Fear and Greed Index

A mood barometer for the stock market. 0 means extreme fear, 100 extreme greed. It shows whether investors are running for cover or reaching for risk.

From six signals: trend and volatility of the S&P 500, stocks versus government bonds, risky versus solid bonds, market breadth, and 52-week highs versus lows. All six are measured against the last two years. Breadth is the share of all roughly 3,100 US stocks above their 200-day line, and highs versus lows is the share of stocks near their 52-week high among all stocks near either their high or their low. The volatility of the S&P 500 counts against its average of the last 50 days. Each signal sits between 0 and 100, and the index is their average.

From eleven sentiment signals such as trend, volatility, buying pressure, ETF flows, funding and open interest, plus Bitcoin's valuation against its 200-week line. The signals count for three quarters, the valuation for one quarter.

The idea is the same. MEQIRI uses its own price data, measures S&P 500 volatility itself instead of using the VIX, and uses no options data. Every signal is shown openly on the stocks page, with history since 2009.

Alternative.me measures only Bitcoin and also relies on social media and surveys. MEQIRI measures the whole market with breadth, altcoins, ETF flows and stablecoins and shows every signal openly.

No. The index measures mood, it does not predict prices. Since 2009 the S&P 500 was mostly higher one year after extreme fear, but the past is no guarantee. Not investment advice.