A long, or long position, is a trade made in anticipation of a rise in an asset's price: the trader buys cryptocurrency in order to sell it for more. Market participants who bet on a rise are called bulls.

In Russian-speaking slang a "loss" (from the English loss) is a nickname for a trading loss on an exchange. Most often it refers to closing a position with a loss of funds, including when a stop order is triggered.

Margin trading is trading on an exchange using borrowed funds that increase the size of a position through leverage. The method can amplify both a trader's profit and losses.

Chop is short-term price swings within a narrow price range that, as a rule, do not lead to a sustained move up or down. The price seems to "dangle" between nearby levels.

A whale (Whale) is a large holder of cryptocurrency whose volumes can noticeably influence the market. The trades of such participants often move the quotes of individual coins, so other traders watch their wallets closely.