04-07-2013, 01:06 PM
More general terms -
SL - Stop Loss or the difference between trading and gambling
HFT - High Frequency Trading
PPT - Plunge Protection Team
TPTB - The Powers That Be
QEInfinity - Term coined by PL in late summer 2012 to describe the Fed's policy. The term has now become commonplace on the web, but it was used here first!
DWA specific terms -
Batman - IHS pattern, please see next post for full explanation.
The Beard - PL's term for Ben "The Beard"
Ben's Helicopter - The machine DWA members imagine the Fed chairman uses to drop all the money he prints.
The Demon - Jamie Dimon or JPM in general.
Bastage - Affectionate term for DWA forum members. PL derived it from a movie quote:
SL - Stop Loss or the difference between trading and gambling
HFT - High Frequency Trading
PPT - Plunge Protection Team
TPTB - The Powers That Be
QEInfinity - Term coined by PL in late summer 2012 to describe the Fed's policy. The term has now become commonplace on the web, but it was used here first!
DWA specific terms -
Batman - IHS pattern, please see next post for full explanation.
The Beard - PL's term for Ben "The Beard"
Ben's Helicopter - The machine DWA members imagine the Fed chairman uses to drop all the money he prints.
The Demon - Jamie Dimon or JPM in general.
Bastage - Affectionate term for DWA forum members. PL derived it from a movie quote:
(04-06-2013, 06:20 AM)Pretzel Logic Wrote: "Bastage"... (you have to click the link, 'cause the video has embedding disabled for whatever reason):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6GVCgTFw2Qk
Here's a video of Roman Maroney that I CAN embed, but it lacks the "Bastage" reference...
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