Crypto glossary
A practical crypto glossary explaining buy walls, spoofing, liquidations, funding rates, open interest, RSI, Bitcoin dominance, and altcoin season.
Crypto glossary
Short, practical definitions for traders reading market flow, liquidations, and market structure.
Buy WallA large visible bid area on an order book that may show support, accumulation, or spoofing behavior.Sell WallA large visible ask area that can act as resistance or a spoofing signal.SpoofingOrder-book behavior where a large order appears and disappears to influence perception without real intent to fill.LiquidationA forced closure of a leveraged position when margin requirements can no longer be met.Long SqueezeA fast downside move caused by forced selling from over-leveraged long positions.Short SqueezeA fast upside move caused by forced buying from over-leveraged short positions.Funding RateA perpetual futures mechanism that shows whether longs or shorts are paying to hold exposure.Open InterestThe total outstanding futures or derivatives positions that have not been closed.Altcoin SeasonA market phase where altcoins broadly outperform Bitcoin.Bitcoin DominanceBitcoin market cap as a share of total crypto market capitalization, used as a rotation signal.RSIRelative Strength Index, a momentum indicator used to estimate overbought or oversold conditions.MempoolThe waiting area for unconfirmed Bitcoin transactions, useful for network activity context.