Bear / Bearish

A bear is someone who thinks prices are going down. Bears swing their paws downward when they attack — that's the origin of the term. Bears SELL (or avoid buying). "Bearish on GBP/JPY" means expecting it to fall. A "bear market" is a sustained downtrend with lower highs and lower lows. A "bearish candle" is a red candle that closed below its open. "Bearish divergence" is when price makes a higher high but an indicator like RSI makes a lower high — a warning that upside is losing steam. Bears can make money faster than bulls because fear moves markets quicker than greed. But bearish positions also have a floor (price can only go to zero) while bulls theoretically have unlimited upside. In practice, neither side has an edge — only the trend does.