You will find many acronyms used in discussions throughout the Forum. Before you ask people on the forum what they mean check here - If its not listed then ask and add it to the list.
| Acronyms | Description |
|---|---|
| ATM | Almost 100% certain trade - like going to the hole in the wall to get cash |
| BE | Break Even |
| BEEB | Bearish Engulfing Bar |
| BEOB | Bearish Outside Bar |
| BNZ | Bank of New Zealand |
| BO | Break Out |
| BOC | Bank Of Canada |
| BOE | Bank Of England |
| BOJ | Bank Of Japan |
| BUEB | Bullish Engulfing Bar |
| BUOB | Bullish Outside Bar |
| Cable | GBP/USD |
| Cheese | Swiss Franc |
| D1 | Daily Chart |
| DHLC | Double High Lower Close |
| DLHC | Double Low Higher Close |
| DSRI | Dynamic Support & Resistance Indicator |
| EWT | Elliott Wave Theory |
| F12 | Keyboard Shortcut in MT4 platform to move one candle or price bar at a time through your charts. |
| FED | Federal Reserve (Central Banking System Of The United States) |
| FF | Forex Factory |
| FIB | Fibbonacci Retracement |
| Fiber | EUR/USD |
| GMT | Greenwich Mean Time |
| GTPO | Go To Post One. Read and understand each post. Do not move to post two until you understand post one and so on until you have reached your post. |
| H&S | Head & Shoulders price pattern |
| HH | Higher High |
| IB | Inside Bar |
| Kiwi | NZD/USD |
| LL | Lower Low |
| Loonie | Slang for the Canadian dollar |
| M1 | Monthly chart |
| MA | Moving Average |
| MM | Market Maker |
| MT4 | MetaTrader 4 |
| NFP | Non Farm Payrolls (Economic new released on the first Friday of each month) |
| OHLC | Open High Low Close |
| P&L | Profit and Loss |
| PA | Price Action |
| PASR | Price Action Support & Resistance |
| PB | Price Bar |
| PPZ | Price Pivot Zone |
| RBA | Reserve Bank Of Australia |
| RET | Retrace |
| ROI | Return On Investment |
| RR | Risk Reward |
| S/R | Support & Resistance |
| SL | Stop Loss |
| SNB | Swiss National Bank |
| SS | Shooting Star |
| TF | Time Frame |
| TL | Trend Line |
| TP | Take Profit |
| TS | Trailing Stoploss |
| USDX | US dollar Index |
| W1 | Weekly Chart |