Crypto Fear & Greed Index — Daily Sentiment History

Fetch current and historical Crypto Fear & Greed readings for traders monitoring market sentiment.

Quick start

Run this small input (observed under two minutes):

{"daysBack":1,"includeBtcCorrelation":false}

One real item from the 2026-10-05 run (selected fields):

{"date":"2026-10-05","timestamp":"2026-10-05T00:00:00+00:00","value":70,"regime":"greed","classification":"Greed","market_phase":"optimism","regime_change":false,"regime_days":1,"historical_trend":"stable","score_7d_avg":null,"btc_price_correlation_signal":"no_confluence","portfolio_action_signal":"hold"}

date and timestamp locate the observation; value is the 0–100 index reading. classification, regime, and market_phase label sentiment. regime_days counts observed consecutive days; with one input day, longer-window fields such as score_7d_avg are null.

Limits

Alternative.me supplies daily, not intraday, readings and does not expose measured sub-components. includeComponents adds inferred components. BTC price/correlation requests depend on a separate public source and may be unavailable. daysBack: 0 requests full history, not a cheap quick start. Alerts require your own Telegram credentials.

Pricing

Active Apify contract verified 2026-10-05:

Event	Price
Fear & Greed day returned	$0.003 per day

Every returned row is charged as fng-day-tracked; the code has no FREE_EVENTS allowance, and the active contract has no Actor-start event. Check the Store pricing tab for updates.

Use from AI agents (MCP)

Connect to Apify's official MCP server with an Apify token. Select gochujang/fear-greed-tracker, pass the Quick start JSON, and read the dataset items; no new gateway is needed.

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More about Fear & Greed Tracker

Track the Alternative.me Crypto Fear & Greed Index — get today's sentiment score, full history since 2018 (3,100+ days), regime detection, streak counting, rolling averages, and optional Telegram alerts — all in under 5 seconds with no API key required.

Run on Apify's managed cloud without a user API key; public sources may rate-limit requests.

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What Does This Actor Do?

The Crypto Fear & Greed Index Tracker fetches daily sentiment data from Alternative.me and computes regime and trend fields. Optional BTC price enrichment uses Kraken's public endpoints. It returns dataset rows for dashboards and backtests.

Each run delivers a time-series of daily index readings (value 0–100, classification, regime label, BTC price) plus a SUMMARY record in the Apify key-value store with current streak, 7-day and 30-day rolling averages, trend direction, and a full regime breakdown — no postprocessing required.

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Why Use This Actor?

• Contrarian trading signal: Extreme Fear readings (< 25) have historically coincided with Bitcoin market bottoms; Extreme Greed (> 75) often precedes sharp corrections.
• Quantitative backtesting: Access the complete Fear & Greed history from February 2018 — over 3,100 daily data points — for strategy development and validation.
• Regime-aware bots: Feed the current regime label (extreme_fear, fear, neutral, greed, extreme_greed) directly into trading algorithms to dynamically adjust position sizing.
• Real-time Telegram alerts: Set a custom threshold and receive an instant push notification when sentiment crosses it (e.g., "alert me when F&G drops below 20").
• Portfolio dashboards: Schedule daily runs on Apify to populate a live crypto sentiment dashboard without managing infrastructure.
• Mean-reversion timing: Streak length reveals how long the market has been in an extreme — extended streaks are statistically more likely to revert.

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How to Use This Actor

1. Open the actor on Apify and click Try for free.
2. Set daysBack to the number of historical days you want (default: 30; use 0 for the full history since 2018).
3. Toggle includeBtcCorrelation to also fetch BTC/USD daily prices alongside the index.
4. (Optional) Set alertThreshold, telegramBotToken, and telegramChatId to receive Telegram alerts when the index crosses a threshold.
5. Click Start — results appear in the dataset within seconds.
6. Integrate via the Apify API, webhooks, or schedule automated daily runs.

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Input

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
daysBack	Integer	30	Days of history to fetch. Set to 0 for the full history since Feb 2018 (~3,100+ days).
historyDays	Integer	—	Attach a compact history array (up to 365 days) to the current-day row. Useful for single-row API consumers.
includeBtcCorrelation	Boolean	true	Fetch BTC/USD daily price from Kraken and correlate with the F&G index across returned rows.
includeBtcPrice	Boolean	false	Append the current BTC/USD spot price to the latest row only.
includeComponents	Boolean	false	Request sub-component fields (volatility, momentum, social, dominance, trends). Note: the Alternative.me public API does not expose individual components.
alertThreshold	Object	{}	Trigger Telegram alert on threshold cross. Example: {"below": 20} or {"above": 80}.
telegramBotToken	String	—	Telegram bot token (required for alerts).
telegramChatId	String	—	Telegram chat ID for alert delivery.

