Trading slang expressions every trader should know
When it comes to trading lingo, it’s a jungle out there, with trading expressions that can be difficult to understand. We’ve rounded up the usual suspects and tamed them into short definitions so you can speculate with confidence. ![]()
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Stonk: an intentional misspelling of stock
YOLO - You only live once and refers to people who invest heavily in a certain stock
HODL - Slang for "hold your position" and resist the urge to sell your holdings.
Hold the Line - A battle cry for users during volatility in the markets. When stocks favored by the forum began to drop, appeals to “hold the line” became common.
Falling knife - Refers to a sharp drop, which is commonly used in phrases like, "don't try to catch a falling knife," which can be translated to mean, "wait for the price to bottom out before buying it."
Hanging man - is a bearish candlestick pattern that forms at the end of an uptrend and warns of lower prices to come
Inverted hammer - a type of candlestick pattern found after a downtrend and is usually taken to be a trend-reversal signal
Gay Bear - It refers to people who WANT stocks to go down, and are seeking to profit off of the position, as “gay bears.” They are denoted by a picture of an LBGT flag and a bear emoji, or sometimes a strange video clip of dancing animated bears
I Eat Crayons - More subversive self-deprecation, often used by members of the group to imply that their foolhardy bets, and possible resulting losses, should not be mistaken for formal investment expertise
Paytience - Used as a reminder that patience generally pays off
Restricted Shares - Shares only available to company insiders
Tenbanger - An investment that rises to 10* its purchase price (or has the potential to do so)
Odd Lot - A trade where the position size is less than the standard lot
Babysitting - Holding onto a trade, despite losses, in the hope of breaking even or making a profit if the market turns around
Dark Pools - Liquidity that exists between institutions on private exchanges, and is not available to the public
Dip - The rapid decrease in the value of a coin or stock, or an entire market
Fiat - Currency issued by the government, e.g. US dollar
Circuit breakers - temporary measures that halt trading to curb panic-selling on stock exchanges
YOLO - You only live once and refers to people who invest heavily in a certain stock
HODL - Slang for "hold your position" and resist the urge to sell your holdings.
Hold the Line - A battle cry for users during volatility in the markets. When stocks favored by the forum began to drop, appeals to “hold the line” became common.
Falling knife - Refers to a sharp drop, which is commonly used in phrases like, "don't try to catch a falling knife," which can be translated to mean, "wait for the price to bottom out before buying it."
Hanging man - is a bearish candlestick pattern that forms at the end of an uptrend and warns of lower prices to come
Inverted hammer - a type of candlestick pattern found after a downtrend and is usually taken to be a trend-reversal signal
Gay Bear - It refers to people who WANT stocks to go down, and are seeking to profit off of the position, as “gay bears.” They are denoted by a picture of an LBGT flag and a bear emoji, or sometimes a strange video clip of dancing animated bears
I Eat Crayons - More subversive self-deprecation, often used by members of the group to imply that their foolhardy bets, and possible resulting losses, should not be mistaken for formal investment expertise
Paytience - Used as a reminder that patience generally pays off
Restricted Shares - Shares only available to company insiders
Tenbanger - An investment that rises to 10* its purchase price (or has the potential to do so)
Odd Lot - A trade where the position size is less than the standard lot
Babysitting - Holding onto a trade, despite losses, in the hope of breaking even or making a profit if the market turns around
Dark Pools - Liquidity that exists between institutions on private exchanges, and is not available to the public
Dip - The rapid decrease in the value of a coin or stock, or an entire market
Fiat - Currency issued by the government, e.g. US dollar
Circuit breakers - temporary measures that halt trading to curb panic-selling on stock exchanges
Bulls - an upward trending market, a cycle of growth; the optimists who often go long
Bears - a depressed and/or downward-trending market; the bearish trader or investor is pessimistic
Stags - a short-term speculator, usually refers to a day trader, the opportunists
Wolves - the unethical stock market wunderkinds famous for unscrupulous success
Rabbits - the scalpers who buy shares for very short periods of time, ranging from a couple of weeks to intra-day buying and selling
Turtles - the long-term trader, trend-following trader
Pigs - the slaughtered, high-risk investors who is greedy, having forgotten their original investment strategy to focus on securing unrealistic future gains.
Ostrich - the ignorant investors who tend to ignore the bad news and bury their heads in the figurative sand.
Chicken - the fearful investors that are highly risk-averse and are really afraid to lose any amount. They are driven with so much fear that it sometimes overrides their common sense in making sound investment decisions.
Sheep - the herd-follower who lacks discipline and whose trading strategy is unfocused and predicated on the suggestions of others.
Whales - Whales are movers and shakers (whether a trust, bank or even an individual) with such a lot of capital that their buys and sells make waves in the market.
Bearwhale - Someone with a large position in a particular coin but with a 'bearish' vision.
Bullwhale - Someone with a large position in a particular coin but with a 'bullish' vision.
Apes - the meme, favorite strategy: HODL, favorite destination: moon /Moon and favorite mode of transport: rocket
Black swans - they look beautiful in white. But adding the word “black” – it killed it which resulting in a meaning of a completely unforeseen and unexpected stance
Grey rhinos - preparing for highly probable events that potentially could have a high impact. They are often neglected, are not random surprises, but occur after a series of warnings and visible evidence.
