Day Trading Acronyms 101

Below you will find some of the most common acronyms we use in the room and what they mean.

  • LOD – Low Of Day
  • HOD – High Of Day
  • PDH – Prior Day High
  • PDL – Prior Day Low
  • ORB – Opening Range Breakout
  • DTL – Daily Trend Line
  • SS – Sell Short
  • O/N – Over Night
  • SSR – Short Sell Restriction (Shorting can only happen on an uptick)
  • AH – After Hours
  • PM – PreMarket
  • RR – Risk/Reward
  • PH – Power Hour (Last hour of trading)
  • ATR – Average True Range
  • CB – Cost Basis
  • RS – Relative Strength
  • EV – Expected Value

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