The Entire Market Just Pumped 10%+ at Fear Index 11 — This Is How Bottoms Form

Fear & Greed reads 11 — Extreme Fear. Every crypto influencer is posting bearish charts. Elliott Wave analysts are calling for new lows. And yet... the market just printed one of its best days in months.

The Scoreboard

BTC: $68,350 (+6.3%). ETH: $2,062 (+11.4%). SOL: $88.55 (+11.7%). ADA: $0.30 (+14.0%). AVAX: $9.52 (+14.4%). TIA: $0.35 (+14.8%). LINK: $9.24 (+12.2%). DOGE: $0.10 (+10.0%).

That's not a dead cat bounce. That's a broad-based rally across every sector — L1s, DeFi, memes, modular. Everything is green.

Extreme Fear + Green Candles = Signal

This is statistically one of the most reliable setups in crypto. When the fear index hits single digits or low teens while price action is actually pumping, it means sentiment is lagging price. Retail is still scared from last week's drawdown, but the market has already moved on.

Total market cap is back to $2.43T. BTC dominance at 56.2%. Whale wallets moved 38+ BTC in the last 24 hours while funding rates went negative — classic accumulation while shorts pile in.

What Happens Next

Two scenarios. Either this is a relief bounce before another leg down, or this is the exact moment retail will look back on and say "I should have bought." History says when fear is this extreme and price refuses to drop further, the latter is far more likely.

The market doesn't bottom when everyone is bullish. It bottoms when everyone is certain it's going lower. Check the fear index. Check the price. Do the math.