BearRider
Overview
BearRider is StormRider's bear-market partner: a short-only strategy for futures, built for falling markets. On 4h candles it waits until a coin's 50-day trend is falling, sells short when the Supertrend turns down, and buys back when the Supertrend turns up again or the downtrend ends. Every position has a stop-loss that follows the trend line down. There is no fixed take-profit, so a few long drops pay for the small losses in between. In rising or sideways markets it mostly holds no position, sometimes for weeks or months. Run it next to StormRider on a different coin or exchange account: the app allows one running bot per coin and account. Futures only: on a spot market it does not trade.
- StormRider's bear-market partner: earns when coins fall
- Short-only; trades only while the 50-day trend is falling
- Stop-loss on every position, following the trend line down
- Mostly idle in rising and sideways markets
- Built and tested for 4h futures
- Runs on its own coin or account: one bot per coin and account
Requirements
| Supported Markets | Futures |
Configuration Parameters
Trend filter
New shorts only while the longer trend is falling
| Parameter | Type | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
TREND_SMA_BARSTrend average (candles) | Number (100–400) | 300 | Trend filter: number of candles averaged for the longer trend. On 4h, 300 candles = 50 days. |
TREND_SLOPE_BARSTrend slope lookback (candles) | Number (10–120) | 60 | Trend filter: the average must be lower than it was this many candles ago. On 4h, 60 candles = 10 days. |
EXIT_ON_TREND_TURNClose when the trend stops falling | Boolean | Enabled | Also close the short as soon as the longer trend stops falling. |
Entry and stop
Supertrend entry, exit and stop
| Parameter | Type | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
ST_PERIODSupertrend ATR period | Number (5–30) | 10 | Supertrend ATR period (candles). |
ST_MULTSupertrend multiplier | Range (2–5, step 0.5) | 3.5 | Supertrend multiplier. Higher = a wider line: fewer, longer trades. Tested: 3 (Classic) and 3.5 (Steady). |
STOP_BUFFER_PCTStop buffer above the line (%) | Range (0–2, step 0.1) | 0.5 | Stop distance above the Supertrend line, in % of price. |
TRAIL_STOPTrail the stop with the line | Boolean | Enabled | Move the stop down with the Supertrend line every candle (never up). Cuts squeezes sooner. |
Version Info
Current Version: v1.0
Latest Changes
BearRider 1.0: StormRider's bear-market partner. Short-only 4h futures strategy: shorts the Supertrend down-turn only while the 50-day trend is falling; stop follows the trend line; closes when the trend line turns up or the downtrend ends. Validated on 10 unseen coins (x1019, working name Breakdown Short).
Changelog
| Version | Date | Type | Changes |
|---|---|---|---|
| v1 | 2026-10-19 | major | First release: StormRider's bear-market partner, short-only, 4h, futures, Shorts only while the 50-day trend is falling; enters when the Supertrend turns down, Stop follows the Supertrend line down; closes when the trend line turns up or the downtrend ends, Tested on 10 coins never used to design it (2021-2026) |