ATNET Glossary / Trading Techniques & Methods, Beyond TA

Arb (Arbing, Arbitrage)

jargon Arb (Arbing, Arbitrage) · What do crypto traders call arbing and how to do it?

In the trading jargon, arb is short for arbitrage. This term is not specific to crypto.

Market traders call arbitrage a non-directional trading strategy that makes profit from different pricing of the same asset on different markets.

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Crypto Market Psychology

beyondta Crypto Market Psychology · What is the definition of crypto market psychology and how is it formed?

Market psychology is a term that describes the prevailing tendencies on a given market.

Market psychology is effectively an aggregate of trading decisions made by individual traders.

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Engulfing

technical Engulfing · What is bullish engulfing and bearish engulfing? Are cryptocurrencies good markets to trade on engulfing?

In technical analysis, engulfing refers to a pattern on the classic candlestick chart.

The engulfing pattern is formed by two consecutive candles of different colours, where the body of the second candle fully overlaps the body of the first.

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Footprint Trading

beyondta Footprint Trading · What is footprint trading and how to start with it?

Footprint trading is an advanced trading technique used on both cryptocurrency and legacy markets.

The benefits of footprint trading are more pronounced in short-term speculation techniques, such as scalping.

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Market Profile

beyondta Market Profile · What do traders call Market Profile and does it work for crypto trading?

Market profile is a method of market structure analysis developed (and registered) by J. Peter Steidlmayer.

Market profile falls under technical analysis, but it draws from different data than your typical TA indicators. It can provide a fresh piece of the puzzle even to traders who already use a lot of technical analysis.

It is most used on legacy markets where there are various charting software packages available.

To learn about what market profile is and how it was developed, get the Steidlmayer’s book “Steidlmayer on markets”.

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Passive Investing

beyondta Passive Investing · What is the definition of passive investing and can you do it in crypto?

Passive investing is a way of investing into index funds instead of into individual assets. Passive investing stands opposite to “stock picking” or “cryptoasset picking”.

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Pattern Trading (Formation Trading) in Crypto

method Pattern Trading (Formation Trading) in Crypto · What is pattern trading and what are the most common formation patterns to watch for in crypto.

Pattern trading, or formation trading, refers to making trading decisions based on standard chart patterns.

List of high-probability crypto charting patterns is at the bottom of this entry.

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Trading Psychology

beyondta Trading Psychology · What is the definition of trading psychology and how to work on yours?

Trading psychology is a term that refers to the individual mindset a trader has while being active participant of a market.

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VPVR

technical VPVR · What does VPVR stand for in crypto trading and how to use it?

In trading jargon, VPVR means volume profile visible range.

VPVR is a charting device used in volume trading. Volume trading is a popular technique in cryptocurrency trading.

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Volume Trading

technical Volume Trading · What does volume trading stand for in crypto trading and how to use it?

Volume trading is a popular technique in cryptocurrency trading.

Volume trading is not particular to crypto markets, it is used on legacy markets as well.

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Wyckoff (simplified)

method Wyckoff (simplified) · What is the gist of Wyckoff method and how to make use of it.

Wyckoff Simplified (ELI5): Wyckoff Method is a trading strategy that combines supply/demand dynamics with market psychology.

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ATNET Glossary / Chart Patterns & TA

BBands

technical BBands · What are BBands, why are they loved so much by crypto traders and what are their highest probability patterns on the crypto markets.

BBands is the abbreviation for Bollinger Bands™, a popular technical indicator. BBands are available in TradingView basic charting library, with many advanced scripts and BBand strategies added into the script library by users.

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Div

technical Div · Div, AKA Divergence. Covers regular div, hidden div and exaggerated divergence with links to more info on how to trade them.

Crypto traders use div as a short for divergence.

Divergences are a “level” indicator, they are too vague to justify opening of a position.

Still, they are an important aspect of technical analysis and can give you edge because of how easily they get missed or misinterpreted.

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Fibs (Fibonacci Lines, Fib Extention, Fib Retracement)

technical Fibs (Fibonacci Lines, Fib Extention, Fib Retracement) · What do crypto traders call Fibs? How to draw Fibs for an uptrend?

