50 US Market Sentiment Indicators
1. Volatility / Fear Indicators
- VIX (CBOE Volatility Index)
👉 https://www.cboe.com/tradable_products/vix/ - VIX Term Structure
👉 https://www.cboe.com/tradable_products/vix/vix_futures/ - VVIX (Volatility of VIX)
👉 https://www.cboe.com/us/indices/dashboard/vvix/ - MOVE Index (Bond Volatility)
👉 https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/MOVE - SKEW Index
👉 https://www.cboe.com/tradable_products/vix/vix_skew/
2. Options Sentiment (VERY important)
- Total Put/Call Ratio
👉 https://www.cboe.com/us/options/market_statistics/daily/ - Equity Put/Call Ratio
👉 https://www.cboe.com/us/options/market_statistics/daily/ - Index Put/Call Ratio
👉 same as above - SPX Put/Call Ratio
👉 same as above - VIX Put/Call Ratio
👉 same as above - CBOE Options Volume
👉 https://www.cboe.com/us/options/market_statistics/ - Open Interest Put/Call
👉 https://www.cboe.com/us/options/market_statistics/
➡️ Why it matters: measures bullish vs bearish positioning
3. Investor Surveys (Contrarian gold)
- AAII Sentiment Survey
👉 https://www.aaii.com/sentimentsurvey - Investors Intelligence Survey
👉 https://www.investorsintelligence.com - NAAIM Exposure Index
👉 https://www.naaim.org/programs/naaim-exposure-index/ - State Street Investor Confidence Index
👉 https://www.statestreet.com - Yale Crash Confidence Index
👉 http://som.yale.edu
4. Market Breadth (Internal strength)
- Advance/Decline Line (NYSE)
👉 https://indexmood.com/breadth/advance-decline - Advance/Decline Ratio
👉 same as above - NYSE New Highs / New Lows
👉 https://www.barchart.com/stocks/market-performance - McClellan Oscillator
👉 https://stockcharts.com - McClellan Summation Index
👉 https://stockcharts.com - % of Stocks Above 50 MA
👉 https://stockcharts.com - % of Stocks Above 200 MA
👉 https://stockcharts.com - High-Low Index
👉 https://stockcharts.com
➡️ Breadth shows participation — key for real sentiment
5. Momentum & Technical Sentiment
- RSI (S&P 500)
👉 https://stockcharts.com - MACD (SPX)
👉 https://stockcharts.com - 50/200 MA Cross (Golden/Death Cross)
👉 https://stockcharts.com - Bullish Percent Index (BPI)
👉 https://stockcharts.com - Trend Model (various dashboards)
👉 https://indexmood.com
6. Composite Sentiment Indices
- CNN Fear & Greed Index
👉 https://edition.cnn.com/markets/fear-and-greed - Market Indicators Dashboard
👉 https://www.marketindicators.net/ - IndexMood Sentiment Dashboard
👉 https://indexmood.com - Goldman Sachs Sentiment Indicator
👉 (via GS reports) - Citi Panic/Euphoria Model
👉 (via Citi research)
7. Positioning & Flow Data
- CFTC Commitment of Traders (COT)
👉 https://www.cftc.gov/MarketReports/CommitmentsofTraders - Equity Fund Flows
👉 https://www.ici.org - ETF Flows (SPY, QQQ)
👉 https://www.etf.com - Margin Debt
👉 https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/MARGIN - Short Interest (NYSE/NASDAQ)
👉 https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/short-interest
8. Liquidity & Risk Appetite
- Credit Spreads (HY vs IG)
👉 https://fred.stlouisfed.org - TED Spread
👉 https://fred.stlouisfed.org - Dollar Index (DXY)
👉 https://www.tradingview.com/symbols/TVC-DXY/ - Gold vs Stocks Ratio
👉 https://www.tradingview.com - Oil Prices (WTI)
👉 https://www.eia.gov
9. Market Internals (Advanced / Pro)
- TRIN (Arms Index)
👉 https://stockcharts.com - TICK Index (NYSE TICK)
👉 https://stockcharts.com - Up Volume vs Down Volume (NYSE)
👉 https://stockcharts.com - Smart Money vs Dumb Money Index
👉 https://sentimentrader.com - Volatility Risk Premium (VIX vs realized vol)
👉 https://www.cboe.com