Gokhshtein Retail Money Index · History · Friday, October 16, 2026
40 · Cautious
Retail money is cautious at 40. The weakest signal is crypto breadth: 1 of 40 tracked sectors up on the day. -33 versus 73 on Oct 15.
What moved versus the prior reading
| Component | Value | Change | Detail |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crypto breadth | 2.5 | -92.5 | 1 of 40 tracked sectors up on the day |
| Crypto momentum | 32.8 | -32.7 | average sector move -2.8% in 24h |
| Stock risk appetite | 30.8 | -29.5 | retail-favorites basket -3.9 pts vs. S&P 500; volume 1.20× its 3-month average |
| Risk-curve position | 73.2 | -16.2 | 64% of tracked conversation is outside Bitcoin, Ether, and stablecoins |
| Retail sentiment | 60.7 | +8 | mention-weighted sentiment +9 across 61 tracked posts |
Each component is scaled 0–100 and weighted equally; the index is their average, rounded. Computed 2026-10-16 21:30 UTC from Gokhshtein Media’s GMARKETS rotation and social data plus public stock quotes. Fixed code, no language model.
The 30 readings to this day
Market coverage that day
- Doximity's EPS Cliff: Why 24% Q4 Decline Shows Deeper Growth Problem
- Dominion Energy Outperforms on Earnings Growth Beat
- Coinbase Tokenized Stocks Log $2.04B Volume on Base DEXs
- Fed H.8 Release Shows Banking Sector Liquidity Shift
- BIS Study Finds Sixfold Variance in Bitcoin On-Chain Transfer Metrics
- SEC Exemption Clears Path for Tokenized NMS Stocks on Permissioned AMMs
- Apple's $5 Trillion Valuation: Why The Market Is Underestimating Its AI Moat
- Sui's Hashi Launches Bitcoin Collateral Network With $500M in Commitments
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