Reports from Alternative.me put the Crypto Fear and Greed Index<\/a> at 5 out of 100 \u2014 a reading that has turned up only three times since 2018.<\/p>\n That level screams panic. Yet panic often clears out the most fragile holders and leaves room for steadier hands to step in.<\/p>\n Based on reports from Glassnode, recent investors are still booking losses at a high rate \u2014 the seven-day moving average for net realized losses was close to $500 million per day.<\/p>\n That kind of selling pressure looks brutal on a chart. At the same time, selling at scale can mark an end to a sharp phase of decline, because it reduces the number of people left to sell when prices fall further.<\/p>\n In the middle of all this, price moves matter. Bitcoin<\/a> rose to roughly $68,600 on Saturday, but it slid back and touched the mid-$64,000s after a wave of exits.<\/p>\n Traders are watching a range that formed after the early-February drop to about $60,000. The coin remains roughly 48% below an October high of $126,000 and about 5.5% under the 2021 peak near $69,000.<\/p>\n News tied to US-Iran tension<\/a> and general risk-off trading pushed some traders toward safer assets, which added fuel to the pullback.<\/p>\n Analyst Micha\u00ebl van de Poppe shared a chart showing Bitcoin\u2019s Sharpe Ratio at -38.4. That metric measures returns relative to risk; a number this low is rare.<\/p>\n This is a phenomenal chart.<\/p>\n It shows the Sharpe Ratio for #Bitcoin<\/a> in the short term.<\/p>\n The key takeaway: the Sharpe Ratio has dropped to -38.38, which historically has marked \u201cLow Risk\u201d accumulation zones. The red circles highlight every time the Sharpe Ratio dipped to similar\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/Nwp7SkfVP4<\/a><\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbtc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/a_06e9b7.png?resize=1024%2C353\")
<\/p>\nRealized Losses And Capitulation Signals<\/h2>\n
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\nBitcoin Price Action<\/p>\n
\nSharpe Ratio Hits Unusual Low<\/p>\n\n