CNN Fear & Greed
weight 30% → 35% used
Index 20Extreme Fear
CNN's index reads extreme fear — a blend of seven market-based indicators.
as of Oct 19, 2026·daily·auto (CNN)
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Is the crowd fearful or greedy right now? Four public gauges pulled automatically (NAAIM added when hand-entered), one honest composite, every formula shown.
Composite sentiment
38/100
Fear
Weighted average of all 4 gauges, weights scaled to 100%.
Extreme fearNeutralExtreme greed
/The four gauges
20
VIX
weight 20% → 24% used
VIX 18.7Fear
Implied volatility is ordinary — no strong fear signal.
as of Oct 19, 2026·daily·auto (FMP)
AAII Bull–Bear Spread
weight 20% → 24% used
Bull 38.7% · Bear 41.6% (spread -2.9)Neutral
More individual investors bearish than bullish.
as of Oct 14, 2026·weekly·auto (AAII)
Cboe Total Put/Call
weight 15% → 18% used
P/C 0.92Neutral
Balanced options positioning.
as of Oct 16, 2026·daily·auto (Cboe)
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/How the score is built
Each gauge is converted to a 0–100 scale where higher means more bullish, then blended with fixed weights. If a gauge is missing or stale (daily gauges older than 3 trading days, weekly older than 10 days), it is dropped and the remaining weights are scaled back up to 100% — we never fill a gap with a guess.
| Gauge | Weight | Score formula | Plain English |
|---|---|---|---|
| CNN Fear & Greed | 30% | published index, used as-is | CNN's index already runs 0 (extreme fear) to 100 (extreme greed). |
| VIX | 20% | 100 − VIX × 3 | A VIX of 10 → 70, 20 → 40, 33+ → 0. Higher volatility = more fear. |
| AAII Bull–Bear Spread | 20% | (Bull% − Bear%) + 50 | Weekly survey of individual investors. A +20 bull-bear spread → 70; −20 → 30. |
| Cboe Total Put/Call | 15% | 100 − P/C × 50 | Ratio of puts to calls traded. 0.6 → 70 (greed); 1.2 → 40 (fear). |
Bands: 0–25 Extreme Fear · 25–45 Fear · 45–55 Neutral · 55–75 Greed · 75–100 Extreme Greed. CNN, VIX, Cboe put/call and AAII are pulled automatically from their publishers. A fifth gauge, the NAAIM Exposure Index (15% weight), moved behind a subscription in August 2026 and is shown only when its weekly value has been entered by hand; the remaining weights are scaled to 100%. Any gauge that fails to fetch falls back to a manually entered value or is dropped — never guessed.
Based on public data. Not investment advice. Last updated Oct 19, 2026, 5:36 AM ET.