087
-25.3%
-18.9%
fear 20
$37 631
-15.7%
-36.8%
fear 20
$40 075
-27.6%
-50.2%
fear 20
$38 230
+15.1%
-23.9%
fear 20
$41 574
-7.6%
-12.1%
fear 19
$36 445
+5.3%
+11.1%
fear 15
$43 082
-3.9%
+0.2%
fear 18
$49 396
-7.2%
-20.2%
Episodes where the index dropped below 20 or rose above 80. Consecutive days of the same panic count as one event, otherwise a single week produces ten rows. This is measured history, not a forecast: what happened before is under no obligation to repeat.
Frequently asked questions
What is the Crypto Fear & Greed Index?
A single number from 0 to 100 that sums up market sentiment: 0 is panic, 100 is euphoria. It combines volatility, volume, bitcoin dominance and search interest.
How do traders use the index?
As a contrarian gauge. Extreme fear has often been a better time to buy than extreme greed, but not always, which is why the table on this page shows what price did 30 and 90 days after each extreme reading.
How often does the index update?
Once a day. The value here is today's reading, and the chart goes back to 2018.
Is extreme greed a sell signal?
Not on its own. Greed can last for weeks in a strong trend. Use it together with funding, open interest and the long/short ratio to see how stretched positioning is.
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