# Basic cryptocurrency terms that every beginner trader should know 5

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**Published on:** 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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