Question 1

What is the Gold Fear & Greed Index?

Accepted Answer

The Gold Fear & Greed Index is a sentiment indicator that measures whether the bullion market is driven by fear (prices may be undervalued) or greed (prices may be overvalued). It combines multiple technical indicators across Gold (XAU), Silver (XAG), GDX, and GDXJ to produce a score from 0 (Extreme Fear) to 100 (Extreme Greed).

Question 2

How is the Bullion Fear & Greed Index calculated?

Accepted Answer

The index uses a price-action model with per-asset tuned parameters. Each asset score is computed from a weighted blend of stochastic oscillators (cycle position), distance from moving averages (trend/momentum), and rate of change (directional momentum). Parameters are tuned per asset: gold uses longer 3-year windows for its slower cycles, while silver and junior miners use shorter 2-year windows for their faster cycles. Scores are updated hourly during market hours and have been backtested against 20+ years of historical data.

Question 3

How often is the Fear & Greed Index updated?

Accepted Answer

The Gold Fear & Greed Index is updated every hour during market hours using the latest spot prices. Each asset's individual score and the combined composite score are recalculated with live price data.

Bullion Fear & Greed; sentiment per asset.

Gold

Silver

GDX

GDXJ

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