In technical analysis, Fibs is short for Fibonacci lines. Fibonacci retracement and extension lines are used in technical analysis.

Fibs are not specific to crypto, they are also popular among forex traders.

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Ichimoku Cloud

technical Ichimoku Cloud · Ichimoku cloud 101 and links to all the in-depth guides and strategies.

Ichimoku Cloud 101: Ichimoku cloud is a technical indicator suitable best for longer timeframes.

It is developed to give a “single glance” idea about the structure of the market, which is also loosely the meaning of the Japanese term Ichimoku.

This single-glance market information is typically whether the market is weak, strong or possibly approaching reversal.

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Scalping

technical Scalping · What is scalping and what kind of charting set up is best for it

Scalping is a trading method most common in forex, oil and cryptocurrency markets.

Scalping refers to trading technique of capitalizing on small price changes. Positions are typically shortly after they become profitable, collecting a small profit.

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Sideways Market

technical Sideways Market · What is a sideways market, also known as ranging market, and how to trade it.

Ranging market is a market that is lacking a trend of direction.

It is not bullish (not consistently marking up) and not bearish (not consistently marking down).

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TK Lines (TK Cross)

technical TK Lines (TK Cross) · What do crypto traders call TK Cross and TK Lines?

In technical analysis, TK Cross refers to a crossover of the Tenken and Kinjun lines (TK lines) of the Ichimoku Cloud indicator.

The TK lines are sometimes called the balance lines.

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ATNET Glossary / DeFi Glossary

CBDC

jargon CBDC · What does CBDC mean in crypto? What all can it do, according to the proposals?

In crypto talk, CBDC stands for central-bank-issued digital currencies, or simply central bank digital currencies.

The topic of CBDC became a hot topic in the blockchain and crypto community after the October 19th, 2020 annual meeting of International Monetary Fund where the FED chairman Jerome Powell had a talk on cryptocurrencies.

While most crypto enthusiasts do not give CBDCs a lot of credit, there are legitimate reasons for such assumption to be wrong.

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DeFi

jargon DeFi · What does DeFi really stands for?

What is DeFi

DeFi is short for degenerate finance.

Sorry, decentralized finance.

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TLV (Total Locked Value)

jargon TLV (Total Locked Value) · What does TLV mean in crypto and what information it gives you?

What is TLV: In DeFi slang, TLV is short for Total Locked Value, a yield farming market metric.

The total locked value shows the total liquidity locked up in a DeFi contract.

TLV measures its health and also the market share of that project.

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Yield Farming

jargon Yield Farming · What does Yield Farming mean in crypto, how it works and what are its risks?

What is Yield Farming: In DeFi context, Yield Farming is a term for earning passive income on your cryptocurrency by locking it up into a DeFi (decentralized finance) contract.

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ATNET Glossary / OPSEC Glossary

Coin Control

jargon Coin Control · What is coin control and where can you get it?

In the blockchain industry, we call coin control an advanced feature of cryptocurrency wallets that lets you choose which incoming transaction you want to spend and which to leave unspent.

This feature is necessary if you want to escape from a dust attack, an attack on privacy that happens on the bitcoin blockchain.

Perhaps more importantly, you might need coin control to sell bitcoin for fiat. Exchanges check the history of BTC you want to sell with them. To avoid issues and delays in selling, try to deposit coins that you bought from the same exchange. More here

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Dust Attack

jargon Dust Attack · What is a dust attack and what can you do if your crypto wallet was dusted?

Dust attack is an attack on privacy that happens on the bitcoin blockchain.

A potentially malicious actor is sends the smallest possible transaction amount to large amount of addresses and presumably runs a bot that watches from which addresses the coins were moved and where.

Following the movements of the dust may eventually lead to a transaction that will be identifiable in real life, such as an online order or a p2p cash sale. It can also be used to link different wallets owned by the same person.

The counteraction to do if your wallet “got dusted” is called coin control.

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Electrum

OG Crypto Opsec Electrum · All you need to know about the Electrum wallet, plus links to all the guides (how to install, signatures, backups, sweeping, segwit and legacy addresses)

Electrum is one of the oldest cryptocurrency wallets still in use.

