The Fear and Greed Index
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600 assets, 230M proprietary sentiment points, and growing every second.
Crypto and Stock Market Sentiment
How do you feel about crypto today?
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What Is the Fear and Greed Index?
The Fear and Greed Index is a simple way to read market emotion. It scores sentiment from 0 to 100, where low readings show fear, high readings show greed, and the middle of the range shows a market that has not fully committed either way.
That matters because markets are not only moved by price. They are moved by people reacting to price. Fear can make traders defensive. Greed can make traders chase risk. Neutral readings can show hesitation before the next move becomes obvious.
Some people search for it as the Greed and Fear Index; the score is the same either way.
CFGI tracks that crowd behaviour across live crypto sentiment and live stock market sentiment. Crypto readings cover the whole market and hundreds of individual assets across 15-minute, 1-hour, 4-hour and daily views.
CFGI's records show spreads of more than 60 points between coins on a single day, which is why CFGI scores every asset separately. Compare every asset in crypto scores by coin.
A single price move can be noisy. CFGI uses 10 indicators so the score reflects market structure, crowd attention and trading pressure, not just whether the chart is green or red.
300+ Crypto Assets
Bitcoin, Ethereum and major altcoins each get their own sentiment record.
10 Fear & Greed Indicators
Every score combines market structure, crowd behaviour and trading pressure.
4 Crypto Timeframes
Short-term and daily readings show whether sentiment is changing quickly or building over time.
Stock Market Sentiment
CFGI also tracks a live stock market sentiment index across four timeframes.
Start with the Bitcoin Fear and Greed Index, or compare every asset in crypto scores by coin.
How to use it
How to Use the Fear and Greed Index
Use the Fear and Greed Index as a sentiment map, not a trading command. The score shows how stretched the crowd is at the time of the reading. It helps users ask better questions: is fear getting worse, is greed becoming crowded, or is the market returning to neutral?
The timeframe matters. A 15-minute reading is for fast market mood. It can be useful for active traders watching sudden shifts. A 1-hour reading smooths some noise while still showing intraday pressure. A 4-hour reading is useful for swing traders who want the session trend without reacting to every candle. The daily reading is the broadest view and is best for understanding the wider market mood.
Extreme Fear can show stress, forced selling or defensive positioning. Greed can show risk appetite, momentum or crowded optimism. Neutral can be just as important because it often shows hesitation. The strongest read comes when sentiment is compared with price, volume, liquidity and the wider market.
15-Minute
Fast mood shifts. Useful for active traders watching sudden changes in crowd behaviour.
1-Hour
Intraday pressure. Useful when traders want signal without reacting to every small move.
4-Hour
Session trend. Useful for swing traders watching whether sentiment is building or fading.
Daily
Wider market mood. Useful for investors and analysts tracking the bigger sentiment regime.
CFGI is a sentiment gauge, not financial advice. It does not predict price or tell users when to trade. In CFGI's own records, sentiment tracks same-day price closely and next-day price barely at all. It is a mirror of the crowd, not a forecast.
Markets
How Crypto and Stock Market Sentiment Differ
Crypto and stocks can both be scored from 0 to 100, but the crowd behind each market behaves differently.
Crypto trades all day, every day. It reacts quickly to exchange flows, social attention, leverage, whale movements and order book pressure. Sentiment can change fast because the market never closes and a large share of activity comes from active traders, global retail flows and crypto-native liquidity.
The most fearful readings in CFGI's records all printed in the year to June 2026, and the full record book lives on the Crypto Fear and Greed Index hub.
Stocks move through a different structure. The market has defined sessions, heavier institutional participation, earnings cycles, macro data, index flows and volatility signals. Stock sentiment usually matters most at the daily level because the market's main decisions cluster around sessions, closes and macro events.
That is why CFGI separates the two. Crypto sentiment needs multiple timeframes because crowd mood can shift intraday. Stock market sentiment is led by the daily reading, with 15-minute, 1-hour and 4-hour views on the stock hub and company pages. The homepage shows both, while the crypto and stock hubs go deeper into each market.
Comparison
CFGI vs CNN vs Alternative.me
People search for the Fear and Greed Index for different reasons. Some want stock market sentiment. Some want a broad crypto reading. CFGI is built for people who want sentiment by market, by asset and by timeframe.
| Feature | CFGI | CNN | Alternative.me |
|---|---|---|---|
| Markets | Crypto + stocks | Stocks | Crypto |
| Crypto asset scores | Yes, 300+ assets | No | No |
| Crypto timeframes | 15m, 1h, 4h, 1d | No | Broad reading |
| Stock sentiment | Live, 4 timeframes | Stock index | No |
| Best for | Cross-market and asset-level sentiment | Stock market mood | Broad crypto mood |
CFGI is not a clone of CNN or Alternative.me. CNN made the stock Fear and Greed format familiar. Alternative.me made the broad crypto reading familiar. CFGI's difference is granularity: live crypto timeframes, live stock sentiment, and individual crypto asset records.
Explore crypto scores by coin, build with the API, monitor alerts, or add embeddable widgets.
Methodology
How the Fear and Greed Index Is Calculated
CFGI does not treat sentiment as a single signal. A market can rise on weak volume, fall on temporary stress, or look calm while pressure builds underneath. The index is built from 10 indicators so each reading captures price action, crowd attention, market structure and trading pressure together.
