Building a Sentiment Dashboard
Your Market Emotion Command Center
You’ve learned about fear and greed indicators, social sentiment tools, contrarian signals, and reversal patterns. Now it’s time to bring it all together. A well-designed sentiment dashboard gives you a complete emotional picture of the market in under five minutes each morning.
This isn’t about complex analysis. it’s about consistent observation. The traders who succeed are those who show up every day and check the pulse of the market before making decisions.
The Essential Dashboard Components
A complete sentiment dashboard includes these elements:
1. Fear & Greed Gauge (The Big Picture)
Primary Indicator: CNN Fear & Greed Index
Check daily at money.cnn.com/data/fear-and-greed
0-20 Extreme Fear (buy zone)
21-40 Fear (watch for reversal)
41-60 Neutral (trend continuation)
61-80 Greed (watch for topping)
81-100 Extreme Greed (sell zone)
Supporting: VIX Level and Trend
Current reading vs 20-day MA
Spike alerts (>30, >40)
Compression warnings (<15)
Term structure shape
2. Options Market Sentiment
Put/Call Ratio (5-Day Moving Average)
Source: CBOE or your broker
>1.2 = Fear (bullish contrarian)
<0.7 = Greed (bearish contrarian)
Track equity-only and index ratios
VIX Skew
Measures tail risk pricing
Extreme skew = fear of crash
Low skew = complacency
Available on most options platforms
3. Survey Sentiment
AAII Sentiment Survey
Released Thursday evenings
Track bullish %, bearish %, neutral %
Extremes: >60% bullish (bearish signal), >50% bearish (bullish signal)
Historical charts at aaii.com
Investor Intelligence Advisors Sentiment
Weekly survey of newsletter writers
Bullish % >60% = caution
Bearish % >45% = opportunity
Subscription service with free trials
4. Positioning Data
CFTC Commitment of Traders (COT)
Released Fridays for prior Tuesday
Track commercial vs speculator positioning
Extreme speculative positioning = contrarian signal
Free at cftc.gov
ETF Flows
SPY, QQQ, IWM flow direction
Large outflows after declines (capitulation)
Large inflows after rallies (chasing)
Available on most financial sites
5. Market Breadth
NYSE Advance-Decline Line
Daily breadth cumulative
Divergence from price warns of reversal
New highs vs new lows ratio
90% days (breadth thrusts)
Percentage of Stocks Above Moving Averages
% above 50-day MA
% above 200-day MA
<10% = extreme fear (bottom)
>90% = extreme greed (top)
6. Social Sentiment
Twitter/X Finance Sentiment
Follow curated list of traders
Check trending financial hashtags
Monitor $SPY, $QQQ cashtag sentiment
Use tools like SentimenTrader or Twitter advanced search
Reddit/WSB Mentions
Swaggy Stocks for ticker mentions
Unusual volume in discussed stocks
Sentiment of top posts
Watch for coordinated activity
Daily Dashboard Routine
A 5-minute morning checklist:
Pre-Market (5 Minutes):
Fear & Greed Index (30 seconds). Note zone and trend
VIX Check (30 seconds). Level vs recent range
Put/Call Ratio (30 seconds). 5-day average reading
Breadth Snapshot (1 minute). A/D line, % above MAs
AAII Survey (if Thursday, 30 seconds). Bull/bear spread
Social Scan (1 minute). Twitter sentiment, trending tickers
Notes (1 minute). Document observations and bias
Weekly (15 Minutes):
Review COT report positioning
Analyze sector sentiment differences
Check institutional flow data
Update dashboard historical ranges
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Key Takeaways
A sentiment dashboard consolidates emotional market data into actionable insights
Keep it simple. maximum 10 indicators that take under 5 minutes to review
Cover multiple dimensions: fear/greed, positioning, breadth, and social sentiment
Use the dashboard daily. consistency matters more than complexity
Act on extreme readings, confirm with price action
Your dashboard evolves with your trading style
The traders who succeed aren’t necessarily the smartest. they’re the most consistent. A sentiment dashboard ensures you check the market’s emotional pulse every day, giving you the context to make better decisions. Build yours today, and start every trading session with clarity.
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