Trading Slangs & Dictionary

Because "FOMO" isn't just a feeling — the full A-Z glossary of trading and markets slang.

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A
Ask Price
The lowest price a seller will accept — what you pay when you buy at market.
Altcoin
Any cryptocurrency that isn't Bitcoin.
Arbitrage
Profiting from the same asset trading at different prices in different places, simultaneously.
B
Bear Market
A prolonged decline in prices — pessimism takes the wheel.
Blue Chip
A large, financially stable, well-established company's stock.
Breakout
When price moves decisively beyond a support or resistance level.
Bull Market
A market on the rise, where prices keep climbing and optimism runs high.
C
Candlestick
A chart element showing open, high, low and close for a time period.
Capitulation
Mass panic-selling after a long decline, often marking a local bottom.
Correlation
How closely two assets move in relation to each other.
Correction
A short-term drop of 10% or more within an otherwise ongoing trend.
D
DCA
Dollar-Cost Averaging — investing a fixed amount at regular intervals, regardless of price.
Diamond Hands
Refusing to sell no matter how far the price drops.
Drawdown
The decline from a portfolio's peak value to its lowest point before recovering.
E
Entry Point
The price at which a trader opens a position.
ETF
Exchange-Traded Fund — a basket of assets that trades like a single stock.
Exit Strategy
The pre-planned conditions for closing a trade, win or lose.
F
Fibonacci Retracement
A tool using key ratios to spot potential support and resistance levels.
FOMO
Fear Of Missing Out — the reason you bought the top.
Futures
A contract to buy or sell an asset at a set price on a future date.
G
Gap
A price jump between one close and the next open, with no trading in between.
Golden Cross
When a short-term moving average crosses above a long-term one — a bullish signal.
H
Hedge
A position taken to offset potential losses in another position.
HODL
Holding on for dear life, regardless of how the chart looks.
I
Institutional Money
Capital traded by large firms — funds, banks, pensions — rather than individuals.
IPO
Initial Public Offering — a company's first sale of stock to the public.
L
Leverage
Borrowed capital that amplifies both your gains and your regrets.
Limit Order
An order to buy or sell at a specific price or better — never worse.
Liquidity
How easily an asset can be bought or sold without moving its price.
Long Position
Buying an asset expecting its price to rise.
Lot Size
The standardized quantity of an asset in a single trade, especially in forex.
M
Margin Call
Your broker politely asking for more money — or closing your position for you.
Market Maker
A firm that continuously quotes buy and sell prices to provide liquidity.
Market Order
An order to buy or sell immediately at the best available price.
Moving Average
The average price over a set period, used to smooth out short-term noise.
O
Order Book
The real-time list of buy and sell orders waiting to be filled.
Overbought
When an asset has risen so fast it may be due for a pullback.
Oversold
When an asset has fallen so fast it may be due for a bounce.
P
Pip
The smallest price move a currency pair can make — the forex trader's unit of truth.
Position Sizing
Deciding how much capital to risk on a single trade.
Pump and Dump
Artificially inflating an asset's price to sell it off on unsuspecting buyers.
R
Resistance
A price level where selling pressure has historically capped further gains.
RSI
Relative Strength Index — a momentum indicator measuring speed of price changes.
Risk-Reward Ratio
How much a trader stands to gain versus how much they're risking on a trade.
Rug Pull
When a project's team vanishes with the funds — and your trust.
S
Scalping
Taking tiny, fast profits over and over — death by a thousand small wins.
Short Position
Selling a borrowed asset expecting its price to fall, to buy it back cheaper.
Slippage
The difference between the expected price of a trade and the price it actually fills at.
Spread
The gap between the bid and ask price of an asset.
Stop Loss
A pre-set exit that saves your account from your own emotions.
Support Level
A price level where buying pressure has historically halted declines.
T
Take Profit
A pre-set order that closes a winning trade at a target price.
Technical Analysis
Studying price charts and patterns to forecast future price movement.
Trailing Stop
A stop-loss that moves with the price to lock in gains as a trade runs.
U
Uptrend
A sustained pattern of higher highs and higher lows.
Unrealized P&L
The paper profit or loss on an open position that hasn't been closed yet.
V
Volatility
How much and how fast an asset's price swings over time.
Volume
The total amount of an asset traded over a given period.
VWAP
Volume-Weighted Average Price — the average price weighted by trading volume.
W
Whale
A trader with enough capital to move the market on their own.
Whipsaw
A sharp price reversal that stops out traders on both sides of a move.
Z
Zero-Sum Game
A market where one trader's gain is exactly balanced by another's loss.