Bitcoin Fear and Greed Index Today: Is the Market Greedy?
Scale: 0 (extreme fear) to 100 (extreme greed). Data: alternative.me.
Snapshot as of 2026-10-15 (latest daily close; refreshed 2026-10-18 14:52 UTC). Checking live data…
What is the Fear & Greed Index?
The Crypto Fear & Greed Index is published by alternative.me. It condenses market sentiment for Bitcoin into one number from 0 (extreme fear) to 100 (extreme greed). According to alternative.me's methodology page, the index combines volatility (25%), market momentum and volume (25%), social media (15%), surveys (15%, currently paused), Bitcoin dominance (10%) and Google Trends (10%). SellSignal does not compute or alter the index; it reads the latest value from alternative.me's public API.
How SellSignal uses it
SellSignal treats persistent greed as a late-cycle warning. The reading is warm at 70 or higher and hot at 80 or higher. For the composite score, heat is 0 at 50 and 100 at 90. It is one of six equal-weight inputs to the overall score. If alternative.me cannot be reached, SellSignal leaves this indicator out and averages the other five.
As of 2026-10-15, the index reads 53 · Neutral (status: cool, heat 8 out of 100). Data provided by alternative.me.
What it showed at past peaks
The index has history only from February 2018, so it cannot speak to 2013 or the 2017 peak.
| Window | Peak close | Index at peak close | Highest reading in window |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 2021-11-09 | 84 | 84 (2021-03-04) |
| 2024-26 | 2025-10-07 | 70 | 94 (2024-11-22) |
Computed by SellSignal's own code from blockchain.info daily BTC/USD data, using the same formulas as the dashboard. "Peak" means the highest daily close in each window: Oct 2013 to Feb 2014, Oct 2017 to Jan 2018, Mar to Dec 2021, and Jan 2024 to Oct 15, 2026. Early (2013) prices come from a thin, fragmented market, so treat those rows as rough.
At the November 2021 closing high the index was at 84, in hot territory by SellSignal's thresholds. At the October 2025 closing high it was 70, only at the warm line, although it had reached 94 almost a year earlier.
Limits and caveats
- Sentiment is not price. Greed can last for months in a bull market, and fear can last for months in a bear market.
- Short history. With data only since 2018, the index covers roughly two full cycles.
- Third-party methodology. Its components and weights are set by alternative.me and could change.
This page is educational and is not financial advice. A reading is a description of past price data, not a prediction.
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Frequently asked questions
What is the Fear and Greed Index for Bitcoin today?
As of 2026-10-15, alternative.me's index read 53 · Neutral. The scale runs from 0 (extreme fear) to 100 (extreme greed).
Who publishes the Crypto Fear & Greed Index?
alternative.me publishes it. SellSignal reads the latest value from its public API and credits it as the data source.
What does extreme greed mean for Bitcoin?
It means the index's inputs, such as volatility, momentum and volume, social media activity and search trends, point to euphoric sentiment. Markets can stay in extreme greed for a long time, so it is a gauge of mood and not a timing tool.
How does SellSignal score Fear & Greed?
Warm at 70 or higher, hot at 80 or higher, with heat from 0 at 50 to 100 at 90. It is excluded from the score if the data cannot be fetched.