Lexicon heat
Word choice · w 22%
53
+1
Bull vs bear vocabulary across sampled FinTwit posts.
Inspired by a wish on X · Sep 2026
What if FinTwit had a Fear & Greed meter?
Heisenberg asked for a CNN-style gauge of retail mood on finance Twitter. Pulse is that desk: lexicon, bull/bear split, ticker gravity, influencer tilt, volume, and FOMO — rolled into one number.
- Sample
- 3,051
- Accounts
- 824
- Volume
- 69
61
Greed
greed
As of Wed, 23 Sep 2026 05:24:29 GMT
Crowd 68 vs influencers 53
Six dials
Bull / bear ratio
Crowd split · w 18%
69
+4
9 risk-on posts vs 4 risk-off in the last window.
Ticker gravity
What they talk · w 16%
57
-1
Risk-on names vs havens and hedges in mention mix.
Influencer tilt
Weighted accounts · w 16%
53
-3
Follower-weighted mood. Big accounts pull the needle harder.
Volume spike
Post velocity · w 14%
69
+4
How loud the timeline is versus its 30-day baseline.
FOMO index
Euphoria words · w 14%
67
+1
Caps, rockets, 'easy money', YOLO sizing language.
90-day mood
Daily close of the FinTwit gauge
last 61 · vol 69
2026-06-262026-09-23
Desk vote
Are you fearful or greedy right now?
crowd 68 · influencers 53 · gap +15
388 fear52% greedy412 greed
Hottest tape
All tickers →| Ticker | Sector | Mentions | Mood | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
$TSLA Tesla | Auto / EV | 16 | 60 | +6 |
$AAPL Apple | Mega-cap | 16 | 48 | -2 |
$QQQ Nasdaq 100 | Index | 15 | 49 | +5 |
$SLV Silver | Havens | 14 | 38 | +3 |
$USO Oil | Energy | 14 | 55 | 0 |
$IWM Russell 2000 | Small cap | 13 | 62 | +5 |
$GOOGL Alphabet | Platforms | 11 | 48 | +6 |
$NVDA NVIDIA | AI / Semis | 10 | 54 | -7 |
Live sample
Full tape →Zero Hedge@zerohedgeverified· 12m
Guidance cut talk on $COIN is overdone. Street already priced the miss. Asymmetric from here.
33 bear
Options Hawk@OptionsHawk· 16m
Quiet accumulation in $TLT while FinTwit argues about CPI. Classic.
43 neutral
Unusual Whales@unusual_whalesverified· 29m
Quiet accumulation in $META while FinTwit argues about CPI. Classic.
43 neutral
Desk Notes@desknotes· 33m
Retail is screaming about $SQQQ like it's free money. That's usually the tell to fade, not chase.
60 bull
Lisa Abramowicz@lisaabramowicz1verified· 43m
$META looking coiled here. Volume is drying up after the washout — this is where patient money adds.
62 bull