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Output

Results are written to the Apify dataset (one row per day) and a SUMMARY record is written to the key-value store.

Dataset row example:

[
  {
    "date": "2025-09-10",
    "timestamp": "2025-09-10T00:00:00+00:00",
    "value": 22,
    "regime": "extreme_fear",
    "classification": "Extreme Fear",
    "btc_price_usd": 54320.50
  },
  {
    "date": "2025-09-09",
    "timestamp": "2025-09-09T00:00:00+00:00",
    "value": 25,
    "regime": "fear",
    "classification": "Fear",
    "btc_price_usd": 55100.00
  }
]

SUMMARY record (key-value store):

{
  "current_value": 22,
  "current_regime": "extreme_fear",
  "streak_days": 4,
  "trend_7d": "deteriorating",
  "avg_7d": 28.4,
  "avg_30d": 41.2,
  "regime_breakdown": {
    "extreme_fear": 6,
    "fear": 12,
    "neutral": 8,
    "greed": 3,
    "extreme_greed": 1
  }
}

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Data Fields

Field	Type	Description
date	String	ISO 8601 date (YYYY-MM-DD)
timestamp	String	ISO 8601 datetime with UTC offset
value	Integer	Fear & Greed score, 0 (maximum fear) to 100 (maximum greed)
regime	String	Machine-readable label: extreme_fear, fear, neutral, greed, extreme_greed
classification	String	Human-readable label matching the Alternative.me display
btc_price_usd	Float	BTC/USD daily price (when includeBtcCorrelation is enabled)
streak_days	Integer	(SUMMARY) Consecutive days in the current regime
trend_7d	String	(SUMMARY) Sentiment trend vs. 7 days ago: improving, deteriorating, or stable
avg_7d	Float	(SUMMARY) Rolling 7-day average index value
avg_30d	Float	(SUMMARY) Rolling 30-day average index value
regime_breakdown	Object	(SUMMARY) Day-count per regime over the lookback window

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Cost Estimation

See the active-contract Pricing section above. The per-day event price is $0.003 with no free-row allowance. Cost equals returned rows multiplied by the active per-day price.

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FAQ

Does this actor require an API key? No. Data is sourced from the Alternative.me Fear & Greed API and optionally Kraken's public market endpoints.

How far back does the historical data go? Alternative.me provides daily Fear & Greed Index data starting from February 2018. Set daysBack: 0 to retrieve the complete history (3,100+ days as of 2025).

Can I schedule daily automated runs? Yes. Use Apify's built-in scheduler to run this actor once per day and always have fresh sentiment data. You can also trigger runs via the Apify API or webhooks and push results directly to your database.

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Disclaimer: The Fear & Greed Index is a sentiment indicator, not financial advice. Past correlations between extreme readings and price reversals do not guarantee future results. Always conduct your own research before making investment decisions.

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Works Great With

Layer these actors from the same author on top of Fear & Greed data for a complete market intelligence stack:

• Bitcoin Mempool Analytics — Combine sentiment with on-chain data. When Fear & Greed drops to Extreme Fear AND mempool activity surges (bottom fishers accumulating), the convergence is a historically strong reversal signal.
• Economic Calendar Tracker — Macro events drive fear/greed cycles. CPI misses and FOMC surprises are the primary triggers for sentiment swings — track both in the same pipeline to understand why the index is moving, not just that it moved.
• Long/Short OI Aggregator — Confirm sentiment with actual positioning data. Extreme Fear with heavy short OI = potential short squeeze. Extreme Greed with crowded longs = liquidation cascade risk. Together they give you both the sentiment and the fuel.

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Schedule This Actor

Run daily to keep your sentiment dashboard current and catch threshold crossings in real time.

Apify Console → Schedules → + New Schedule:

Field	Value
Actor	Fear & Greed Index Tracker
Cron	0 0 * * * (daily at 00:00 UTC)
Input	{"daysBack": 30, "includeBtcCorrelation": true}

For threshold alerts (notify when the market enters Extreme Fear or Extreme Greed):

Field	Value
Cron	0 0 * * * (daily at 00:00 UTC)
Input	{"daysBack": 1, "alertThreshold": {"below": 20}, "telegramBotToken": "...", "telegramChatId": "..."}

Connect output to Google Sheets, Notion, or any database via Apify Webhooks under Integrations.

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Related actors

• Fear & Greed Backtester — Backtest strategy rules against the historical fear/greed data this actor provides
• Crypto Market Fear Composite — Multi-signal fear composite to validate extremes detected by this actor
• Crypto News Aggregator — News sentiment to contextualize fear/greed index readings

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