Fear & Greed Index
Market sentiment from 0 (Extreme Fear) to 100 (Extreme Greed). The terminal combines this with liquidations, funding rates, and whale data for a complete picture.
What the Fear & Greed Index measures
The index distils several market sentiment inputs — volatility, momentum, social volume, Bitcoin dominance and trading volume — into a single score from 0 to 100. Values below 25 are labelled 'extreme fear'; above 75 is 'extreme greed'. It was originally built by Alternative.me and is one of the most widely referenced sentiment gauges in crypto.
How to read the score
The index is contrarian by design. Historically, extreme-fear readings (below 20) have marked local lows more often than not, while extreme-greed periods (above 80) often precede corrections. It is not a timing tool — expect it to sit at one extreme for days or weeks during strong trends — but a useful gauge of how over-extended positioning is getting.
Why pair it with hard data
Sentiment is a necessary but not sufficient condition for a turn. The score tells you how the crowd feels; liquidations, funding rates and open interest tell you whether that feeling is backed by leveraged positioning that can actually unwind. In the full terminal you can overlay all of these so sentiment extremes are read in the context of market structure.
Frequently asked questions
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