Fear and Greed Index vs Funding Rates
Funding rates show leverage positioning in perpetual futures; the Fear and Greed Index synthesises
broad sentiment.
Funding Rates
Perp futures · leverage
shorts pay (−)
longs pay (+)
Leverage bias in crypto perps.
Fear and Greed Index
Whole market · sentiment
Fear
Greed
Reads the crowd’s mood across a whole
market.
The key difference: funding shows crypto leverage bias; the index reads overall sentiment.
Source: CFGI
Crypto