BRVX Glossary · Bear market · Updated September 25, 2026
A bear market is a prolonged decline in prices, commonly defined for stock indexes as a fall of 20% or more from a recent high. It comes with pessimism, falling volumes on rallies and investors selling into strength rather than buying dips.
Correction or bear market
A drop of 10% from a high is usually called a correction; 20% or more is a bear market. Bear markets often include sharp bear-market rallies of 10% or more that fail to set new highs.
Trading a falling market
Some traders reduce exposure; others short. Shorting has its own risk: a falling market can snap back fast in a short squeeze, and a leveraged short can be liquidated in a rally even if the longer trend is still down.
On BRVX
Every BRVX market can be traded short as easily as long — no borrowing of the asset is needed on a perpetual. Funding on BRVX is charged per side and, per the public API, both longs and shorts pay it every hour, so a short held through a long decline has a running cost.
Questions about Bear market
Why is it called a bear market?
A bear swipes its paws downward — the image for falling prices.
How long do bear markets last?
US stock bear markets have averaged under a year and a half, but some ran for years.
Is it safe to short in a bear market?
No. Rallies inside bear markets are violent, and a leveraged short can be closed out in one of them.
Leverage works both ways: a small move against you can lose you the whole margin.
Bear market: next steps on BRVX
Bear market with leverage: MRVL/USDT allows 5x to 80x; at its 40x default, 1% equals 40% of margin. Set TP / SL before opening.
Read next: Bull market, Short selling and Drawdown.
Leverage works both ways: a small move against you can lose you the whole margin.
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