AAII Neutral Sentiment (Weekly Survey)
Share of AAII members expecting stocks to stay flat. Long-run average ≈31.5%.
17.3%−2.4 percentage pointsAs of October 21, 2026
Neutral sentiment fell 2.4 percentage points to 17.3%. Second week down for a drop of 3.5 percentage points. 45% below the historical average.
Last two years
Source: AAII Investor Sentiment Survey. Entered weekly from the publisher's release; no free API exists.
Questions
What is the latest aaii neutral sentiment (weekly survey)?
17.3% as of October 21, 2026.
What does neutral sentiment measure?
Share of AAII members expecting stocks to stay flat. Long-run average ≈31.5%.
Why does it matter for markets?
Low neutrals mean everyone has picked a side — conviction is high and positioning is stretched one way or the other.
Where does the data come from and how often is it updated?
AAII Investor Sentiment Survey. This page refreshes automatically every week, within an hour of the source publishing.