# Fear & Greed Index

Alternative.me's 0-100 gauge of market sentiment. We mirror it and blend it into our Retail Euphoria Index.

Source: https://bykaranteli.com/glossary/fear-and-greed · attribute to ByKaranteli and quote the timestamp.
Snapshot taken 2026-10-17T13:42:04.358Z.

## Live reading

The crypto Fear & Greed Index today is **55** (Greed), down from 63 yesterday.

| Date (UTC) | Value (0-100) | Classification |
| --- | ---: | --- |
| 2026-10-17 | 55 | Greed |
| 2026-10-16 | 63 | Greed |
| 2026-10-15 | 53 | Neutral |
| 2026-10-14 | 62 | Greed |
| 2026-10-13 | 57 | Greed |
| 2026-10-12 | 69 | Greed |
| 2026-10-11 | 61 | Greed |
| 2026-10-10 | 64 | Greed |
| 2026-10-09 | 59 | Greed |
| 2026-10-08 | 64 | Greed |
| 2026-10-07 | 71 | Greed |
| 2026-10-06 | 73 | Greed |
| 2026-10-05 | 70 | Greed |
| 2026-10-04 | 65 | Greed |
| 2026-10-03 | 67 | Greed |
| 2026-10-02 | 72 | Greed |
| 2026-10-01 | 74 | Greed |
| 2026-09-30 | 71 | Greed |
| 2026-09-29 | 73 | Greed |
| 2026-09-28 | 74 | Greed |
| 2026-09-27 | 70 | Greed |
| 2026-09-26 | 74 | Greed |
| 2026-09-25 | 71 | Greed |
| 2026-09-24 | 71 | Greed |
| 2026-09-23 | 71 | Greed |
| 2026-09-22 | 78 | Extreme Greed |
| 2026-09-21 | 70 | Greed |
| 2026-09-20 | 71 | Greed |
| 2026-09-19 | 71 | Greed |
| 2026-09-18 | 56 | Greed |

What BTC did after days in each Fear & Greed band (our daily record):

| Band | Range | Days | BTC next 1d (median %) | BTC next 3d (median %) | BTC next 7d (median %) | Up share 7d (%) |
| --- | --- | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| Very low | 5 to 24 | 679 | +0.2% | +0.6% | +1.0% | 56 |
| Low | 24 to 38 | 634 | -0.1% | +0.0% | -0.4% | 47 |
| Mid | 38 to 52 | 644 | -0.1% | +0.0% | -0.0% | 50 |
| High (today) | 52 to 70 | 602 | +0.1% | +0.4% | +0.7% | 56 |
| Very high | 70 to 95 | 610 | +0.1% | +0.4% | +0.6% | 54 |
| All days (base rate) | n/a | 3169 | +0.0% | +0.2% | +0.4% | 53 |

## Definition

Alternative.me publishes a daily 0-100 composite combining volatility, volume, social mentions, BTC dominance, and Google Trends. 0-24 Extreme Fear, 25-44 Fear, 45-54 Neutral, 55-74 Greed, 75-100 Extreme Greed. Many traders read it as a contrarian gauge; we have not measured that relation here, and in choppy regimes it mostly measures what just happened. We mirror the history on /indices and feed the value into our own proprietary Retail Euphoria Index.

## Related

- https://bykaranteli.com/indices
- https://bykaranteli.com/brief
- https://bykaranteli.com/glossary

Everything in one fetch: https://bykaranteli.com/llms-full.txt