Extreme Fear
0 to 19
Fear
20 to 39
Neutral
40 to 59
Greed
60 to 79
Extreme Greed
80 to 100
Ten signals, one number. Every signal is scored against each asset's own history, so a reading of greed means greedier than usual for that asset, never a raw comparison between one market and another.
Price Score
30% of scorePrice Score reads how far price has run from its own normal, using RSI. Overbought is greed, oversold is fear. It is the single most reliable input, which is why it carries the most weight alongside Impulse.
Impulse
30% of scoreImpulse measures how forcefully price is accelerating, and in which direction. It is self-attenuating: a choppy, indecisive reading quietly counts for less, so one twitchy signal cannot bully the score. Its direction also sets the sign for Volatility, Volume and Search.
Volatility
5% of scoreVolatility measures how violently price is swinging against its own recent calm. A swing has no mood on its own, so it takes its direction from Impulse: a violent move up is greed, a violent move down is fear.
Volume
5% of scoreVolume measures conviction. Heavy trading behind a rally is greed and heavy trading into a fall is fear, so like Volatility it is an intensity that takes its direction from price.
Technical
5% of scoreTechnical is the consensus of the classic technical-analysis toolkit, dozens of indicators reduced to one buy or sell rating. It counts the same whether it is loud or quiet, because a neutral technical read is itself information.
Dominance
5% of scoreDominance tracks whether money is crowding into safety or spreading into risk. Rising Bitcoin dominance is a flight to safety and reads as fear. For every other asset, gaining share is strength and reads as greed.
Social
5% of scoreSocial reads how bullish or bearish the crowd is actually talking, scored against how this asset is normally discussed. It is two-sided, so it can genuinely read bearish rather than only measuring how much attention something gets.
Search
5% of scoreSearch measures how loudly an asset is being discussed, not how positively. Attention alone has no mood, so it takes its direction from price: a surge while price rises is FOMO and reads as greed, the same surge while price falls is panic and reads as fear.
Whales
5% of scoreWhales reads money actually moving, per asset: executed buy versus sell flow on crypto, and insider buying backed by an accumulation read on stocks. Buying pressure from size is greed, distribution is fear.
Order Book
5% of scoreOrder Book compares buying and selling pressure sitting around the current price. More buyers leaning in is greed, more sellers is fear. Scoring it against its own history cancels out persistent fake walls.
About CFGI
The per-asset sentiment record.
CFGI is a market sentiment data company that scores crowd emotion from 0 to 100 across crypto and stock markets. Crypto readings cover the whole market and hundreds of individual assets across 15-minute, 1-hour, 4-hour and daily views. The stock index gives a live daily reading for wider stock market sentiment.
Every CFGI score is built from 10 indicators: price, volatility, volume, impulse, technical analysis, social media, dominance, search interest, whale movements and order book pressure. The same data powers our API, alerts and embeddable widgets.
FAQ
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the Fear and Greed Index?
The Fear and Greed Index is a 0 to 100 market sentiment score. Low readings show fear, high readings show greed, and the middle of the range shows neutral sentiment. CFGI uses the index to track crowd behaviour across crypto and stock markets.
What is the Fear and Greed Index today?
The live crypto reading is shown at the top of this page and refreshes every 15 minutes. CFGI also shows a live stock market sentiment reading. For deeper market views, the crypto and stock hub pages show more detail.
How often does the Fear and Greed Index update?
Crypto readings refresh every 15 minutes, so the crypto score updates continuously through the day across 15-minute, 1-hour, 4-hour and daily views. The stock market reading updates through the US trading day across 15-minute, 1-hour, 4-hour and daily views; the stock hub and company pages show all four.
What is a good Fear and Greed Index score?
There is no single good Fear and Greed Index score. The index measures sentiment, not quality: low readings show fear, high readings show greed, and the middle of the range shows neutral. A score is most useful when read beside price, volume and your own risk management.
Is the Greed and Fear Index different from the Fear and Greed Index?
No, they are the same index. The Greed and Fear Index and the Fear and Greed Index describe the same 0 to 100 sentiment score; only the word order changes. CFGI uses the Fear and Greed Index wording across crypto and stock markets.
How do you use the Fear and Greed Index?
Use it as a sentiment gauge, not a trading command. The score helps show whether traders are defensive, neutral or risk-seeking. It is strongest when read beside price, volume, liquidity and risk management.
Is Extreme Fear a buy signal?
Extreme Fear is not a buy signal. It shows that sentiment is heavily defensive at the time of the reading. CFGI does not predict price or tell users when to trade.
Which Fear and Greed Index timeframe should I use?
Shorter timeframes such as 15-minute and 1-hour readings show fast mood shifts. The 4-hour reading helps smooth intraday noise. The daily reading is best for the wider market mood. CFGI publishes all four timeframes for crypto and stocks.
How is CFGI different from CNN and Alternative.me?
CNN is known for stock market sentiment and Alternative.me is known for a broad crypto reading. CFGI is built for cross-market sentiment, with live crypto timeframes, live stock sentiment and individual crypto asset scores.
How is the CFGI Fear and Greed Index calculated?
CFGI combines 10 indicators: price, volatility, volume, impulse, technical analysis, social media, dominance, search interest, whale movements and order book pressure. The goal is to measure crowd behaviour from several angles instead of relying on price alone.
Top indexes
Our Top Fear and Greed Indexes
The most followed Fear and Greed Index pages on CFGI. Each asset gets its own live score from all 10 indicators, across four timeframes.
