Fear & Greed
Market sentiment on a 0-100 scale for crypto and US equities, with history and the sub-indicators behind the score.
3 endpoints1.9k calls3/3 passing
Crypto sentiment
The crypto Fear & Greed index, with history.
GET
/v1/finance:fear-greed/cryptopassing · 0.7s15m cache
Parameters
| Name | Type | In | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| count | number | query | Days of history. Default 30, max 365. |
Example response
{"project":"finance:fear-greed", "data": {"date":"2026-08-21","count":30, "items": [ {"date":"2026-08-21","score":72,"rating":"Greed","timestamp":1787270400 }, {"date":"2026-08-20","score":62,"rating":"Greed","timestamp":1787184000 }, {"date":"2026-08-19","score":46,"rating":"Fear","timestamp":1787097600 }, {"date":"2026-08-18","score":41,"rating":"Fear","timestamp":1787011200 }, {"date":"2026-08-17","score":31,"rating":"Fear","timestamp":1786924800 }, {"date":"2026-08-16","score":34,"rating":"Fear","timestamp":1786838400 }, {"date":"2026-08-15","score":34,"rating":"Fear","timestamp":1786752000 }, {"date":"2026-08-14","score":29,"rating":"Fear","timestamp":1786665600 } ],"score":72,"market":"crypto","rating":"Greed","nextUpdateIn":77562 },"timestamp":"2026-08-02T04:21:00Z"}
Errors
- 401Missing or invalid x-api-key
- 404Not found or private
- 429Rate limit or monthly quota reached
Stock sentiment
US equity sentiment plus its seven sub-indicators.
GET
/v1/finance:fear-greed/stockspassing · 0.1s15m cache
Parameters
| Name | Type | In | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| count | number | query | Days of history. Default 30, max 365. |
Example response
{"project":"finance:fear-greed", "data": {"asOf":"2026-08-20T23:59:58+00:00","count":30, "items": [ {"date":"2026-08-20","score":52.49,"rating":"neutral" }, {"date":"2026-08-19","score":57.2,"rating":"greed" }, {"date":"2026-08-18","score":55.09,"rating":"greed" }, {"date":"2026-08-17","score":58.4,"rating":"greed" }, {"date":"2026-08-14","score":63.97,"rating":"greed" }, {"date":"2026-08-13","score":66.63,"rating":"greed" }, {"date":"2026-08-12","score":62.94,"rating":"greed" }, {"date":"2026-08-11","score":61.43,"rating":"greed" } ],"score":52.49,"market":"stocks","rating":"neutral","weekAgo":66.63,"yearAgo":55.91,"monthAgo":37.94, "indicators": { "junkBondDemand": {"score":94.6,"rating":"extreme greed" }, "marketMomentum": {"score":35.8,"rating":"fear" }, "putCallOptions": {"score":40.2,"rating":"fear" }, "safeHavenDemand": {"score":62.8,"rating":"greed" }, "marketVolatility": {"score":50,"rating":"neutral" }, "stockPriceBreadth": {"score":56.2,"rating":"greed" }, "stockPriceStrength": {"score":28,"rating":"fear" } },"previousClose":56.34 },"timestamp":"2026-08-02T04:21:00Z"}
Errors
- 401Missing or invalid x-api-key
- 404Not found or private
- 429Rate limit or monthly quota reached
Crypto History
The full daily crypto Fear & Greed series, back to 2018-02-01.
GET
/v1/finance:fear-greed/crypto-historypassing · 0.5s1h cache
Parameters
| Name | Type | In | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| limit | number | query | Readings to request from the upstream, newest first. 0 means every reading it has, back to 2018-02-01. Default 0. |
| from | number | query | Keep readings at or after this UNIX second. |
| to | number | query | Keep readings at or before this UNIX second. |
Example response
{"project":"finance:fear-greed", "data": {"count":3120, "items": [ {"date":"2018-02-01","time":1517443200,"score":30,"rating":"Fear" }, {"date":"2018-02-02","time":1517529600,"score":15,"rating":"Extreme Fear" }, {"date":"2018-02-03","time":1517616000,"score":40,"rating":"Fear" }, {"date":"2018-02-04","time":1517702400,"score":24,"rating":"Extreme Fear" }, {"date":"2018-02-05","time":1517788800,"score":11,"rating":"Extreme Fear" }, {"date":"2018-02-06","time":1517875200,"score":8,"rating":"Extreme Fear" }, {"date":"2018-02-07","time":1517961600,"score":36,"rating":"Fear" }, {"date":"2018-02-08","time":1518048000,"score":30,"rating":"Fear" } ],"limit":0,"total":3120,"market":"crypto","dataset":"crypto-history","interval":"1d","provider":"alternative-me","sourceUrl":"https://alternative.me/crypto/fear-and-greed-index/" },"timestamp":"2026-08-02T04:21:00Z"}
Errors
- 401Missing or invalid x-api-key
- 404Not found or private
- 429Rate limit or monthly quota reached
Try it
Live request with your key
const data = await client.run( "finance:fear-greed", "crypto", { count: 30 });
Fear & Greed
Market sentiment on a 0-100 scale for crypto and US equities, with history and the sub-indicators behind the score.
3 endpoints1.9k calls3/3 passing
The crypto Fear & Greed index, with history.
GET
/v1/…fear-greed/cryptopassing · 0.7s15m cache
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Parameters
count
number · query · optional
Days of history. Default 30, max 365.
Example response
{"project":"finance:fear-greed", "data": {"date":"2026-08-21","count":30, "items": [ {"date":"2026-08-21","score":72,"rating":"Greed","timestamp":1787270400 }, {"date":"2026-08-20","score":62,"rating":"Greed","timestamp":1787184000 }, {"date":"2026-08-19","score":46,"rating":"Fear","timestamp":1787097600 }, {"date":"2026-08-18","score":41,"rating":"Fear","timestamp":1787011200 }, {"date":"2026-08-17","score":31,"rating":"Fear","timestamp":1786924800 }, {"date":"2026-08-16","score":34,"rating":"Fear","timestamp":1786838400 }, {"date":"2026-08-15","score":34,"rating":"Fear","timestamp":1786752000 }, {"date":"2026-08-14","score":29,"rating":"Fear","timestamp":1786665600 } ],"score":72,"market":"crypto","rating":"Greed","nextUpdateIn":77562 },"timestamp":"2026-08-02T04:21:00Z"}
Errors
- 401Missing or invalid x-api-key
- 404Not found or private
- 429Rate limit or monthly quota reached
Code
const data = await client.run( "finance:fear-greed", "crypto", { count: 30 });