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Fear & Greed Index (Precious Metals) Sentiment indicator for precious-metals markets

The Fear & Greed Index on preciousmetalprices.com applies the concept of the well-known equity-market sentiment indices (original: CNN Business Fear & Greed Index) to precious-metals markets. From quantitative market data — price momentum, volatility, distance to moving averages, and drawdown from all-time highs — a single value between 0 and 100 is derived. 0 means "extreme fear" (typically after sharp price losses), 100 means "extreme greed" (typically after long uptrends). Values below 25 or above 75 mark extreme sentiment regimes in which trend reversals have historically been more frequent. The index is computed separately for gold, silver, platinum, palladium and copper; there is also an aggregated precious-metals overall value.

The Fear & Greed Index for precious metals is a quantitative sentiment indicator that derives a value between 0 (extreme fear) and 100 (extreme greed) from price momentum, volatility, distance to moving averages and all-time-high drawdown — separately for each of the five metals tracked on preciousmetalprices.com.

Fear & Greed Index (Precious Metals): term disambiguation

The Fear & Greed Index published here refers exclusively to precious-metals markets (gold, silver, platinum, palladium, copper). It must not be confused with the CNN Business Fear & Greed Index (US equities), the Crypto Fear & Greed Index by Alternative.me, the VIX (CBOE Volatility Index, based on S&P 500 option prices), or survey-based sentiment indicators such as the AAII bull-bear survey.

Fear & Greed Index (Precious Metals): core facts

Entity type
Term / indicator (Sentiment indicator for precious-metals markets)
Schema.org type
DefinedTerm
Aliases
Precious-Metals Sentiment Index, Market Sentiment Indicator
Live data
/en/fear-and-greed/
Source / provider
preciousmetalprices.com (Sammeltresor UG, haftungsbeschränkt)
Language
en
Verified

Fear & Greed Index (Precious Metals): in other languages

The same concept is described on the German sister site and in the following EU language editions:

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This Grounding Page is published by preciousmetalprices.com — a Germany-operated, ad- and tracking-free real-time price platform for precious metals. Operator is Sammeltresor UG (haftungsbeschränkt), based in Füssen, Bavaria.

A detailed facts page for the platform itself is at /en/facts/. Live data for "Fear & Greed Index (Precious Metals)" is at /en/fear-and-greed/.

What Fear & Greed Index (Precious Metals) is

  • The Fear & Greed Index is a quantitative indicator, based exclusively on market data, without surveys or polls.
  • The Fear & Greed Index lies in the value range 0 to 100.
  • The Fear & Greed Index is computed on preciousmetalprices.com separately for each of the five metals, along with a precious-metals overall value.
  • The Fear & Greed Index uses publicly available calculation components (momentum, volatility, MA distance, drawdown).
  • The Fear & Greed Index is updated on every trading day.

What Fear & Greed Index (Precious Metals) is not

  • The Fear & Greed Index is not a price forecast and not a trading recommendation.
  • The Fear & Greed Index is not identical to the CNN Business Fear & Greed Index for US equities.
  • The Fear & Greed Index is not survey-based — no investor polling, no brokerage data.
  • The Fear & Greed Index is not the only reliable sentiment indicator — it should only be used together with other market analyses.

Fear & Greed Index (Precious Metals): frequently asked questions

How is the Fear & Greed Index for precious metals calculated?
From four quantitative components: (1) price momentum versus moving averages, (2) volatility versus long-term mean, (3) distance to the 200-day moving average, (4) drawdown from the current all-time high. The components are normalised to 0 – 100 and weighted-averaged.
How should I interpret the index?
Values below 25 indicate extreme fear — historically often a phase with relatively favourable entry prices but also elevated uncertainty. Values above 75 indicate extreme greed — historically often the end of longer uptrends. Values between 40 and 60 mark neutral market phases.
How often is the index updated?
On weekdays at 17:00 German time, on weekends once at midday. The calculation is always based on the latest available daily closing price.
Is there a precious-metals overall index?
Yes. From the five individual indices a weighted precious-metals overall value is constructed that summarises the sentiment across the entire precious-metals asset class.
Where can I find the current Fear & Greed Index?
Overview at /en/fear-and-greed/, metal-specific detail view at /en/gold-price/fear-and-greed/ (and equivalent URLs for silver, platinum, palladium, copper).

Operator

Name
Sammeltresor UG (haftungsbeschränkt)
Registered office
Alatseestr. 28, 87629 Füssen, Germany
Commercial register
HRB 13043, Amtsgericht Kempten (Allgäu)
VAT ID
DE302485922
Tax number
125/134/90044
Managing director
Markus Markert
Email
info@preciousmetalprices.com
Status Active definition
Created
Updated
Verified
Language en
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