Trading, Crypto, and Finance Terms
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- Bid Price: The highest price a buyer is willing to pay for an asset.
- Ask Price: The lowest price a seller is willing to accept for an asset.
- Spread: The difference between the bid and ask price.
- Liquidity: How easily an asset can be bought or sold without affecting its price.
- Leverage: Borrowing funds to increase potential returns on an investment.
- Margin: The amount of money required to open a leveraged position.
- Market Order: An order to buy or sell an asset immediately at the current price.
- Limit Order: An order to buy or sell an asset at a specific price or better.
- Stop-Loss: A preset order to sell an asset once it reaches a certain price to minimize losses.
- Take Profit: A preset order to sell an asset once it reaches a certain price to secure profits.
- Volatility: The degree of variation in an asset’s price over time.
- Bull Market: A market characterized by rising prices and optimism.
- Bear Market: A market characterized by falling prices and pessimism.
- HODL: A crypto term meaning to hold onto assets despite price fluctuations.
- FOMO (Fear of Missing Out): The feeling of urgency to invest due to market hype.
- Whale: A trader or investor holding a large amount of a particular asset.
- Altcoin: Any cryptocurrency that is not Bitcoin.
- Blockchain: A decentralized ledger that records transactions across a network.
- DeFi (Decentralized Finance): A financial system built on blockchain technology without intermediaries.
- ETF (Exchange-Traded Fund): A fund that tracks an index, commodity, or sector and trades like a stock.