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The most-watched crypto sentiment gauge: where it stands right now, what every band means, and how the number is put together.
Snapshot taken Nov 11, 2026, 00:00
Index value
29
Fear
The index runs from 0 to 100. The band the index sits in right now is highlighted.
Maximum capitulation. Selling pressure dominates and the market is priced for bad news. Deep-fear readings have historically clustered near local bottoms rather than mid-trend pullbacks.
Defensive positioning. Most participants are cautious or underweight, which often means rallies get sold into rather than chased.
No strong consensus. Positioning and sentiment sit close to their normal balance, and the index rarely points a direction from this zone.
Risk appetite is back. Bids are strong and participation is broad, which is a healthy backdrop but also where leverage tends to build up.
Euphoria. Nearly everyone is long and pullbacks are bought aggressively. Sharp corrections usually start from here.
CoinRung does not compute the index. It is published by Alternative.me, which combines several market signals into a single 0-100 score.
CoinRung fetches the published value, caches it briefly, then displays it as it is.
The index publisher. CoinRung displays its published value without adjustment.
Short answers to the questions the index raises most often.
It is a 0-100 score that compresses several signals — Bitcoin dominance, volatility, market momentum and volume, price trends and social media activity — into a single reading of crowd sentiment. 0 is extreme fear, 100 is extreme greed.
Once per day. Alternative.me publishes a new reading roughly every morning UTC, so it does not move intraday the way price does. Treat it as a slow filter on the mood of the market rather than a live signal.
No. High readings mean optimism is widespread, which historically shows up near euphoric tops, but they say nothing about when a correction arrives. Low readings have the mirror problem: they cluster near bottoms but can stay low for months.
Not on its own. Extreme fear marks where the market has been washed out, but it does not say when selling stops. Pair it with price structure, volume and your own risk rules before acting.
No. CoinRung displays the published value from Alternative.me. This page explains how the index is built so you know what sits behind the number, but nothing is recomputed locally.
Volatility measures how much price is moving. The Fear and Greed Index mixes that with positioning, dominance and attention, so it can be low during a quiet market and high during a loud one. It is a mood gauge, not a risk gauge.
Look for agreement. Extreme fear on the Fear and Greed Index while funding is negative and the long/short ratio is heavily short tells a consistent story; the same reading with funding deeply positive is a contradiction worth distrusting.
It is built around Bitcoin, so it reflects the mood of the largest market rather than of any specific altcoin. For altcoin rotation specifically, the Altcoin Season Index is the more direct gauge.
The same snapshot feeds the full indicator overview, and the tools below turn positioning into numbers you can act on.
The Fear & Greed Index is a sentiment gauge, not a forecast. It is published by Alternative.me and reproduced here for reference only; it is not investment advice.