Fear and Greed Index vs Google Trends
Google Trends shows search interest in a topic; the Fear and Greed Index synthesises market sentiment
into a score.
Google Trends
Search · retail attention
quiet
frenzy
Search interest, spikes near tops.
Fear and Greed Index
Whole market · sentiment
Fear
Greed
Reads the crowd’s mood across a whole
market.
The key difference: Trends shows attention; the index shows how that attention feels.
Source: CFGI
Markets