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To: Eric P who wrote (3569)	9/4/1999 9:47:00 AM
From: Don Pueblo	Read Replies (4) of 18137

DAY TRADER'S GLOSSARY OF TERMS (c) 1999 by cOUSIN SHORTY.com may not be reproduced without permission Adviser - anyone who charges money for stock advice to cover his losses in the market Afternoon - the daily opportunity to give back all the money you made that morning (see Friday) Asshole - anybody that ends the day with a profit Apprentice - anyone that looks at your screen just after you get out of a winning trade Averaging Down - what you have to do if you are long and go to the bathroom Averaging Up - what you have to do if you are short and go to the bathroom Bad Trade/Stupid Trade - a losing trade that somebody else does that doesn't fit Your Plan Backup Plan - see Averaging Up and Averaging Down Broker - somebody that studied hard and has a license to lose your money Bulletin Board (OTCBB) - the exercise yard at the Graybar Hotel Canadian - anyone who is short any stock you own Chair of Woe - the empty chair where the new guy sits next to the pro who trades Internet IPOs Cheap Stock - a stock that is about to go down Commission - see Spread Confusion - 6 open positions Coyote Syndrome - when you have to chew your own arm off so you don't click the mouse again Day Trade - a trade where you get in too late and get out too early Dickhead - anyone that looks at your screen while you are down on a trade Double Up - your claim to anyone who asks about it after you bought more instead of sold what you owned Excellent Company - any stock you know nothing about that you make a winning trade on Excellent Long Term Investment - A Position Trade that went the wrong way right after you took the position Expensive Stock - a stock that is about to go up Fossil - an old dude that makes less than 90 trades a day Freak - anyone who can do three winning trades in a row (see Asshole) Friday - The weekly opportunity to give back everything you made that week (see Afternoon) Fundamental Analysis - checking to see if you can short it Genius - what other people call you if you luck out 4 times in a row Idiot - the guy that gives you his stock to cover your winning short position IPO - expensive cyanide IPO (Internet) - Expensive Cyanide Flambe with Extra Sugar IPO (NYSE) - loser Loudmouth - 1. Anyone that says anything anywhere near you while you are trading 2. The guy that just bought 10,000 shares and then yells out, "It's running!" Lucky Trade - a winning trade that somebody else made that didn't fit Your Plan Margin - (if you are up) a no risk situation with huge potential return (if you are down) an evil invention by Big Money that forces you to lose more than you own Margin Call - what happens when the clearing firm makes any sort of accounting mistake Market Maker - the guy that has the secret video camera set up behind you and takes the other side of every one of your losing trades Moron - the guy that buys your winning long position No-Brainer - any good trade you tell somebody else about and don't do Pain - being down 3/8 on 1000 shares on a stock where the volume dried up and then noticing you missed 4 points on that other trade you were going to do instead Paper Trade - the trade you tell the new guy about Partial Fill - a trick the Market Makers use to see if you can do math quickly Percentage - your winners after you take out a couple of losers Piece of Shit - any Excellent Company that you have a losing trade on Position Trade - a Day Trade that went the wrong way right after you took the position Pro - the guy who never says anything and is usually smiling Secret Trade - any trade that you don't mention to the new guy who asks you how you are doing Short Squeeze - (when you are short) when someone you never met and shouldn't really have anything against you tries on purpose to hurt you personally (when you are long) proof you are a genius Special Situation - when you watch your losing stop limit go by and do nothing (see Long Term Investment) Spread (if a winning trade) sharing the wealth (if a losing trade) rip-off System Trade - the phrase you use to explain to a new guy how your trade didn't work Technical Analysis - voodoo without the animal blood and chanting Uptick - (if long) added hope (if short) the Market Maker letting everyone else in (if no position) another good chance to lose some money by going short Volume Spike - (open position) confirmation that you are the smartest person on the planet (no position) confirmation that you are the smartest person on the planet but you don't like the trade

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