Trading Terms You Should Know!!

Brief definition of trading terms you should know.

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đź“… May 05, 2025

✍️ By Balenkey

SL (Stop Loss): A predetermined price level where a trade is automatically closed to limit losses.


TP (Take Profit): A preset price level where a trade is closed to secure profits.

BE (Break Even): Adjusting the stop loss to the entry price to eliminate risk while keeping the trade open.

NYO (New York Open): The start of the New York trading session, typically 8:00 AM EST, known for high market activity.

OB (Order Block): A price zone where significant buying or selling occurred, often acting as support or resistance.

BB (Breaker Block): A failed order block where price breaks through, indicating a shift in market structure.

MB (Mitigation Block): A price zone where the market revisits to “mitigate” imbalances before continuing its direction.

RB (Rejection Block): A price area where price is sharply rejected, often signaling strong support or resistance.

FVG (Fair Value Gap): A price gap on a chart where trading activity is low, often filled later by price movement.

IFVG (Inversion Fair Value Gap): A fair value gap that price revisits and fills, often indicating a reversal or continuation.

VI (Volume Imbalance): A price range with low trading volume, often leading to rapid price movement to fill the gap.

CE (Consequent Encroachment): The midpoint of a fair value gap or imbalance, often a target for price movement.

MT (Mean Threshold): The average price level within a range, acting as a magnet for price action.

LS (Liquidity Sweep): A price movement that takes out liquidity (stop losses or pending orders) before reversing.

MSS (Market Structure Shift): A change in the trend or structure of the market, often confirmed by a break of key levels.

BOS (Break of Structure): A price movement that breaks a higher high/lower low, confirming a trend change.

SMT (Smart Money Technique): Trading strategies based on institutional or “smart money” behavior, like order blocks or liquidity grabs.

SSL (Sellside Liquidity): Clusters of stop-loss orders or pending sell orders below key levels, often targeted by price.

BSL (Buyside Liquidity): Clusters of stop-loss orders or pending buy orders above key levels, often targeted by price.

IRL (Internal Range Liquidity): Liquidity within a price range, often stop losses or pending orders inside consolidation zones.

ERL (External Range Liquidity): Liquidity outside a price range, typically stop losses beyond key highs or lows.

EQH (Equal Highs): Multiple price highs at the same level, indicating resistance or accumulation.

EQL (Equal Lows): Multiple price lows at the same level, indicating support or distribution.

PDH (Previous Day High): The highest price reached in the previous trading day, often a key level for traders.

PDL (Previous Day Low): The lowest price reached in the previous trading day, often a key support or target.