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8) or :) or ;) or <{:^) = Smile Face = Happy
8))))))) = Very happy
8( = Sad Face = Sad
<gggg> = grinning, smiling
AFK ( afk ) = Away From Keyboard
ASK ( ask ) = Current Price A Stock May Be Readily Bought For.
Bagger, (one, double, triple, quad or more ) = how many times the price of a stock has multiplied since the purchase.
BBIAB = Be Back In A Bit.
BBL ( bbl ) = Be Back Later
BID ( bid ) = Price posted that a Market Maker will pay for stock.
BOX ( box ) = Computer
BRB ( brb ) = Be Right Back
CYA ( cya ) = See Ya
DCC = Start a chat or send a file.
DD ( dd ) = Due Diligence
Double(r) = Stock that's price has doubled since a given time.
DT ( dt ) = Down Tick in the price of a stock, Price is falling.
EOD ( eod ) = End Of Day
EOM ( eom ) = End Of Month
ERR ( err ) = Growl or getting mad.
Fire = Stock that is hot, rising fast.
Front Running = People own the stock then promote it while selling.
Gapper, Gapping, Gapolla, GAPPA = Stock that moves from its previous closing price before the market opens.
Head Fake = Stock Price heading up or down contrary to ones opinion.
IMHO ( imho ) = In My Honest Opinion, In My Humble Opinion
IMO ( imo ) = In My Opinion
L8TR ( l8tr ) = Later ( Like see ya later )
LAGGED, LAGG ( lagged ) = Long delay between sending and recieving data over the Internet.
LOL ( lol ) = Laugh Out Loud
MM ( mm ) = Market Maker ( the folks who handle the trades of stocks )
MOMO = Momentum stock, lots of interest and buyers for hours days or weeks.
NEWBEE ( newbee, newbe ) = New user of Internet and or computer.
NICK ( nick ) = Name used by people ( Individual ) on the Internet.
NUKE ( nuke ) = "Denial of Service Attack" that will crash your computer forcing you to reboot.
OEM ( oem ) = Original Equipment Manufacturer
OFFER ( offer ) = Current Price A Stock May Be Readily Bought For.
PD (pd and p&d ) = Pump and Dump
PIC ( pic ) = Picture
PM = Private Message
POINT ( point ) = Dollar or Stick
PPL ( ppl ) = People
Pump and Dump = Front running, people own the stock then promote it while selling.
ROFL ( rofl ) = Rolling On Floor Laughing
ROFLMAO = Rolling on floor laughing my a** off
SCALP (S) ( scalp ) = A quick trade for an 1/16 or more.
SI ( si ) = Silicon Investor
STICK ( stick ) = One point or dollar.
Tank, Tanking = Stock thats price is falling.
Teenie = 1/16th
TICK ( tick ) = Can mean the last movement in a issues price ( up tick or down tick ) Also a market indicator. As a market indicator quote systems keep track of the up ticks and down ticks of stocks through out the day. The tick shown will be the difference between the up ticks and down ticks for that day so far. A positive number means there have been that many more up ticks than down and a negative number means the opposite.
TRIN ( trin ) = A market indicator used in technical analysis, calculated as follows: TRIN = ((number of advancing issues divided by number of declining issues) divided by (Total up volume divided by Total down volume)). A value of less than 1 is bullish, greater than 1 bearish. also called Arms Index.
UT ( ut ) = Up tick in the price of a stock, Price moved up.
URL ( url ) = Internet address of a web page ( http://sitename )
WTF ( wtf ) = Potty Mouth
ZZZZZZ ( zzzzz ) = Sleeping |