DeFi and trading dictionary

Browser explanations for different decentralised finance (DeFi) and technical trading terms.

This dictionary has been compiled to help newcomers to get quickly familiar with decentralised finance, decentralised exchanges, trading strategies and algorithmic trading.

A

Aave Active strategy Aggregate return Airdrop Algorithmic trading Alpha generation platform Alpha model Alpha signal AMM App Chain Arrow Auto-compounding Automated trading strategy Autonomous agent Avalanche

B

Backtest Backtrader Base token Bear market Best trading algorithm Blockchain snapshot BNB Chain Bollinger bands Bonding curve Bucket Bull market

C

Candle CEX CLMM Clone Cumulative profit Cumulative return Curl Custodial Cycle duration

D

Dataclass Dataset Dataset server Decentralised exchange Decentralised finance DeFi Deterministic DEX Directional strategy Docker Dollar cost averaging (DCA) Drawdown

E

EMA Enzyme protocol Equity curve ERC-20 Erigon EVM-compatible Exposure

F

Face value Factor investing Fair value Fastquant Fork Fundamental analysis

G

GM Google Colab

H

High-frequency trading Historical market data Honey pot HyperSDK

I

J

JSON Jupyter notebook

L

Lending pool Lending protocol Leverage Liquidation Liquidity Liquidity mining Liquidity pool Liquidity provider Longing

M

Margin trading Market data feed Market neutral strategy Market order Market trade Maximum drawdown Mean reversion Mercenary capital MEV Mid Price Momentum

N

Native token NFT Non-custodial Notebook

O

Off-chain OHLCV On-chain Oracle Order book

P

Pandas Parquet Passive strategy Pine Script Poetry Portfolio construction Position Price impact Private strategy Private trading strategy Protocol fee Public trading strategy Pyarrow PyCharm Python

Q

QSTrader Quant Quantitative analysis Quantitative finance Quote token

R

Rebalance Rebase token Relative strength index (RSI) Reserve currency Risk-adjusted return Risk-free rate Rug pull RWA

S

Shorting Slippage Smart contract Spot market Stablecoin Statistical arbitrage Stop loss Storj Strategy Strategy cycle Strategy developer Sushi Swap Swap fee Swing trading Systematic trading

T

Technical analysis Technical indicator Token Token distribution Token tax Trading algorithm Trading pair Trading signal Trading strategy Trading Strategy client Trading Strategy Framework Trading Strategy Protocol Trading universe TradingView Traditional finance Trend Trend-following TWAP

U

V

Vault Visual Studio Code

W

Wallet WalletConnect Web3 Weight allocation

X

XY liquidity model

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