The original Electrum wallet is a bitcoin wallet. Its homepage is at electrum.org and it is actively maintained by the same developer, Thomas Voegtlin, since 2011.

Electrum has a good track record in terms of security.

It can be an advanced bitcoin wallet if you enable advanced functionalities, but if you are more on the beginner end, they won’t stand in your way.

You Might Need These How-To’s:

• How to safely install Electrum wallet, step by step guide
• How to backup Electrum wallet (both the seed phrase and the full wallet)
• How to make bitcoin signature in Electrum wallet
• How to verify bitcoin signature in Electrum wallet
• How to sweep private keys in Electrum
• How to generate nested SegWit (P2SH) addresses (3-format) from your Bitcoin seed in Electrum

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ATNET Glossary / General Crypto Jargon

ATH

jargon ATH · ATH in ATNET Crypto glossary. What do crypto traders call ATH?

In trading jargon, ATH stands for All-Time High.

A market makes a new all-time high if its price action rises above the previous all-time maximum price. There is no other requirement for timeframe, patterns or any special technical setup. Even if the market retraces abruptly, the new ATH still counts.

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BCA

jargon BCA · What do crypto traders call BCA and how to do it?

The BCA meaning in crypto trading or investing is bitcoin cost averaging.

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BFX

jargon BFX · BFX in ATNET Crypto glossary. What do crypto traders call BFX?

In crypto trading jargon, BFX is short for Bitfinex.

• More about Bitfinex here
• A huge rave about the Bitfinex phone app

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BGD

jargon BGD · What do crypto traders call BGD and how to trade it?

In the crypto trader jargon, BGD is short for “big green dildo”.

Crypto traders call BGD a large green candle painted at a longer timeframe (at the very least hourly).

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Bart Formation

jargon Bart Formation · What do crypto traders call the Bart formation and how to trade it?

In crypto, the Bart Formation, or just Bart, is a chart pattern where the cryptocurrency market rallies sharply, usually on a shorter timeframe like 30M, and after a period of flat (sideways) action retraces all of its previous gains.

The name Bart came from the pattern’s likeness to the shape of Bart Simpson’s head.

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DCA

jargon DCA · What do crypto traders call DCA and how to do it?

The DCA meaning in crypto trading or investing is dollar cost averaging.

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DCB

jargon DCB · What do crypto traders call DCB and how to trade it?

In the trading jargon, DCB is short for dead cat bounce. This term is not specific to crypto.

Market traders call DCB the first bottom after the price action reverses down from a top.

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DYEC

jargon DYEC · DYEC in ATNET Crypto glossary. What does DYEC stand for in crypto?

In crypto trading jargon, DYEC is short for do you even chart.

DYEC is a variation on the famous DYEL exclamation from online fitness communities (Do You Even Lift?) which is posted when someone gives bad advice or talks down to others while making it obvious they don’t know what they’re talking about.

In crypto communities, DYEC is a valid response when someone posts bad technical analysis, which is something that happens a lot in very popular communities such as TradingView.

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Dino Alts

jargon Dino Alts · Dino Alts in ATNET Crypto glossary. What does Dino Alts stand for in crypto?

In crypto trading jargon, dino alts or dinosaur altcoins stand for older, more established altcoins.

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HODL (HODLing)

jargon HODL (HODLing) · What do crypto traders call Squishy and how to trade it?

In crypto jargon, we say hodl instead of “hold”, as in “hold crypto”.

The term “hodl” is not an acronym but a drunk misspelling of “hold”.

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KYC

jargon KYC · What does KYC mean in crypto and where do you not need it?

KYC means in crypto the same thing as it means in legacy finance industry: KYC stands for know your customer.

Practically, KYC will be the requirement by a crypto trading platform to get a scan of your ID card (at least). KYC is usually coupled with AML screening (anti-money-laundering).

Thanks to decentralized trading, in 2020 there are ways to buy or trade crypto with no KYC.

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LBC

jargon LBC · What do crypto traders call LBC, why is it now dangerous and what to use instead.

LBC is the acronym for LocalBitcoins, the once-trusty peer-to-peer platform for anonymous purchase of cryptocurrency.

