10 Most Popular Terms in the Millennial Trading Lingo

Exploring new slang words in finance popularized by a new generation of traders, crypto-investors, and technological disruption.

The trading and investment landscape has undergone a rapid change in the last few years as cryptocurrencies have come to the mainstream. The disruption was expedited by the pandemic, which forced a large chunk of the population to stay at home and receive social security payments. This increased the participation of young people in the stock market, crypto exchanges, and other avenues of finance. This was further amplified by trading platforms like Robinhood which lowered the barrier to entry for retail investors and reduced their fear of investing by gamification.
These new market participants and technologies brought with them new terms. These terms have swiftly made their way into the common financial parlance.

This article explains some of the most famous terms in the millennial trading lingo.

1. HODL

The term “HODL” is a classic example of how freak accidents lead to the origin of some of the popular millennial terms. HODL is a term derived from a misspelling of “hold” that refers to adhering to a buy-and-hold strategy, despite high volatility in the market.

The origins of the term can be traced to a drunken rant in a bitcoin forum, back in 2013 by GameKyuubi, explaining…