Bitcoin Fear & Greed: week 12 – 18 Oct 2026
The index moved from 41.7 on Monday to 52.1 on Sunday, a change of 10.4 points. Its weekly range was 31.1 to 52.1. The final reading was in the neutral zone.
Legacy methodology: these readings use the previous methodology. They can differ from the history recalculated under the corrected definition. Published snapshots retain their original figures. Compare only readings from the same methodology version.
Seven completed UTC days
| Date | Index | Zone | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 41.7 | Fear | Frozen | |
| 33.1 | Fear | Frozen | |
| 31.1 | Fear | Frozen | |
| 35.2 | Fear | Frozen | |
| 41.8 | Fear | Frozen | |
| 48.6 | Neutral | Frozen | |
| 52.1 | Neutral | Frozen |
What the week tells us
The change describes measured positioning, capital flows and macro conditions. It does not measure Bitcoin performance. The overall index alone does not establish which component caused the move and does not predict the next price direction.
Publication and data basis
This report freezes reconstructed historical readings at publication. It is generated from the numeric dataset; it is not a contemporaneous trading journal or a record of the values originally shown each day. Published reports remain fixed if the history changes later.
Underlying dataset recalculated: .