Common Terms
01. Common Terms
Drift Price direction from OPEN to CLOSE on day of earnings
ER +++ Beat EPS, Beat Revenue, Raised Guidance
Retest Breaks PP and comes back to test same area
Stacked Squeezes multiple TTM across timeframes
TOS Think or Swim platform
TTM indicator showing BB inside Keltner Bands
02. Abbreviations
-VE – Negative
+VE – Positive
1H, 2H – 1 Hour, 2 Hour etc
1M 5M – 1 minute, 5 Minute
A/H – after hours
AM – Average Move
AMC – After Market Close
ATR – Average True Range
BB – Bollinger Bands
BMO – Before Market Opens
BO – Break out
BTC – Bought to Close
BTO – Bought to open
CC – Covered Call OR conference call
CH – Cup & Handle
Div – Dividend
DTE – Date to Expiration
FBO – Failed BreakOut
EM – Expected Move
ER – Earnings Report
HH – Higher high
HL – Higher Low
HTB – Hard to Borrow
IC – Iron Condor
ICB – Inside Candle Break
IF – Iron Fly
IM – Implied Move
IV – Implied Volatility
LH – Lower High
LL – Lower Low
LOL – Live Opportunity Learning
MC – Market Chameleon
O/U – Over Under
OG – Opening Gap
OI – Open Interest
PM – Pre Market
POC – point of control
PP – Pivot point
R/R – Risk Reward
SIP – Stock in Play
SS – either “Short Straddle” or “Short Sale”. Depends on context – ER plays are Short straddles. Day trading I will type “ss AMD” that means Short Sale
STC – Sold to Close
STO – Sold to open
TL – Trend Line
VAH – Value Area High
VAL – Value area Low
VCS – Vertical call spread/Bear call spread
VP – Volume Profile
VPS – Vertical Put Spread/Bull Put Spread