Stock Market: Whether you’re a new trader or an expert one, stock market abbreviations make your time and quick comprehension of market information easy. This list summarizes popular short names utilised by traders, analysts, and investors within Indian markets as well as global markets. Save this page for later reference.

Price and Trade Jargon Essentials

CMP – Current Market Price: The current trading price of the share.

LTP – Last Traded Price: The most recent price at which a trade was executed.

VOL – Volume: The quantity of shares that were traded in a given time frame.

Order Types and Strategy Tools

SL – Stop Loss: A pre-emptive stop loss level to cap losses.

TGT – Target: The target price level where profits are to be taken.

TSL – Trailing Stop Loss: A trailing stop loss that follows after price.

Chart and Technical Terms

TL – Trend Line: Price trend lines on charts.

BO – Break Out: An above trend break out from resistance/support levels.

PDH / PDL – Previous Day High / Low: To identify major support/resistance.

DH / DL – Day High / Low: Highest and lowest price for the day.

ATH / LTH – All-Time High / Lifetime High: The stock that is all-time high.

Basis and Timeframe Terms

CLBS / CB – Closing Basis: Utilized to validate signals on closing prices.

DCB / WCB / MCB – Daily/Weekly/Monthly Closing Basis: Closing within timeframe analysis.

Market Trend Patterns

HH / HL – Higher High / Higher Low: Points to an uptrend.

LH / LL – Lower High / Lower Low: Points to a downtrend.

Market Concepts

S&D – Supply and Demand: Fundamental market forces that dictate prices.

S&R – Support and Resistance: Price reaction points.

Options Trading Slang

ATM / ITM / OTM – At, In, Out of the Money: Option positions.

CE / PE – Call Option / Put Option: Derivative trading instruments.

Sophisticated Market Tools

IMB – Imbalance: Buy/sell order imbalance.

IB – Initial Balance: Price range of first hour.

VAH / VAL – Value Area High / Low: Used in volume profile analysis.

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LVN / HVN – Low / High Volume Node: Key price levels with low/high volume.

OFA – Order Flow Analysis: Study of buy/sell pressure.

MP / VP – Market Profile / Volume Profile: Analytical patterns for price action.

Miscellaneous

HOS – Heard On the Street: Insider-quality market rumor.

OHLC – Open High Low Close: Accumulation of daily price action.

Keep this glossary on hand, it is a concentrated guidebook for every stock market enthusiast!

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