# Basic cryptocurrency terms that every beginner trader should know 5

By [Di](https://paragraph.com/@di-2) · 2024-03-02

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    A ticker is a short name used to denote an asset.
    
    Trend - the direction of movement of the price of an asset during a certain period of time.
    
    Hedging is a trading strategy used by traders to reduce losses and consists in opening the opposite trade from an already opened one.
    
    
    Short is a trader's trading strategy when he makes money from a decline in the price of an asset.

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