Stock Acronyms and definitions for Newbies

• HOD- high of day ex) nhod -new high of day
  
• LOD- low of day
  
• EOD- end of day
  
• O/N- overnight
  
• 52s- new 52 week high
  
• Green- price is above prior day closing price
  
• Red- price is below prior day close
  
• DD- Due diligence, do your homework on the stock, news, earnings, fundamentals etc.
  
• E/R- Earnings Report
  
• Pre- Pre-market trades
  
• AH- After Hours trades
  
• Low float -usually small cap companies with fewer shares issued and a lot of those shares owned by insiders or institutions. Hence lower number of shares actively traded. That increases volatility and potential for short squeeze or drop/rise on E/R or news.
  
• R/R- Risk/reward
  
• POS - Proof of Stock
  
• PPS - Price Per Share

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