It should be noted that even though I have followed the DowJones Averages closely for over 30 years, I have never relied solely on DowTheory methods to generate stock market buy or sell signals.
In brief, the theory posits that when the DowJones Transportation Index diverges from the DowJones Industrial Index, it is a negative sign for future stock market returns.
He has a theory he calls the "added digit theory" about how the DowJones develops, and periodically suffers from long periods of depressed prices, known as a "bear market" .