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Trading Abbreviations & Acronyms

Updated: Jun 5

Understanding trading abbreviations and acronyms is essential for effective communication in the markets. These shorthand terms represent complex concepts and financial instruments, streamlining communication among traders and investors. Mastering these abbreviations enhances clarity and efficiency in discussing market trends, strategies, and investment opportunities.




A.

ATH - All Time High

ATL - All Time Low

AR - Automatic Rally


B.

BE - Break Even

BOS - Break of Structure


C.

CVD - Cumulative Volume Delta

CDW - Chicken Drinking Water (Aka Swing Failure Pattern)

CME - Bitcoin futures contract


D.

D - Daily

DCA - Dollar Cost Average

DOM - Depth of Market

dPOC - Daily Point of Control


E.

EQ - Equilibrium (mid point of range or time period)

EqH - Equal Highs

EqL - Equal Lows


F.

FVG - Fair Value Gap (is a price imbalance between 3 candles that can be used as targets, as price tends to fill this imbalance area of liquidity)

Fib - Fibonacci


G.

GP - Golden Pocket - the 0.65 to 0.618 fib levels

GZ - Golden Zone (Golden Pocket)


H.

H - Hourly

HL - Higher Low

HH - Higher High

HVN - High Volume Node

HTF - High Time Frame


I.

IB - Initial Balance

IBH - Initial Balance High

IBL - Initial Balance Low

IMB - Imbalance


J.


K.


L.

LL - Lower Low

LH - Lower High

LTF - Low Time Frame

LPS - Last Point of Support

LPSY - Last Point of Supply


M.

M - Monthly

MA- Moving Average

MS - Market Structure

MSB - Market Structure Break


N.

NPOC - Naked Point of Control

NL - Net Longs

NS - Net Shorts


O.

OI - Open Interest

OB - Order Block


P.

PA - Price Action

POC - Point of Control

pdPOC - Previous Day Point of Control

pdVAH - Previous Day Value Area High

pdVAL - Previous Day Value Area Low

POI - Point of Interest

PS - Preliminary Support

PP - Previous Period


Q.


R.

rPOC - Range Point of Control

rVAH - Range Value Area High

rVAL - Range Value Area Low

RR - Risk to Reward


S.

SFP - Swing Failure Pattern

SL - Stop Loss

SP - Single Print

S/R - Support / Resistance


T.

TA - Technical Analysis

TL - Trend Line

TD - Tapped Daily

TM - Tapped Monthly

TP - Take Profit

TPO - Time Price Opportunity

TPOC -Time Point of Control

TR - Trading Range

TR - Trend Reversal

TW - Tapped Weekly


U.

UT - Upthrust

UTAD - Upthrust After Distribution


V.

VA - Value Area

VAH -Value Area High

VAL - Value Area Low

VWAP - Volume Weighted Average Price

VPOC - Volume Point of Control


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