Bear Market Strategies eLearning Course – Van Tharp Institute

About Course: 

The Objectives are to ensure you are prepared to prosper in the next bear market (or downturn).

Specifically, you will:

• Study in-depth the concept of a bear market.
• Learn what a bear market truly is and learn several ways to define and measure the bear market type.
• Know when a bear market type might be starting and how to know when it might end.
• Learn several different trading strategies suited for bear market conditions.
• Learn how options and hedging can be especially useful for bear market types.

This home study course will help you:

• Outline a big picture view of bear markets and where we may be now – from a big picture, historic viewpoint.
• Identify and define bear markets using various methodologies.
• Understand the psychology of bear markets and the personal psychology required for you to benefit from them
• Study first-hand trading experiences of bear markets from 1987;1998; 2000; 2008; Japan’s lost decade in the 90s, Oil, 2014-2015
• Understand basic options strategies useful in bear markets
• Understand some basic hedging strategies
• Understand how to be prepared to trade bear markets
• Create a Systems development process plan
• Outline your objectives for bear markets
• Create Position Sizing Strategies for bear markets