> ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.hoox.sh/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # glossary # 📖 Glossary A curated vocabulary of terms used throughout the Hoox documentation. Understanding these terms is essential for effective navigation of the platform. *** ## General Trading | Term | Definition | | ---------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | **Webhook** | An automated HTTP POST callback triggered by an external system (e.g., TradingView) when a specific event occurs, such as a technical indicator crossover. | | **Signal** | A structured JSON payload sent to the Hoox Gateway instructing it to execute a trade. Signals originate from TradingView alerts, email parsing, or Telegram commands. | | **Leverage** | | | **LONG** | A trade direction indicating the purchase (buy) of an asset with the expectation that its price will rise. | | **SHORT** | A trade direction indicating the sale (sell) of an asset with the expectation that its price will fall. | | **CLOSE** | An action to flatten (exit) an existing open position, returning the account to a neutral state. | | **Side (BUY/SELL)** | The translated exchange-level direction. `LONG` maps to `BUY`, `SHORT` maps to `SELL`. | | **PositionSide** | The margin mode direction (`LONG` or `SHORT`) used in hedge-mode futures trading. | | **Trailing Stop-Loss** | A dynamic stop-loss order that automatically adjusts as the market moves in the trader's favor, locking in profits while limiting downside. | | **Take-Profit (TP)** | A target price at which a position is automatically closed to lock in profits. | | **Drawdown** | The percentage decline in account equity from its peak to its current level. | | **Liquidation** | The forced closure of a leveraged position when margin requirements are no longer met. | | **Fill** | A successfully executed trade order on the exchange. | | **Slippage** | The difference between the expected price of a trade and the actual price at which it is executed, often caused by market volatility or latency. | ## Architecture & Infrastructure | Term | Definition | | --------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | **Edge Worker** | A lightweight JavaScript function running on Cloudflare's globally distributed edge servers, executing code as close to end users (or data sources) as possible. | | **V8 Isolate** | A sandboxed JavaScript runtime instance within Cloudflare Workers, providing strong isolation between tenants with zero shared memory. | | **Microservice** | A small, independently deployable service that performs a single business function within the Hoox architecture. | | **Service Binding** | A Cloudflare feature enabling direct, low-latency communication between edge workers inside the V8 engine — no public internet routing required. | | **Durable Object (DO)** | A Cloudflare primitive providing single-threaded, persistent server-side state. Used by Hoox for idempotency locks and distributed coordination. | | **D1 Database** | Cloudflare's serverless, edge-native SQLite database offering ACID-compliant transactions with sub-5ms query latency. | | **KV (Key-Value Store)** | A globally distributed, highly available key-value store optimized for high-read/low-write operations at sub-millisecond latency. | | **R2 Object Storage** | An S3-compatible, zero-egress-fee object storage service for storing arbitrary data (logs, reports, backups). | | **Cloudflare Queues** | A serverless message broker providing at-least-once delivery with built-in exponential backoff retry for asynchronous processing. | | **Vectorize** | A serverless vector search database enabling semantic matching and retrieval-augmented generation (RAG). | | **Browser Rendering** | A Cloudflare service providing headless Chrome instances at the edge for automated web interaction and PDF generation. | | **Analytics Engine** | A time-series metrics platform for tracking API call latency, error rates, and custom events across all workers. | | **Smart Placement** | A Cloudflare optimization that automatically deploys worker code to the edge node geographically closest to its external API dependencies. | | **Zero Trust Architecture** | A security model where no service trusts any other by default. All access is authenticated, authorized, and encrypted — even internal communications. | | **Kill Switch** | An emergency mechanism (stored in KV) that instantly halts all trade execution globally when activated, requiring no code redeployment. | ## Security | Term | Definition | | ---------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | **Idempotency** | The property ensuring that a given operation (e.g., a trade signal) produces the same result whether executed once or multiple times — preventing duplicate trades. | | **HMAC-SHA256** | A cryptographic signing algorithm used to authenticate order payloads sent to exchange APIs, ensuring message integrity and origin verification. | | **Secret Binding** | An encrypted credential injected directly into a V8 isolate at runtime. Secrets are never stored in code, config files, or logs. | | **WAF (Web Application Firewall)** | A network-layer security service that filters, monitors, and blocks HTTP traffic based on customizable rules (e.g., IP allow-listing). | | **CORS (Cross-Origin Resource Sharing)** | A browser security mechanism. Hoox disables CORS on the gateway to prevent unauthorized cross-domain requests. | | **IP Allow-listing** | Restricting access to the webhook endpoint to a predefined list of trusted IP addresses (e.g., TradingView's known ranges). | ## Development & Tooling | Term | Definition | | --------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | | **Bun** | A fast JavaScript runtime, package manager, and test runner used as Hoox's primary development toolchain. | | **monorepo** | A repository structure containing multiple packages/workers managed together with shared dependencies and tooling. | | **Bun Workspace** | A Bun feature enabling multiple packages within a monorepo to share dependencies and reference each other locally. | | **Wrangler** | Cloudflare's official CLI tool for developing, deploying, and managing Cloudflare Workers and associated resources. | | **Docker Compose** | A container orchestration tool used by Hoox for running isolated local development environments with all services. | | **TUI (Terminal User Interface)** | A full-screen, keyboard-driven terminal dashboard (`./hoox-tui`) for monitoring and controlling the Hoox platform. | | **OpenTUI** | A React-based framework for building terminal user interfaces, used to construct Hoox's TUI. | | **OpenNext** | An adapter enabling Next.js applications to run on Cloudflare Workers. Hoox uses it for the dashboard Command Center. | | **Drizzle** | A lightweight TypeScript ORM used with D1 for database schema management and migrations. | | **CI/CD** | Continuous Integration / Continuous Deployment. Hoox's pipeline runs linting, type checks, unit tests, and build verification. | ## Exchange-Specific | Term | Definition | | ----------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | **MEXC** | A global cryptocurrency exchange supporting spot and futures trading. One of three supported exchanges. | | **Bybit** | A cryptocurrency derivatives exchange known for its high-performance API. One of three supported exchanges. | | **Binance** | The world's largest cryptocurrency exchange by volume. One of three supported exchanges. | *** Cross-referenced from nearly every section of the documentation.