Trading Slang and Lingo

Here are some of my favourites and their meaning (sorted in alphanumeric order):

2FA (2 Factor Authentication)
A double layer security used to provide double protection to user account.

51% Attack
A possible attack on blockchain by group of miners who hold more than 50% of hash rate.

Airdrop
A way to distribute coins to end users for free or exchange for performing a small task.

Altcoin
Any cryptocurrency that is not bitcoin ( $Bitcoin (BTC.CC)$ ).

AMA
Ask me Anything.

ATH
All Time High, when coin or stock breaks its previous highest price record.

ATL
All Time Low, when coin or stock breaks its previous lowest price record.

Bagholder
Someone who hold on a coin or stock that has dropped in price and hope it increase to the price where they originally purchased.

Bearwhale
Someone with a large position in a particular coin but with a 'bearish' vision.

BTD
Buy the dip.

Bullwhale
Someone with a large position in a particular coin but with a 'bullish' vision.

Cold Wallet
Storing of crypto coins offline.

DAO
Decentralized Autonomous Organization, whereby it run by itself without any human interventions.

DCA
Dollar-cost averaging, an investment technique where a fixed sum of money is used to invest in coin or stocks.

DCB
Dead Cat Bounce, a brief price recovery before a major crash.

DEX
Decentralized Exchange, where people can do trading without the need of a middleman.

Dip
The rapid decrease in the value of a coin or stock, or an entire market.

DYOR
Do your own research, a quick way to say that no financial advice is given and you need to do your research before investing.

ETF
Exchange-Traded-Fund, a tradable product that follows the price of an underlying assets. (e.g. $ARK Innovation ETF (ARKK.US)$ , $ARK Next Generation Internet ETF (ARKW.US)$ , $ARK Space Exploration & Innovation ETF (ARKX.US)$ )

FA
Fundamental Analysis, a method to evaluate an investment by looking at its intrinsic value.

Fiat
Currency issued by the government, e.g. US dollar.

FOMO
Fear of missing out.

FUD
Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt.

FUDster
Anyone who intentionally spreading FUD.

Gas
Fee paid to miners for execute a transaction on the Ethereum ( $Ethereum (ETH.CC)$ ) blockchain.

HODL
Slang for "hold your position" and resist the urge to sell your holdings. Apes HODL together, STRONG!

Hot Wallet
Storing of crypto coins online, connected to the Internet.

ICO
Initial Coin Offering, used for crowd funding of new coins.

JOMO
Joy of Missing Out, refers to someone who is happy for not taking a certain position as the price keep on dropping.

Lambo
Abbreviation of Lamborghini, used often when the price is going to rise sharply so that one can pay for such car with the winnings.

Moon
Optimistic view that the coin is going to increase in price. BANGS ( $BlackBerry Ltd (BB.CA)$ , $AMC Entertainment (AMC.US)$ , $Cenntro Electric (NAKD.US)$ , $GameStop (GME.US)$ , $SNDL Inc (SNDL.US)$ ) to the Moon!

Nocoiner
A person who do not possess any cryptocurrency.

OCD
Obsessive Cryptocurrency Disorder, for people who cannot stop monitoring their cryptocurrency daily.

PAD
Pump and Dump, price of coin or stocks increase quickly, followed by massive crash.

Paper Wallet
The public and private keys of the cryptocurrency wallet held on a piece of paper.

POW
Proof of work, a requirement defined by computer calculation.

REKT
Used in the crypto community to indicate huge losses.

SAFU
A term used in cryptocurrency world to means safe.

TA
Technical Analysis, a method to evalute an investment by looking at the different indicators.

Whale
Someone with a huge position in a coin.

Wholecoiner
Someone who owns 1 full Bitcoin ( $Bitcoin (BTC.CC)$ )

Now, let's vote if you are a nocoiner or yescoiner.