#Bitcoin Fear & Greed Index — Extreme Fear (9/100)
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Current reading: 9 / 100
Status: Extreme Fear

That’s deep in the red zone.

When the index drops into single digits, it usually means sentiment is stretched. People are cautious. Headlines lean negative. Leverage gets flushed. Confidence thins out.

If you look at the historical chart, you’ll notice something consistent:

Extreme greed often shows up near local tops.

Extreme fear tends to appear during sharp corrections or late-stage drawdowns.

Not always the exact bottom. But close enough to matter.

What 9/100 typically signals

Volatility likely already expanded

Retail positioning defensive

Derivatives leverage reduced

Narratives temporarily fragile

Markets rarely stay at emotional extremes for long. Fear either deepens into capitulation… or starts to stabilize and recover.

The bigger pattern

Zooming out, every major cycle had moments like this.

March 2020.
Mid-2022.

Sentiment collapses before structure rebuilds.

It doesn’t guarantee reversal. It just tells you emotion is maxed out.

And when emotion is maxed, positioning usually is too.

If you want, I can connect this reading with:

The liquidation heatmap you shared

Altcoin Season positioning

Or Bitcoin dominance trends

Sentiment means more when it lines up with structure.

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