
DRID Bear Market Alert is the official TradingView indicator for the four-rule system in Don’t Ride It Down. It plots every buy, sell, hold, and circuit breaker signal automatically — so there’s nothing to calculate and nothing to guess.
One-time purchase. No subscription. Reader discount inside book.
The system in Don’t Ride It Down has four rules. DRID Bear Market Alert implements all four of them on your SPX monthly chart — automatically, at month-end, every month.
12-month SMA on the chart. Green signal when price is above. Red when below.
Every signal is color-coded and labeled directly on the chart. You read it. You act on it. Nothing is open to interpretation.

SPX monthly chart with DRID Bear Market Alert active. Signals appear at month-end.
BH = stay invested. SR= move to Stable Value. HG = hold, slope guard active.
Backtested using actual SPX monthly closing prices from TradingView, October 1992 through March 2026. Four rules applied exactly as written. No optimization after viewing results.
| Measure | Stat | Context |
|---|---|---|
| Maximum Drawdown | –22.7% | vs. −52.6% buy-and-hold |
| Final Portfolio Value | $1,965,617 | $100K starting, 33 years vs. $1,584,074 buy-and-hold |
| Total Roundtrip Trades | 7 trades | Over 33 years — roughly one every 4–5 years |
> During the 2000–2003 Dot-Com Bear, the system held roughly flat while buy-and-hold lost 27.8%.
> During the 2008–2009 Financial Crisis, the system lost 4.1%
while buy-and-hold lost 33.3%.That’s the difference the system exists to make.
Past performance does not guarantee future results. Backtest assumes 0% return in Stable Value
during risk-off periods. Actual 401(k) Stable Value returns would improve system results.

DRID Bear Market Alert implements the system from Don’t Ride It Down: The Simple Monthly System That Keeps Bear Markets From Destroying Your 401(k) by Antonio Eubanks, Sr.The book explains every rule in detail — why it exists, how it was tested, where it works, and where it doesn’t. The indicator makes those rules visible on your chart. They work together. If you haven’t read the book, start there.
$37 — one-time purchase, no subscription, no recurring charge.
Lifetime access to DRID Bear Market Alert on TradingView
All four rules implemented: trend, slope filter, monthly evaluation, circuit breaker
All signal types: BH, SR, HG, CB Sell, CB-Hold, 5% Re-Eval
Setup instructions included — takes less than five minutes
Works on any free or paid TradingView account
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You will receive your TradingView access within 24 hours of purchase. A free TradingView account is all you need.
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