• AccumulationA range where a large player builds a position before the move.
• DistributionA range at the top where the built position is handed to buyers.
• ImbalanceA gap in trading that the market often returns to fill.
• LiquidityClusters of stop orders sitting behind obvious levels.
• Support levelA price where buyers keep stopping the decline.
• Resistance levelA price where sellers keep stopping the advance.
• Trend lineA line through the extremes that shows the slope of the move.
• Footprint chartA chart showing volume traded at each price inside a candle.
• Order blockThe candle an impulse started from — where a position was built.
• DivergencePrice makes a new extreme, the indicator does not: the move is weakening.
• Point of control (POC)The price with the most traded volume over a period.
• Value areaThe range holding about 70% of volume: prices the market accepted.
• DeltaThe difference between aggressive buying and selling inside a candle.
• LiquidationForced closing of a leveraged position when collateral runs out.
• Liquidity sweepA quick push beyond a level and back: stops taken, then a reversal.
• Price gapA break in price between the close and the next open.
• OverboughtAn oscillator in the upper zone: gains were strong relative to pullbacks.
• OversoldAn oscillator in the lower zone: losses were strong relative to bounces.
• Cluster analysisReading volume inside a candle, price level by price level.
• Trading sessionThe hours of a major venue: each has its own character.