Most overused words and phrases in trading

kut2k2

kut2k2

Also includes most misused words and phrases.

I'll start.

Holy Grail (my vote for most misused of all)
edge
Black Monday
Black Tuesday
Black Anyday
Black Swan
"It's a top!"
"It's a bottom!"
"Is this a top?"
"Is this a bottom?"
Fibonacci
Gann
Elliott
Sharpe
standard deviation

I look forward to your choices.
 
loose / looser / loosing

pips

90% - as in 90% psychology or 90% of traders lose

profit taking

risk:reward of 3:1

zero-sum game
 
Probably "Let your winners run, and cut your losses short"....

Great goal to have but once you solve how to accomplish that one thing operationally, you're a master trader.
 
BTFD (Buy The F**king Dip)

Buy low, Sell high

This time is different

The market WANTS to go up/down

This market sucks

What happened?

positive expectancy
 
Let's not forget the biggest myth of them all :
"Markets change over time".

I always want to scream when I hear that stupid phrase!
 
"Don't worry, it will come back".

This "sound" advice is usually given after a trader or a group of traders had experienced a dizzying 70% drawdown or more, Enron style . :D
 
market wizard
market guru
2% rule
Kelly ratio / Kelly principle / Kelly criterion
random entries
Normal distribution
Gaussian
lognormal
high probability trades
 
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