Quote from whitster:
fwiw, a bears last stand is the END of a bull market. bull markets NEED bears to continue the bull run . see: wall of worry.
it is capitulation of bears (and their stops getting hit/margin calls) that helps fuel the upwards rise. this happens over and over during bull markets as brief (and scary dips) often suck in new shorts, who are then stopped out and forced to capitulate over and over as the market rises.
when bears TRULY have a last stand, is when the market is truly near a top (and i am NOT saying it is), because once everybody is a bull the market can only go one way - down.
Quote from whitster:
fwiw, a bears last stand is the END of a bull market. bull markets NEED bears to continue the bull run . see: wall of worry.
it is capitulation of bears (and their stops getting hit/margin calls) that helps fuel the upwards rise. this happens over and over during bull markets as brief (and scary dips) often suck in new shorts, who are then stopped out and forced to capitulate over and over as the market rises.
when bears TRULY have a last stand, is when the market is truly near a top (and i am NOT saying it is), because once everybody is a bull the market can only go one way - down.