Crypto Fear & Greed Index chart — live, with history
The Crypto Fear & Greed Index distills market sentiment into a single number from 0 (extreme fear) to 100 (extreme greed). It blends volatility, momentum, volume, social triggers and Bitcoin dominance into one read on the mood. As of 2026-07-18 it sits at 25 — Extreme Fear, up 10 points over 30 days. History runs back to 2018.
Extreme Fear
Fear
Neutral
Greed
Extreme Greed
Source: aggregated market data, updated daily. Current figure from the desk's own snapshot, refreshed every ten minutes.
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How to read it
The index is a contrarian tool, most useful at its extremes. The five zones:
0–25 · Extreme Fear
Investors are panicking. Historically these troughs have clustered near local bottoms. The point of maximum pessimism, when the marginal seller is already out.
75–100 · Extreme Greed
Investors are euphoric and over-extended. These peaks have often preceded corrections. The point where the marginal buyer is running out.
"Be fearful when others are greedy, and greedy when others are fearful." The middle of the range carries little trigger; it is the pins at 0–25 and 75–100 that matter. Sentiment is a coincident-to-leading indicator of turning points, not a timing tool on its own: read it alongside price structure and flows, never in isolation.
Where else to track it
| Tool? | Best for? | Notable? |
|---|---|---|
| top traders | Live index back to 2018 + how a desk reads it | $0 by promo, daily, contrarian framing; live index data |
| alternative.me | The original index and its component breakdown | The canonical source and methodology |
| CoinMarketCap | A quick current reading | Their own variant of the gauge |
How to read a row → alternative.me · the original index and its component breakdown · the canonical source and methodology: go here when you want the raw index plus the exact factors (volatility, momentum, volume…) behind today's number.
FAQ
Changes our view when
An extreme reading stops moving price. Sentiment is a contrarian input only while it is still capitulating or still chasing; fear pinned at the lows for weeks while price grinds sideways means the sellers are already out, and the trigger has decayed into description. We also drop it when it disagrees with funding and flows, one sentiment gauge does not outvote positioning.
The TT desk thoughts
We only trade this at the tails. A print in the low teens is worth more than a hundred neutral readings. It tells us the crowd is capitulating and dry powder is stacking. The mistake is treating the index as a live buy/sell switch; it is a pressure gauge, and pressure can stay extreme for weeks. We use extreme fear to size up conviction longs and extreme greed to trim, always confirmed by USDT dominance and price.