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🎯The TradeSmith Bull and Bear Market Signals are designed to tell you when a bull or bear market may be on the horizon.


Our market signals have accurately predicted major market shifts, often signaling key turning points with striking precision.

Previous Bear Market S&P 500 Performance:

  • Mar. 10 - Mar. 27, 1980: Down 7.78%
  • Aug. 25 - Sept. 28, 1981: Down 7.67%
  • May 25 -Jul 25, 1984: Down 1.84%
  • Oct. 16 - Oct. 20, 1987: Down 16.23%
  • Aug. 23 - Oct. 11, 1990: Down 3.78%
  • Aug. 28 - Sept. 1, 1998: Down 3.20%
  • Dec. 21, 2000 - Jan. 3, 2001: Up 5.70%
  • Aug. 16 - Oct. 1, 2007: Up 9%
  • Nov. 23, 2007 - Mar. 6, 2009: Down 52.57%
  • Aug. 25 - Sept. 29, 2015: Up 0.88%
  • Oct. 25 - Dec. 26, 2018: Down 8.79%
  • Feb. 28 - Mar. 23, 2020: Down 24.26%
  • May 9, 2022 - Jan. 6, 2023: Down 2.41%
  • Apr. 4 - May 14, 2025: Up 16.13%


How are the Bull and Bear Market signals triggered?


The Bull and Bear Market Signals evaluate overall market conditions by analyzing both the current health of each market and the distribution of health across its underlying components. These signals track how that distribution shifts over time, helping identify meaningful changes in market strength or weakness. TradeSmith uses a proprietary formula to calculate market health and determine when Bull or Bear Signals are triggered.


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