GlossaryBTC Fear & Greed Index
BTC Fear & Greed Index
The Crypto Fear & Greed Index, a sentiment value from 0 (extreme fear) to 100 (extreme greed), with the same bands and the same level as the tile on the dashboard. If the published index is unavailable, the study draws a self-calculated momentum value as a fallback and says so in the title.
How to read it
The index is a contrarian indicator: extreme fear has often coincided with good buying opportunities, extreme greed with overheated phases. It does not work as an entry signal on its own, because sentiment can stay extreme for a long time. The move out of an extreme tells you the most.
Limitations
- Bitcoin only, intended for daily to weekly charts.
- The fallback is a separate calculation from price and volume and is not identical to the published index. Check the title of the pane to see which of the two is drawn.