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A
- APY
- Annual Percentage Yield. Return on investment after one year.
- ah
- After Market Hours
- airdrop
- Token distribution event usually based on active wallets or actionable events such as number of transactions or coins held.
- alt
- Altcoin
- altszn
- Altcoin Season. The period of time where Altcoins outperform the bases (BTC, ETH)
- ape
- To enter a trade irresponsibly either by entering without thought, entering with too large an allocation or both.
- ath
- All Time High. The highest a price has ever been.
- atl
- All Time Low. The Lowest a price has ever been.
B
- Buy wall
- Large amount of buy orders below current price, usually resulting in price bouncing unless price action is strong enough to break it lower.
- be
- Break Even
- bearish
- When price structure or events contribute to a climate where the price has a potential to fall
- bt(f)d
- Buy the (fking) dip
- bullish
- When price structure or events contribute to a climate where the price has a potential to climb
C
- cex
- Centralized Exchange (i.e.: Binance, Bittrex, Huobi, FTX,…). These exchanges are controlled by an organization.
- close (as in candle close or market close)
- End of the period under discussion (either end of the candle or trading session)
- close (as in close a trade)
- Getting out of a position
- ct
- Crypto Twitter. Usually a term of contempt to indicate the mass of traders that are always on the wrong side of the trade.
D
- dalai
- Y-Shaped then sideways then upwards price action after a large price drawdown (dump). Named after a meme that included the Dalai Lama
- dex
- De-Centralized Exchange (i.e.: Uniswap, 1Inch, 0x, Balancer,…). These exchanges are NOT controlled by an organization.
- dump
- To break price support and reach lower levels
E
- eod
- End of the Day (or trading session)
- er
- Earnings Report
- exit(ed)
- To get out of a position
F
- FUD
- Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt
- fa
- Fundamental Analysis (Team experience, project depth, vision,…)
- flat
- Not in a trade right now.
- fomo
- Fear Of Missing Out – the sentiment most responsible for wrecking traders new and experienced alike.
- ftr
- Failure to Return. Basically a price movement that goes against the current trend and resumes (and often confirms) a direction upon failure. I.e.: If you are in a bearish direction and you have a positive candle and then resumes bearish, that positive candle was only a liquidity event and a failure to return to a more positive price direction.
- futs
- Futures. A derivative financial contracts that obligate the parties to transact an asset at a predetermined future date and price.
G
- giraffe
- dojo-specific lingo describing a pattern resembling a giraffe (bounce [legs] , then 2md longer bounce [neck], then small consolidation [head]) before taking off to the next trading level. This is usually a bullish pattern.
H
- heavy
- Market are heavy – look like they are about to reverse bearish
- htf
- High Timeframe. Usually used with charting, indicating times that are usually 8h and higher
L
- ltf
- Low Time Frame. Usually used with charting, indicating times that are usually 4h and smaller
M
- MA
- Moving Average
- mc
- Market Capitalization. Basically the price of the coin, token or market multiplied by the number of units in circulation.
- moon
- To accelerate price increase, usually to a new high
P
- pa
- Price Action
- perp(s)
- Perpetual Contract(s). A futures contract that does not have an end date.
- pm
- Pre – Market Hours
- premium
- Difference above mean price
R
- rekt
- Wrecked. Self explanatory state of mind after heavy losses
- res
- Resistance
- rn
- Right Now
- rr (R:R)
- Risk to Reward ratio. For example, 5:1 is a 5 to 1 reward to risk ratio (where there is a 5x reward relative to a 1x risk).
S
- SL
- Stop-Loss
- sell wall
- Large amount of sell orders above current price, usually resulting in price stalling unless price action is strong enough to break it.
- sr (s/r)
- Support and Resistance. A price level that is both support and resistance historically.
- stable(s)
- Stable Coins – coins that are FIAT pegged such as USDT, USDC, BUSD
T
- TVL
- Total Value Locked
- ta
- Technical Analysis (Charting and Metrics)
- tp(ing)
- Taking Profit
Y
- yosh
- Term describing a short consolidation very shortly after the breakout from a larger structure. Oftentimes, but not always, price action in that structure is compressed but inches upwards