Unicorns - startups that have come to be valued at $1 billion or more
Hawks and doves - the central bank’s decisions regarding interest rates. ‘Hawkish’ are those in favour of raising the interest rate and a tighter monetary policy to curb inflation. A meeker ‘dove’ stance is of the opinion that the central bank should keep interest rates low or flat.
Bears - a depressed and/or downward-trending market; the bearish trader or investor is pessimistic
Stags - a short-term speculator, usually refers to a day trader, the opportunists
Wolves - the unethical stock market wunderkinds famous for unscrupulous success
Rabbits - the scalpers who buy shares for very short periods of time, ranging from a couple of weeks to intra-day buying and selling
Turtles - the long-term trader, trend-following trader
Pigs - the slaughtered, high-risk investors who is greedy, having forgotten their original investment strategy to focus on securing unrealistic future gains.
Ostrich - the ignorant investors who tend to ignore the bad news and bury their heads in the figurative sand.
Chicken - the fearful investors that are highly risk-averse and are really afraid to lose any amount. They are driven with so much fear that it sometimes overrides their common sense in making sound investment decisions.
Sheep - the herd-follower who lacks discipline and whose trading strategy is unfocused and predicated on the suggestions of others.
Whales - Whales are movers and shakers (whether a trust, bank or even an individual) with such a lot of capital that their buys and sells make waves in the market.
Bearwhale - Someone with a large position in a particular coin but with a 'bearish' vision.
Bullwhale - Someone with a large position in a particular coin but with a 'bullish' vision.
Apes - the meme, favorite strategy: HODL, favorite destination: moon /Moon and favorite mode of transport: rocket
Black swans - they look beautiful in white. But adding the word “black” – it killed it which resulting in a meaning of a completely unforeseen and unexpected stance
Grey rhinos - preparing for highly probable events that potentially could have a high impact. They are often neglected, are not random surprises, but occur after a series of warnings and visible evidence.
Unicorns - startups that have come to be valued at $1 billion or more
Hawks and doves - the central bank’s decisions regarding interest rates. ‘Hawkish’ are those in favour of raising the interest rate and a tighter monetary policy to curb inflation. A meeker ‘dove’ stance is of the opinion that the central bank should keep interest rates low or flat.
Tanking - When a market falls suddenly.
Short squeeze - When traders who hold short positions are forced to close their trades due to the rapid price increase.
Long squeeze - the opposite of short squeeze when a market drops significantly and unexpectedly very quickly
Jigged out - when the market turns against a general trend, forcing traders to close their position.
Flip - Buying and selling for a quick profit, usually intraday.
Gamma squeeze - It occurs when the price of a stock surges in a short period of time, often associated with the purchase of call options to drive up the price.
The dead cat bounce - the last gap rallying movement of a ‘dead market, when a stock’s price rises from depression briefly, only to fall again.
Crunching - A market's price falling rapidly and going beyond a presumed support level.
Sell-off (Dumping) - When an abnormal amount of traders are selling a position.
Buy the dip - Place the trade when the price is down, on the assumption that it will rebound soon enough.
Pump and dump - A group of investors colluded and bought the same stock at the same time to momentarily drive up the price of the stock and to sell it a short time later to turn them into a profit. Thereafter the price will drop back to the normal level.
Bottom fishing - Buying or going long on securities after their prices have fallen considerably, expecting they will rise in time.
Ask slapping - Buying shares at the ask price.
Choppy - High volatility within a narrow range.
Short squeeze - When traders who hold short positions are forced to close their trades due to the rapid price increase.
Long squeeze - the opposite of short squeeze when a market drops significantly and unexpectedly very quickly
Jigged out - when the market turns against a general trend, forcing traders to close their position.
Flip - Buying and selling for a quick profit, usually intraday.
Gamma squeeze - It occurs when the price of a stock surges in a short period of time, often associated with the purchase of call options to drive up the price.
The dead cat bounce - the last gap rallying movement of a ‘dead market, when a stock’s price rises from depression briefly, only to fall again.
Crunching - A market's price falling rapidly and going beyond a presumed support level.
Sell-off (Dumping) - When an abnormal amount of traders are selling a position.
Buy the dip - Place the trade when the price is down, on the assumption that it will rebound soon enough.
Pump and dump - A group of investors colluded and bought the same stock at the same time to momentarily drive up the price of the stock and to sell it a short time later to turn them into a profit. Thereafter the price will drop back to the normal level.
Bottom fishing - Buying or going long on securities after their prices have fallen considerably, expecting they will rise in time.
Ask slapping - Buying shares at the ask price.
Choppy - High volatility within a narrow range.
To the moon - a rallying cry for certain stocks
ATH - all time high
Apes together strong - It's a clique or expression of solidarity with other common investors going for the same goal like buying AMC to the moon.
Paper hands - It means the investor is quick ot sell a stock at the first sign of trouble.
Diamond hands - Continuing to hold a stock despite losses, adversity, and volatility, confident that the price will increase.
