Crypto Fear & Greed Index
Market sentiment on a 0–100 scale, sourced daily from Alternative.me. Below 25 indicates extreme fear; above 75 indicates extreme greed. One year of daily history with calendar heatmap, extremes timeline, and contrarian playbook.
- Average
- 37.4
- Low
- 25
- High
- 50
Current is below 30-day average of 37.4. Persistence below 25 has historically marked accumulation windows; persistence above 75 has marked distribution tops.
What to do at F&G 27
Bearish-leaning territory. Markets are anxious but not capitulating. Often a sideways grind — DCA strategy outperforms timing the absolute bottom.
Not investment advice. Historical analogies do not guarantee future outcomes.
12-month sentiment
Monthly average F&G with min/max range. Track how sentiment has shifted across the past year.
365-day heatmap
Every day's reading, color-coded. Hover for the exact value.
90-day trend
Recent extremes
Most-recent days where F&G hit Extreme Fear (≤20) or Extreme Greed (≥80) in the past 365 days.
How it's calculated
The Fear & Greed Index is composed by Alternative.me from six weighted inputs: market volatility (25%), market momentum and volume (25%), social media sentiment (15%), Bitcoin dominance (10%), and Google Trends data (10%). Survey component has been paused since 2024.
Readings below 25 historically coincide with capitulation (March 2020, June 2022). Readings above 75 coincide with euphoria (Q4 2017, Q4 2021, Q1 2024). The index is a contrarian indicator at extremes.
US market caveat
The index reflects global crypto-market sentiment, but US institutional flow can lead retail sentiment by several days. Spot ETF creation activity, CME futures basis, and large authorized-participant blocks at BlackRock IBIT and Fidelity FBTC are the strongest leading signals for US-driven moves — they often precede F&G shifts during institutional accumulation or distribution phases.
We track both this index and live US ETF flows. When the two diverge, the ETF flow signal is usually more informative for short-term direction in BTC and ETH.
See US ETF tracker →