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KingCAMBO.com Frequently Used Terms Commonly Used Trading Terms

[Action Zones] - Study of past volume on ES for past 2 years using 13 min. data.  Following table is the highest volume and greatest price volatility trading intervals from Best to next best- in descending order - the 9:56 candle is the busiest on ES.

- Action Zone Table -
2098 ----> 09:56:00
1967 ----> 09:43:00
1944 ----> 09:30:00
1918 ----> 10:09:00
1722 ----> 10:22:00
1480 ----> 10:35:00
1455 ----> 10:48:00
1369 ----> 14:55:00
1306 ----> 11:01:00
1300 ----> 15:08:00

[Candles] - Japanese technical analysis  ... Reading Material

[Deadzone] - period during the trading day from 11:00 AM to 2:30 PM ET when there is low volume and/or momentum

[ECN] -  Electronic Commerce Network

[Front Running] - hyping a stock that you own in order to influence the price of the stock

[Fibonacci Numbers] - mathematical series where the following number is equal to the sum of the two previous numbers  (i.e. 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, etc..)

[Gap and Trap] -  occurs when the price of a stock gaps at the open then drops lower later on - effectively "trapping" buyers who bought at the gap

[MM/ECN Abbreviations] -

 ARCA:  Archipelago ECN
 BEST:  Bear, Stears & Co., Inc.
 BTAB:  BT Alex Brown Inc.
 DLJP:   Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette Securities
 FBCO:  Credit Suisse First Boston Corporation
 GSCO:  Goldman, Sachs & Co.
 HMQT:  Hambrecht & Quist LLC
 HRZG:   Herzog, Heine, Geduld, Inc.
 INCA:   Instinet Corp. (ECN)
 ISLD:   The Island ECN
 MASH:  Mayer & Schweitzer, Inc.
 MLCO:  Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Inc.
 MSCO:  Morgan Stanley & Co., Inc.
 NITE:   Knight Securities, Inc.
 PIPR:    US Bancorp Piper Jaffray Inc.
 PRUS:   Prudential Securities Inc.
 RSSF:   Banc Boston Robertson Stephens Inc.
 SBSH:   Salomon, Smith Barney Inc.
 TNTO:  Terra Nova Trading, LLC
 TSCO:  Troster Singer Corporation

[MSH] - abbreviation for market structure high (consisting of a new high, followed by a higher high, then followed by a lower high)

[MSL] -  abbreviation for market structure low (consisting of a new low, followed by a lower low, then followed by a higher low)

[NDOOS] - Nasdaq 100 futures contracts

[Pivot Points] - point at which the direction of the market is expected to reverse ... Reading Material

[Scalping] - owning 1000 shares or more of a given position and trying to earn an 1/8 or 1/4 point

[Short Squeeze] - when the price of a security rises sharply, it causes many short sellers to buy the security to cover their positions and limit losses; thus causes the stock to rise even higher

[SPOOS] - refers to S & P 500 futures

[Stop Loss] - predetermined exit based on what you can reasonably accept (we use about a 2 pt stop loss at KingCAMBO.com)

[Swing Trading] - entering a position with expectation of gaining as much as your set stop loss

[Teenie] - equal to 1/16th

[TOS]- time of sales

[Trailing Stops] - stop that you keep increasing as your stock price increases

[TRIN] -  trading index of buying pressure vs selling pressure.
(TRIN = 1.0 = neutral; TRIN < 1.0 = Buying Pressure; TRIN > 1.0 = selling pressure )
 

KingCAMBO.com Research Alerts Terms
 

[Bullish Compression] - very tight trading range where the dominant candles have been bullish; best described as a rubber band that is going to snap upwards

[Bearish Compression] -  very tight trading range where the dominant candles have been bearish; best described as a rubber band that is going to snap downwards

[Long Trigger] - market structure low with a confirming up candle that triggers the long position

[Momentum Breakout] - upward bullish move out of compression and has pierced the upper Bollinger Band

[Momentum Breakdown] - downward bearish move out of compression and has pierced the lower Bollinger Band

[Short Trigger] - market structure high with a confirmation down candle that triggers the short position

[Smack Down Short Trigger] - trigger that is falling at a higher velocity than normal candlestick patterns

[Three Price Break Long] - trend confirmation signal that is confirmed by candlesticks; confirms the greater trend (long)

[Three Price Break Short] - trend confirmation signal that is confirmed by candlesticks; confirms the greater trend (short)
 

Other Terms & Abbreviations
 

[DCC] - refers to private message sent to another user in chatroom

[Piker] - slang used in KingCAMBO.com that refers to a daytrader that has lost significant part of their portfolio and runs from chatroom to chatroom hyping their positions, also refers to someone who is a fraud (often used in a joking manner)

[Spam] - excessively repetitive or inappropriate postings
 

[AFK] - Away From Keyboard
[ASAP] - As Soon As Possible
[BBL]  - Be Back Later
[BRB] - Be Right Back
[BTW] - By The Way
[CYA]  -  See Ya
[FYI] - For Your Information
[IMO] - In My Opinion
[IMHO] - In My Humble Opinion
[NP] - No problem
[LOL] - Laughing Out Loud
[OIC] - Oh, I See
[ROFL] - Rolling On Floor Laughing
[TA] - Thanks Again
[TIA] - Thanks in Advance
[WTG] - Way to Go
[YW] - You're welcome
 

Futures Symbols

[ND00Z]* - NASDAQ 100 futures contracts
[NQ00Z] - NASDAQ 100 futures mini contracts
[ES00Z] - S & P 500 futures contracts

*Z = month (in this case, December)

Futures Month Codes
Jan = F | Feb = G | Mar = H | Apr = J | May = K | Jun = M | Jul = N | Aug = Q | Sep = U | Oct = V | Nov = X | Dec = Z