Below, you will find a compilation of common abbreviations frequently used in our chat rooms:

Stock chat abbreviations

• a/n — Afternoon
• b/o – Breakout
• o/n – Overnight
• pre – Pre-market trading
• a/h – After-hours trading
• ph - Power Hour
• eod – End of day
• e/r – Earnings release
• adr – Average daily range of a stock over a number of days (the larger the number the more volatile the stock).
• l/f – Low float stock (very few shares oustanding, generally under 10 million, so these stocks can move a lot on low volume)
• ss – Short sell
• L2 – Level 2 stock quotes
• hod – High of the day (not including pre-market data)
• nhod – New high of the day (used when a stock has broken above a previous high)
• 52h – 52 week high
• lod – Low of the day (not including pre-market data)
• nlod – New low of the day (used when a stock has broken below a previous low)
• 52l – 52 week low
• sup – Support
• res – Resistance
• red – A stock that is below its previous day’s close
• green – A stock that is above its previous day’s close
• r/g – A stock going from red to green
• g/r – A stock going from green to red
• etb – Easy to borrow (shares to short)

Common chat abbreviations

• afk – Away from keyboard
• idk – I don’t know
• iirc – If I remember correctly
• imho / imo – In my (humble) opinion
• ttyl – Talk to you later
• bbl – Be back later
• lol – Laughing out loud
• pm – Private message
• tia – Thanks in advance
• ty – Thank you
• yw – You’re welcome

Common stock-related abbreviations

• MM – Market maker
• CP – Centerpoint Securities
• IB – Interactive Brokers
• STT – Stockstotrade