Seven-factor market sentiment model — the same methodology CNN uses. Calculated from live data via Finnhub and our stock database. Updated every 30 minutes.
Built from insider trading activity — the people with the most information about their companies. Updated every 30 minutes.
Why Insider Selling Is a Warning Signal
When corporate insiders sell their own company's stock, they are putting their money where their inside knowledge tells them to. Unlike institutional fund managers trading other people's money, insiders know their company's true pipeline, competitive threats, and whether the stock is overvalued. Clustered insider selling — especially by C-suite executives and directors — often precedes periods of underperformance. They sell because they do not see enough upside to justify holding. When the people running the business are cashing out, it is rarely a vote of confidence in the future.
Methodology: Insider Buy/Sell Flow (40%) + Market Breadth (35%) + Net Capital Flow (25%). Unlike the broad-market Fear & Greed above, this index measures what corporate insiders are actually doing with their own money — the people with the deepest information about their companies.
