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ABBREVIATIONS USED IN FOREX TRADING

Some of you asked about the kind of abbreviations used in the context of trading. Here is a
list of some of those abbreviations. Memorize every day. Good Luck!

HH - Higher High

HL - Higher Low

LH - Lower High

LL - Lower Low

Fib - Fibonacci

TF - TF

MN - Monthly

W - Weekly

D - Daily

H4 - 4 hour

H1 - 1 hour

M15 - 15 minute

M1 - 1 minute

MS - Market Structure

BOS - Break of Structure

MOM - Momentum

HTF - Higher Time Frame

LTF - Lower Time Frame

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RSP - Real Structure Point

PRZ - Price Reversal Zone

CPB - Complex Pullback

M - Momentum

RR - Risk: Reward

TGT - Target

SL - Stop loss

BE - Breakeven

PA - Price Action

Liq - Liquidity

EQH - Equal Highs

EQL - Equal Lows

SMC - Smart Money Concepts

DD - Drawdown

Be - Bearish

Bu - Bullish

HNS - Head and Shoulders IT

- Institutional Traders

CO - Composite Operators

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HNS - Head and Shoulders IT

- Institutional Traders

CO - Composite Operators

WHB - Weak Handed Buyers

WHS - Weak Handed Sellers DP or POI - Decision Point or - Point of Interest

IMB - Imbalance

SHC - Stop Hunt Candle

OB - Order Block

OBIM - Order Block with Imbalance

OBOB - Lower timeframe Order Block within a higher timeframe Order Block

WKF - Wyckoff

Smart money

PDH - Previous day high

PDL - Previous Day Low

PWH - Previous Week High

PWL -Previous Week Low

BMS - Break in Market Structure

SMS - Shift in Market Structure

RTO - Return to Order Block/Origin

OB - Order Block

OTE - Optimum trade Entry

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IPDA - Interbank Price Delivery Algorithm

FVG -Fair Value Gap

SMT - Smart Money Tool

LP - Liquidity Pool

IOF -Institutional Order Flow

BISI - Buy Side Imbalance Sell Side Inefficient

SIBI - Sell Side Imbalance Buy Side Inefficient

COT - Commitment of Traders

AMD - Accumulation, Manipulation & Distribution

SH - Stop Hunt

CBDR -Central Bank Dealers Range

BOS - Break of structure

OB - order block

MBOS - Minor break of structure

POI - Point of interest

LG - liquidity Grab

EQL - Equal low

EQH - Equal high

LH - Lower high

LL - Lower low

HL - higher low

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HH - Higher high

A01 - Area of interest

SMS - Shift in market structure

LTF - Lower time frame

HTF - Higher Time Frame

Wyckoff

PS - Preliminary Support

PSY - Preliminary Supply

SC - Selling Climax

AR - Automatic Rally

ST - Secondary Test

SPR - Spring

Test - Test

SOS - Sign of Strength

SOW - Sign of Weakness

LPS - Last Point of Support/Supply

LPSY - Last Point of Supply

BU - Back -up

JAC - Jump across the creek

UT - Upthrust

UTAD - Upthrust After Distribution

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TR - Trading Range

WAS - Wyckoff Accumulation Schematic

WDS - Wyckoff Distribution Schematic

IT - Institutional Traders

CO - Composite Operators

LP - Liquidity Providers

AR automatic reaction - bearish, I think

AR automatic rally - bullish, I think

BC buying climax

BU backup

LPS last point of support LPSY

last point of supply

PS preliminary support

PSY preliminary supply

SC selling climax

SOS sign of strength

SOW sign of weakness

SSR stepping stone redistribution

ST secondary test

TR trading range

UT upthrust

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SnD

RBR - RALLY BASE RALLY RBD

- RALLY BASE DROP

DBD - DROP BASE DROP

DBR - DROP BASE RALLY

SNR - SUPPORT AND RESISTANCE

SSR - SIGNIFICANT SUPPORT RESISTANCE

SRF - SUPPORT RESISTANCE FLIP

FOZ - FAKEOUT ZONE

CP - COMPRESSION

SNRC - SUPPORT AND RESISTANCE CONTINUATION PATTERN

LL - LOWER LOW

L - LOW

H - HIGH

HH - HIGH HIGH

KC - KISSING CANDLES /HIDDEN SUPPLY/DEMAND ZONE

QM - QUASIMODO

QML - QUASIMODO LEVEL

MPL - MAXIMUM PAIN LEVEL

R - RESISTANCE

S - SUPPORT

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RBR - RALLY BASE RALLY

RBD - RALLY BASE DROP

DBD - DROP BASE DROP DBR

- DROP BASE RALLY

QM - QUASIMODO

MPL - MAXIMUM PAIN LEVEL

SR FLIP - SUPPORT RESISTANCE FLIP

RS - RESISTANCE SUPPORT FLIP

FO - Fake out

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