DFV - Refers to the aforementioned Reddit user DeepF--kingValue, who posted about making call options for GameStop stock (NYSE:GME) and became the “granddaddy” of the GME stock surge
ROARING KITTY - The social media pseudonym of Keith Gill, a financial adviser in Massachusetts whose Reddit posts and YouTube video streams helped drive interest in GameStop's stock.
Bagholder - Someone who holds on to a coin or stock that has dropped in price and hopes it increases to the price where they originally purchased.
TENDIES - Shorthand for chicken tenders, which WSB uses as slang for profits on a trade.
ATH - all time high
Apes together strong - It's a clique or expression of solidarity with other common investors going for the same goal like buying AMC to the moon.
Paper hands - It means the investor is quick ot sell a stock at the first sign of trouble.
Diamond hands - Continuing to hold a stock despite losses, adversity, and volatility, confident that the price will increase.
DFV - Refers to the aforementioned Reddit user DeepF--kingValue, who posted about making call options for GameStop stock (NYSE:GME) and became the “granddaddy” of the GME stock surge
ROARING KITTY - The social media pseudonym of Keith Gill, a financial adviser in Massachusetts whose Reddit posts and YouTube video streams helped drive interest in GameStop's stock.
Bagholder - Someone who holds on to a coin or stock that has dropped in price and hopes it increases to the price where they originally purchased.
TENDIES - Shorthand for chicken tenders, which WSB uses as slang for profits on a trade.
DD - Due diligence
DYODD- Do you own due diligence
FOMO - Fear of missing out
FUD - Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt
MOASS - mother of all short squeezes
DYOR - Do your own research
PAD - Pump and Dump
NHOD - New High Of Day
OTM - Out of the money
ITM - In the money
FTD - Fail to deliver
HFT - High frequency trading
AMA - Ask me Anything
ATL - All Time Low, when coins or stock breaks its previous lowest price record.
BTD - Buy the dip
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.
FA - Fundamental Analysis, a method to evaluate an investment by looking at its intrinsic value.
ETF - Exchange-Traded-Fund, a tradable product that follows the price of an underlying asset.
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.
LEAPS - long-term equity anticipation security, basically an options that is has a very long expiry (>=1 year).
PMCC - Poor man covered call. Using a deep in the money call LEAPS to cover the call option instead of the underlying stock (generally lower upfront payment)
DYODD- Do you own due diligence
FOMO - Fear of missing out
FUD - Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt
MOASS - mother of all short squeezes
DYOR - Do your own research
PAD - Pump and Dump
NHOD - New High Of Day
OTM - Out of the money
ITM - In the money
FTD - Fail to deliver
HFT - High frequency trading
AMA - Ask me Anything
ATL - All Time Low, when coins or stock breaks its previous lowest price record.
BTD - Buy the dip
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.
FA - Fundamental Analysis, a method to evaluate an investment by looking at its intrinsic value.
ETF - Exchange-Traded-Fund, a tradable product that follows the price of an underlying asset.
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.
LEAPS - long-term equity anticipation security, basically an options that is has a very long expiry (>=1 year).
PMCC - Poor man covered call. Using a deep in the money call LEAPS to cover the call option instead of the underlying stock (generally lower upfront payment)
2FA (2 Factor Authentication) - A double layer security used to provide double protection to user account.
51% Attack - A possible attack on blockchain by a group of miners who hold more than 50% of the 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.
ICO - Initial Coin Offering. Issued to be exchanged on launch. Similar to IPO's.
Paper Wallet - The public and private keys of the cryptocurrency wallet held on a piece of paper.
Gas - Fee paid to miners for executing a transaction on the Ethereum blockchain.
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 mean safe.
Wholecoiner - Someone who owns 1 full Bitcoin
Nocoiner - A person who does not possess any cryptocurrency.
OCD - Obsessive Cryptocurrency Disorder, for people who cannot stop monitoring their cryptocurrency daily.
Hot Wallet - Storing of crypto coins online, connected to the Internet.
Cold Wallet - Storing of crypto coins offline.
DAO - Decentralized Autonomous Organization, whereby it run by itself without any human interventions.
DEX - Decentralized Exchange, where people can do trading without the need of a middleman.
51% Attack - A possible attack on blockchain by a group of miners who hold more than 50% of the 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.
ICO - Initial Coin Offering. Issued to be exchanged on launch. Similar to IPO's.
Paper Wallet - The public and private keys of the cryptocurrency wallet held on a piece of paper.
Gas - Fee paid to miners for executing a transaction on the Ethereum blockchain.
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 mean safe.
Wholecoiner - Someone who owns 1 full Bitcoin
Nocoiner - A person who does not possess any cryptocurrency.
OCD - Obsessive Cryptocurrency Disorder, for people who cannot stop monitoring their cryptocurrency daily.
Hot Wallet - Storing of crypto coins online, connected to the Internet.
Cold Wallet - Storing of crypto coins offline.
DAO - Decentralized Autonomous Organization, whereby it run by itself without any human interventions.
DEX - Decentralized Exchange, where people can do trading without the need of a middleman.
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