The federal funds rate is the rate at which depository institutions (banks) lend reserve balances to other banks on an overnight basis.
While a Wedge pattern is most often known as a Reversal Pattern, a falling wedge may be either a reversal pattern or a continuation pattern, depending on the prevailing trend factor.
Fading is a trading technique in which a trader assumes that a rapid upward movement is overdone and takes a short position on a possible reversal.
Drawdown is a measure of peak-to-trough decline, usually given in percentage form. In trading, drawdown refers to the reduction in your trading account from a trade or a series of trades.