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LTH (Long-Term Holding)

jargon LTH (Long-Term Holding) · What do crypto traders call LTH and how to do it right?

In crypto, LTH stands either for “Long-Term Holding” or “Long-Term Holder”.

A person who is a “Long-Term Holder” is someone who invested in cryptocurrencies for at least several years. LTH is not a short-term market speculation, but a long-term bullish opinion on a cryptocurrency or blockchain in general.

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Mewn

jargon Mewn · Mewn in ATNET Crypto glossary. What does Mewn stand for in crypto?

In crypto trading jargon, mewn is a variation on moon. Moon will refer to exclamations such as “To the moon!” and similar, in other words an extremely bullish sentiment.

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Moonmath

jargon Moonmath · What do crypto traders call Moonmath and where to get it?

In crypto, Moonmath is a half-joke prediction model for future Bitcoin price based on past performance.

The basic Moonmath table projects a price development starting from a certain past timespan. It tells you on which future date the price of Bitcoin will reach one million dollars, should the trend of the selected timeframe continue.

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NgU

jargon NgU · What is NgU meaning in crypto? NgU tech definition in ATNET Crypto glossary.

In crypto jargon, NgU is short for Number go Up.

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P2P

jargon P2P · P2P in ATNET Crypto glossary. What does P2P stand for in crypto?

In crypto jargon, P2P is short for peer-to-peer or person-to-person and usually refers to a way of purchasing cryptocurrency.

If you purchase crypto in a P2P way, you do that directly with a counterparty; without the participation of a service provider such an exchange platform. You may have used a platform to find that counterparty, but your transaction happens between your cryptocurrency wallet and the wallet of your counterparty.

• More on how to buy cryptocurrency anonymously with no KYC

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Perps

jargon Perps · What do crypto traders call perps and how to trade it?

In the crypto trader jargon, perps is short for perpetual contract or perpetual swap, a popular derivative product intruduced by BitMEX trading platform. Similar product is now traded also on OKEx and elsewhere.

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Quarterlies

jargon Quarterlies · What do crypto traders call quarterlies and where to trade it?

In the crypto trader jargon, quarterlies is short for quarterly futures.

Quarterly futures are a derivative contract that expires every three months.

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SFYL

jargon SFYL · What is SFYL meaning in crypto? SFYL definition in ATNET Crypto glossary.

In crypto jargon, SFYL is short for Sorry for your loss.

Sometimes, you will see the SFHL version, which stands for Sorry for his/her loss.

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Segwit (vs Legacy)

jargon Segwit (vs Legacy) · What do crypto traders call Segwit and should you use it?

SegWit is a crypto jargon term that stands for Segregated Witness.

Segregated Witness is a network feature activated on the Bitcoin and Litecoin blockchains.

• If you want to switch to SegWit addresses, you need either the Electrum wallet or one of the Ledger wallets
• You may be looking for: LTC address converter, BTC address converter

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Squishy

jargon Squishy · What do crypto traders call Squishy and how to trade it?

“Squishy” is a crypto jargon for the bearish MACD crossover specifically on the 3D timeframe.

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TA

jargon TA · TA in ATNET Crypto glossary. What do crypto traders call TA?

In crypto and legacy trading speak, TA refers to technical analysis.

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TV (TradingView)

jargon TV (TradingView) · TV in ATNET Crypto glossary. What do crypto traders call TV?

On crypto trading forums and chats, TV usually refers to TradingView.

Less seasoned crypto traders or visitors who are not familiar with the jargon usually take the abbreviation to mean television, but it’s almost always TradingView.

• Tradingview PRO gets discounted during Black Friday

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To The Moon

jargon To The Moon · To The Moon! in ATNET Crypto glossary. What does it stand for in crypto?

In crypto trading communities, To the moon! is an exuberant exclamation common during market runups.

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Value Averaging

jargon Value Averaging · What do crypto traders call value averaging and how is it different from DCA, or cost averaging?

Value averaging, sometimes also value cost averaging, is a strategy for rebalancing of the assets you hold as an investment based on each asset’s value. Value averaging is an alternative to dollar cost averaging.

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