Bearish market
A bear market occurs when the price of an investment falls at least 20% from its high. The traders who start to buy the put option when the market falls from high to low are called “Bears”. That signals a bear market, and when that happens, people start to get really scared about putting money into the stock market. Bear markets also may accompany general economic downturns such as a recession.
Bullish market
A bull market is the condition of a financial market in which prices are rising or are expected to rise. The commonly accepted definition of a bull market is when stock prices rise by 20% after two declines of 20% each. Traders employ a variety of strategies, such as increased buy and hold and sell after market is in peak to profit off bull markets. Investors make money at any price at which they buy an investment because prices generally continue to rise.
Sideway market
A sideways market means prices are getting ready to continue forward in the same direction they had been in before. A sideways market is a term used to describe price movement where the price fluctuates within a tight range for an extended period of time without trending one way or the other. Trading a sideways market can be tricky, but certain options strategies maximize their payoff in such situations. Trading in a sideways market allows traders to close any open positions before company announcements, such as earnings reports, and re-enter when the security's price returns to support.