Glossary

The wiki backbone.

The Glossary is not a discipline: it is the systematic index of terms used in Cyclepedia — markets, orders, technical, cyclic, volumetric, fundamental, systematic, AI, risk, crypto, derivatives, psychology and anti-scam.

Menu → Encyclopedia → Glossary — Lexical reference while reading any discipline. To start trading: Concepts and Bronze Path. For Hurst theory: Market Cycles → Foundations.

Glossary vs Concepts vs Disciplines

Hub	Role	Example
Concepts	Introductory lessons on instruments and markets	Trend, volume, stop loss
Glossary ← you are here	Encyclopedic term definition	FLD, spread, backtest
Cyclic analysis	Introduction to a major branch	Cyclic analysis, volume…
Cyclic theory	Hurst cyclic theory	Price motion model

Rule of thumb: if you want what a word means, you're in the glossary. If you want how to use it in a method, go to Methodologies or a tradition (Hurst/Wyckoff).

Categories

Markets and orders

Term	Entry
Bid / Ask / Spread	Bid-ask spread
Order book	Order book
Market / Limit order	Market Order Limit Order
Slippage	Slippage
Liquidity	Liquidity
Leverage / Margin / Liquidation	Leverage Margin Liquidation
Spot / Futures / Perpetual	Spot market Futures Perpetual futures
Futures structure	Expiry and settlement Basis Curve Contango and backwardation Roll Roll yield Rolling
Options and volatility	Full map Calls and puts Chain Implied and realized Smile, skew and surface

Technical analysis and price action

Term	Entry
Trend	Trend
Support / Resistance	Support and resistance
OHLC candle	OHLC Candlestick
Volatility / ATR	Volatility
Moving Average	Moving average
Double top / bottom	Double top and double bottom
Valid trend line	Valid trend line (VTL)

Cyclic analysis

Term	Entry
Market cycle	Market cycle
Curvilinear envelope	Constant-width curvilinear envelope
Nesting envelope	Nesting envelope
FLD	FLD — Future Line of Demarcation
Transactional timing	Transactional timing
Trading cycle	Trading cycle
MD fluctuation	Magnitude-duration fluctuation (MD)
Inverse moving average	Inverse moving average (Hurst)
Time translation	Time translation

Hurst path: Hurst tradition · theory: Cyclic theory.

Volume analysis

Term	Entry
Volume	Trading Volume
Volume Profile / Market Profile	Volume Profile Market Profile
Delta / Cumulative Delta	Volume delta Cumulative delta
VWAP / POC / Value Area	VWAP (Volume Weighted Average Price)POC (Point of Control)Value Area
Order flow / Footprint	Order flow Footprint chart
Market maker / Matching	Market Maker Matching engine

Fundamental analysis

Term	Entry
Market index	Market index
Derivative	Derivative
P/E, DCF, EBITDA, FCF	P/E ratio DCF EBITDA Free cash flow (FCF)
Tokenomics / TVL / protocol risk	Tokenomics TVL DeFi protocol risk

Systematic trading, portfolios and risk

Term	Entry
Full systematic path	Systematic trading, backtesting and validation
Portfolio and performance path	From policy to attribution
Backtest	Backtest
Point-in-time / Leakage	Point-in-time data Data leakage and look-ahead bias
OOS / Walk-forward	Out of sample Time-series validation and walk-forward
Data snooping / Monte Carlo	Data snooping and multiple testing Monte Carlo and bootstrap
Drawdown	Drawdown
Profit Factor / Sharpe	Profit factor Sharpe ratio
Stop loss / Take profit	Stop loss Take Profit
Position sizing	Position sizing Trade size
Overfitting / Robustness	Overfitting Robustness

AI and data

Term	Entry
Quantitative trading	Quantitative trading
Feature engineering / Leakage	Feature engineering Data leakage
Sentiment / NLP	Sentiment analysis NLP in finance
Quantum computing (finance)	Quantum computing (finance)Post-quantum security

Crypto, derivatives, psychology, anti-scam

Area	Examples
Crypto	Rug pull Pump and dump Anti-scam
Derivatives	CFD Futures Derivative Open interest Rolling
Psychology	FOMO (Fear Of Missing Out)Tilt Psychology
Anti-scam	Anti-scam

Essential DeFi map

For the complete path from wallets and stablecoins to pools, TVL, MEV and protocol risk, open the visual chapter Decentralized finance (DeFi). This map remains the concise view of mechanisms inside protocols.

