Here are 53 trading acronyms and abbreviations to remember and apply to your trading.
I’ve also listed them in alphabetical order to make it easier to spot!
ATH - All Time High ATM – At the Money ATR – Average True Range BB – Bollinger Bands B/O - Breakout Be - Bearish BE - Break even BOS - Break of Structure Bu - Bullish CFD – Contract for Difference DD – Drawdown DMA – Direct Market Access EMA – Exponential Moving Average E/R - Earnings Report ETF – Exchange Traded Fund FA - Fundamental Analysis FOMC – Federal Open Market Committee FOK – Fill Or Kill FX – Foreign Exchange (Forex) GTC – Good ‘Til Cancelled HH - Higher High HL - Higher Low HOD - High of Day HFT – High Frequency Trading HTF - Higher Time Frame ICO – Initial Coin Offering IPO – Initial Public Offering ITM – In the Money JBTD – Just Buy the Dip LH - Lower High LL - Lower Low LOD - Low of Day L/S – Long or Short LTF - Lower Time Frame MA – Moving Average MACD – Moving Average Convergence Divergence MS - Market Structure OI – Open Interest O/N - Overnight OTC – Over the Counter OTM – Out The Money NFP - Non Farm Payrolls P&L – Profit and Loss PIP – Percentage In Point PRE - Pre Market R/R - Risk / Reward RSI – Relative Strength Index S/R - Support and Resistance SL - Stop loss TA - Technical analysis TF - Time Frame TP - Take profit YTD - Year To Date
Can you think of anymore?
Let me know in the comments.
Trade well, live free. Timon (Financial trader since 2003)
Trade Well,
Timon Rossolimos
Founder, MATI Trader
(Pro trader since 2003)
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