139+ Trading Terms Explained

A temporary suspension of trading in a specific stock, ordered by an exchange or regulator. Halts pause all buying and selling activity and

A single-candle reversal pattern with a small body near the top of the candle and a long lower wick — at least twice the body length. It sig

Hawkish describes a monetary policy stance favoring higher interest rates, reduced money supply, or tighter financial conditions to control

A head and shoulders pattern is a classic reversal formation with three peaks — a higher middle peak (the head) flanked by two lower peaks (

A higher high occurs when price makes a swing peak that is above the previous swing peak — it's one of the two defining features of an uptre

A higher low is a swing low that is above the previous swing low — paired with higher highs, it's the second component that confirms an uptr

HOD stands for High of Day — the highest price a stock has reached in the current regular trading session, often used as a key breakout leve