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# Bear Trend Strategy

The strategy for trading a BEAR TREND session is identical to a BULL TREND.

We want to exit positions to runners around BL -3 and re-enter puts anywhere in the yellow area of the chart.

You can learn more by subscribing to the [BEAR TREND playlist.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=InXJGz3dOJU\&list=PLknW4ck8QlGBXHvqmBqpNNvg6QDHzoU-x)

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That said BEAR TRENDS are much much more difficult to trade.&#x20;

**1.) Brains are wired for the bounce**

The most common form of mean reversion is price trending down the entire session before bouncing to the blue line at the end.

Brains are wired for this, there will be many different attempts to look like it will bounce.

**2.) BEAR TRENDS go much lower below the blue than BULL TRENDS go above.**

Let's look at SPY since 10/18/2023 (you can confirm this by checking the [daily stats](https://app.rigged.ai/daily).)

SPY BL +5.00 or greater = 17 times

SPY BL -5.00 or lower = 29 times

That's a 70.59% increase!

{% hint style="warning" %}
Basically some sessions it will look super bearish at BL -3 and then they will rip us back to the blue or beyond

But in the sessions they don't do that... they will take price way beyond the red zone BL -5 or lower.
{% endhint %}

[SPY 08/30/24](https://app.rigged.ai/SPY/2024-08-30) is a good example of a fakeout then turbo pump... BL -3 to BL +3.

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Note the chart outline is RED, so we expect mean reversion.

We expect a BEAR TREND when volume is over 120%.

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### Price Must Stay Below BL -3 for a BEAR TREND

In the first hour we're looking for a move to BL -3 and price has to stay down there.

This is important.

{% hint style="warning" %}
PRICE HAS TO STAY AT OR AROUND BL -3
{% endhint %}

Since the open is the most volatile part of the session, it's not unusual for price to go BL -3 and then bounce back to the blue line.

That's Wall Street killing late chasers.

PRICE MUST STAY AROUND BL -3 TO BE A BEAR TREND!

[SPY 07/25/24](https://app.rigged.ai/SPY/2024-07-25)

Price nukes to BL -3 around 10:10 but immediately rips straight up.

<figure><img src="/files/uC8xrBEUIKWfvugnsJqw" alt=""><figcaption></figcaption></figure>

This is what you need to watch out for. Price will stay DOWN on a BEAR TREND day, never coming close to the blue.

We've seen this happen many times, so many in fact at the very moment we hit BL -3, you get a BULL BOMB with EDGE and a 77.78% win rate.

<figure><img src="/files/FPxRP9OyriG5AeNK6qGw" alt=""><figcaption></figcaption></figure>

It goes on to return 422.97% in 3h 36s, before going negative. It was a crazy session.

{% hint style="info" %}
RIGGED AI does the work for you. You don't have to know this is a good setup. You just need to see 77.78% EDGE BULL BOMB = this thing wins a lot and has probability. Trade it.
{% endhint %}

***

[SPY 09/03/24](https://app.rigged.ai/SPY/2024-09-03)

BL -3 by 10:30

Price does not breakout and stays in the yellow (warning bear risk zone)

After 13:300 you get a mega nuke to the close before a small bounce

<figure><img src="/files/HTkwdbujzsESSJFKoUhK" alt=""><figcaption></figcaption></figure>

[Check out the session](https://app.rigged.ai/SPY/2024-09-03), there are a ton of BEAR BOMBS + KTR fills at that point.

All of them return over 100%.

<figure><img src="/files/rJLTZtj6TkVO3Te4XnS0" alt=""><figcaption></figcaption></figure>