When the Crypto Fear & Greed Index sinks to 25, prices are usually down and sellers worn out. Leveraged Fear Buying buys there, half as much again at 10, extreme fear, and borrows up to 100 USDT on top of your own funds while the fear lasts. As the index climbs the loan shrinks, and from 75 up the strategy sells and the sales pay the loan back. A 30% gain on a holding also sells, whatever the index says.
What it costs
This strategy is open on every plan - tiers set capacity, not access. Standard is free; Elite and Elite Plus raise how many assets and markets it can drive.
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How it works
The strategy reads the Crypto Fear & Greed Index, a daily score from 0, extreme fear, to 100, extreme greed. At or below your buying level it buys the assets you picked, as a ladder of four orders, up to the position size per asset, and half as much again at or below the extreme fear level. It sells at or above your selling level, or once a holding has gained your profit target. The loan follows the index rather than the trades: the most is borrowed at or below the extreme fear level, less as the score climbs, and nothing from your selling level up. At your margin level floor it cancels its buys, sells at the best bid and pays the loan back.
Key Features
Strategy profile
A snapshot of how this strategy behaves and who it suits, not a forecast of returns.
These are our assessments of strategy character, not user-specific performance figures.
Fear can last longer than a loan is comfortable. Buying in fear with borrowed money means a market that keeps falling hits harder, and the margin level can reach the floor exactly when prices are lowest, selling at the worst moment. Interest is charged on whatever is borrowed, and the index moves about once a day, so its swings can be weeks apart. After any sale an asset waits a day before it is bought again.
All figures on this page are simulated or historical backtest results, shown for information and education only. They are not real customer results, they do not include your specific fees and slippage, and past performance does not guarantee future returns. Your capital is at risk.
Frequently Asked Questions
Quick glossary
Definitions for the trading terms used on this page.
- Backtest
- A simulation of how a strategy would have performed on historical price data. Past results never guarantee future returns - markets change.
- Slippage
- The difference between the price you expect and the price you actually get when an order fills. Worse on illiquid pairs and during fast markets.
- Spread
- The gap between the best buy price (bid) and the best sell price (ask). Tight spreads = liquid market, wider spreads = more cost per round trip.
- Stop-loss
- An automatic exit order that closes a losing position when price hits a chosen threshold. Caps how much one bad trade can hurt you.
- Take-profit
- An automatic exit order that closes a winning position once price reaches a chosen target. Locks in gains without relying on you to watch the chart.
- Volatility
- How sharply price moves. High volatility = bigger swings in both directions, which means more opportunity but also more drawdown risk.
Ready to buy when others are fearful?
Every new Leveraged Fear Buying starts in paper trading: its orders are kept on paper and listed on the strategy page, and a paper run stops by itself after an hour.
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