The same DeFi operation can be read on three different levels: where capital sits, who can influence transaction ordering, and which powers the contract retains. The map separates those levels before the technical detail begins.

A high yield, a successful transaction, and a large TVL answer different questions: open a lane and follow its mechanism.

Select the highlighted points to explore the detail

Liquidity and yield — Liquidity pool → liquidity mining and yield farming → impermanent loss.

Ordering and instant capital — Flash loan → MEV → sandwich attack.

Contract control — Honeypot and rug pull.

Measurement and risk — TVL → DeFi protocol risk.

Trader slang

Short entries (glossario_kind: gergo) — chat, social and community language. If a full concept exists, the glossary links there without duplicating.

Operational actions

Term	Entry
Go long / Go short	Go long Go short
Scalp / Hold	Scalp Hold
DCA / Average down	DCA Average down
Hedge / De-risk	Hedge De-risk
Chase / Flip	Chase Flip

Market and crypto

Term	Entry
FOMO / FUD	FOMO (slang)FOMO (Fear Of Missing Out)FUD
HODL / Ape in	HODL Ape in
Rekt / Bagholder	Rekt Bagholder
Diamond / Paper hands	Diamond hands Paper hands
Whale	Whale

Order flow and manipulation

Term	Entry
Front-running / MEV	Front-running MEV
Liquidity grab / Stop hunt	Liquidity grab Stop hunt
Spoofing / Layering / Wash	Spoofing Layering Wash trading
Bid wall / Ask wall / Sweep	Bid wall Ask wall Sweep
Fakeout / Traps	Fakeout Bull trap Bear trap

Links to concepts (no duplication)

Term	Concept
Execution / latency	Execution Execution quality Latency Execution latency
Slippage	Slippage Slippage
Liquidation / Tilt / Overtrading	Liquidation (slang)Tilt (slang)Overtrading (slang)
Iceberg order	Iceberg order Iceberg order

More operational / DeFi / systematic

Term	Entry
Roll / Switch bias	Roll Switch bias
Take profit / Cut	Take profit Cut the position
Squeeze / Breakdown	Squeeze Breakdown
Airdrop / Unstake / Bridge	Airdrop farming Unstake Bridge
Backtest / Bot / Black box	Backtest (slang)Trading bot Black box
Trader talk	Married to the trade Cut winners too early Fear of clicking

Psychology (slang)

Term	Entry
Bullish / Bearish bias	Bullish bias Bearish bias
Confirmation / Recency	Confirmation bias Recency bias
Overconfidence / Loss aversion	Overconfidence (slang)Loss aversion (slang)

Metrics (slang → concepts)

Term	Entry
Win rate / Expectancy / PF	Win rate (slang)Expectancy (slang)Profit factor (slang)
R-multiple / Risk-reward	R-multiple (slang)Risk/reward (slang)
Drawdown / Kelly / Sizing	Drawdown (slang)Kelly (slang)Position sizing (slang)

Anti-scam (slang)

Term	Entry
Pig butchering / Romance	Pig butchering Romance scam
Fake broker / Phishing	Fake broker Phishing (trading/crypto)Wallet drainer
Ponzi / Guaranteed returns	Ponzi scheme Guaranteed returns (red flag)

Order flow (slang)

Term	Entry
Order flow / Footprint / Delta	Order flow: meaning Footprint chart Volume delta Cumulative delta or CVD
Volume profile / POC	Volume Profile POC (slang)

DeFi risks (slang)

Term	Entry
IL / Honeypot	Impermanent loss Honeypot Rug check

Hurst glossary path (while reading the book)

#	Term	Entry	Ch.
1	Transactional timing	Transactional timing	1
2	MD fluctuation	Magnitude-duration fluctuation (MD)	2
3	Curvilinear envelope	Constant-width curvilinear envelope	2
4	Nesting envelope	Nesting envelope	2
5	Double top / bottom	Double top and double bottom	3
6	Action signal	Action signal	4
7	Trading cycle	Trading cycle	4
8	Valid trend line	Valid trend line (VTL)	4
9	Inverse moving average	Inverse moving average (Hurst)	6

Post-1970: FLD — Future Line of Demarcation · Time translation · Spring (Wyckoff)

Sources

This hub is a navigation index: definitions, limits, and topic-specific sources appear in the individual entries. For the futures and derivatives vocabulary linked on this page:

U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Futures Glossary.