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Understanding the glossary of Trading



Bears - Market participants who expect the market to decline and attempt to profit from it.

Bearish - The expectation of market going down.

Bulls - Market participants who expect the market to rise and attempt to profit from it.

Bullish - The expectation of market going up.

Downtrend - The tendency of price moving downward.

Gap-down - The scenario of a stock that opens at a price that is below the price it closed at in the previous trading session.

Gap-Up - The scenario of a stock that opens at a price that is above the price it closed at in the previous trading session.

Long Position - Buying a stock with the expectation that it will rise in value.

Resistance - The price level that sell force is strong to prevent prices from rising higher.

Support - The price level that buy force is strong to prevent prices from falling further.

Uptrend - The tendency of price moving upward.

Stop Loss - An order to sell a financial asset at a specific price in order to limit losses.


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