Trading Terminology (Slangs)

ATH – ALL time highs

PM – Pre Market – Before the market opens 4:00AM – 9:30AM

AH – After Hours – After the market closes 4:00PM – 8:00PM

NHOD – New high of Day

HOD – High of Day

LOW – Low of the Day

EOD – End of the Day

FOMO – Fear of missing out

DD – Researching about the ticker (Stock)

Halt – Trading has been pause by the market due to volatility mainly

Offering – The issue or sale of a security by company (Normally it results in ruthless dumping the entire shares specified in the offering at once)

IPO – Initial Public Offering – Is the first time the of a private company is being offered to the public

Float – The number of shares available for Trading to the public

Low Float – Small amount of shares available for trading which tends to be more volatile with proper volume

Short Float – The ratio of tradable shares being shorted to shares in the market

SS – Share structure – The total amount of shares available to trade by the company

RS – Reverse Split – Reduction in the number of a company traded shares that would result in an increase of the value

Squeeze – When short sellers are forced to buy back their shares due to extreme buying pressure

Spread – The difference between the bid and the ask price

Thin Spread – When the difference between the bid and the ask price increases drastically

Sympathy Play – When a stock starts to gains value due to another stock that it is associate with already running

Slap – To buy the asking price (Market price)

Bag Holding – Holding shares of a losing trade in hope that will reverse one day