The purpose of the TradeBuddy Chatroom
A Caution
Most alerts in chat are solely to announce that a stock is on the move … this means that it is worth watching, not necessarily worth trading. In addition, there are plenty of novice traders (as well as good traders) in chat … please do not follow others’ trades unless you have a clear understanding of their strategy and their success rate and are willing to take responsibility for your own profits and losses.
Help
If you have questions about anything related to chat, please message either Tony or a moderator on Slack for help.
Chat Rules
1. Be polite.
2. Tickers must be typed in CAPS. Stock chat abbreviations can be found below. There is also a list of general chat abbreviations below.
5. Stay on topic during the trading day and for the 30 minutes prior to the market open (from 9am Eastern to 4pm Eastern); keep to stock alerts and brief discussion of potential trades. Feel free to chat about anything after trading hours.
7. No pumping or promoting stocks or bashing stocks. If there is relevant news, then post it.
15. Ownership of and responsibility of the comments made in the chat room remains with those who type the comments. We (TradeBuddy, LLC) are not responsible for the statements of those who make comments in the chat room. We reserve the right to gag, kick, or ban anyone from the chat room for any reason whatsoever.
16. We (TradeBuddy, LLC) are not financial advisers. We do not give financial advice. We cannot tell you if you should make a trade. All traders need to make their own decisions about what and when to trade.
Stock chat abbreviations
adr – Average daily range of a stock over a number of days (the larger the number the more volatile the stock).
bo – Breakout
o/n – Overnight
a/n — Afternoon
e/r – Earnings release
ss – Short sell
ssr- Short Sale Restriction
hod – High of the day (not including pre-market data)
nhod – New high of the day (used when a stock has broken above a previous high)
52wk – 52 week highs
lod – Low of the day (not including pre-market data)
nlod – New low of the day (used when a stock has broken below a previous low)
pre hod – the pre-market high of the day
pre lod – the pre-market low of the day
sup – Support
res – Resistance
red – A stock that is below its previous day’s close
green – A stock that is above its previous day’s close
r/g – A stock going from red to green
g/r – A stock going from green to red
pre – Pre-market trading
ah – After-hours trading
eod – End of day
mo – Market open
pb – pullback
bo – breakout
pmh – premarket high
pml – premarket low
200ma – 200 simple moving average
200Dma – 200 simple moving average on the daily chart
200Wma – 200 simple moving average on the weekly chart
VWAP – Volume Weighted Average Price
Common chat abbreviations
- afk – Away from keyboard
- idk – I don’t know
- iirc – If I remember correctly
- imho / imo – In my (humble) opinion
- ttyl – Talk to you later
- bbl – Be back later
- lol – Laughing out loud
- ty – Thank you
- yw – You’re welcome
- imo – In my opinion
- tbh – to be honest
- fwiw – for what its worth
Common stock / penny stock abbreviations
MM – Market maker
TOS – Thinkorswim, a brokerage
IB – Interactive Brokers, a brokerage
TI- Trade Ideas
EQ- Equity Feed
