{"id":92680,"date":"2025-12-26T15:33:43","date_gmt":"2025-12-26T12:33:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=92680"},"modified":"2025-12-26T15:35:17","modified_gmt":"2025-12-26T12:35:17","slug":"market-sentiment-indicator-stuck-in-extreme-fear-for-14-days","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/market-sentiment-indicator-stuck-in-extreme-fear-for-14-days\/","title":{"rendered":"Market Sentiment Indicator Stuck in ‘Extreme Fear’ for 14 Days"},"content":{"rendered":"

The popular market sentiment index<\/a> has indicated ‘extreme fear’ for two consecutive weeks since December 13.<\/p>\n

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At the time of writing, the metric stands at 20. This marks one of the longest periods of negative sentiment since the indicator’s launch in February 2018.<\/p>\n

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Cryptocurrency Fear and Greed Index. Source: Alternative<\/a>.\u00a0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The chart below shows that the index’s figures plummeted on October 10-11 amid a large-scale market correction with record deleveraging<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Cryptocurrency Fear and Greed Index. Source: Alternative<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

At the time of writing, Bitcoin is trading around $88,480<\/a>\u2014nearly 30% below its all-time high of $126,000, recorded<\/a> shortly before the aforementioned ‘Black Saturday’.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The current ‘fear index’ levels are below those of November 2022\u2014the period of the FTX collapse<\/a>. This event dealt a severe blow<\/a> to the industry’s reputation and triggered a decline in the price of the leading cryptocurrency to $16,000.<\/p>\n

The metric takes into account market volatility, trading volumes, social media sentiment, trends, and the degree of digital gold’s market dominance.<\/p>\n

Decline in Social Metrics<\/h2>\n

The platform Alphractal reported a sharp decline in attention to the industry. The downturn is evident across all fronts: from search queries and Wikipedia reading to community discussions.<\/p>\n

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\ud83d\udcc9 Crypto social volume has returned to levels typically seen during bear markets<\/p>\n

\ud83d\udd0d Google searches are declining
\ud83d\udcda Wikipedia page views are falling
\ud83d\udcac Posts and discussions on forums like 4chan are also decreasing<\/p>\n

\u27a1\ufe0f Social sentiment is clearly bearish.
In December 2025,\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/TQuW7FILs5<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Alphractal (@Alphractal) December 20, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n