Do you trade the first hour after a major release?
The first hour after a release is chaos by design: initial spike, possible reversal, spread normalisation, then real direction — or none. Some traders wait for the hour to close; others build strategies around its structure.
What's your post-release routine?
- the minute-by-minute rules you follow
- the structure you wait for before entering
- your worst first-hour experience
The bid, ask and slippage guide explains what the order book does in those minutes.
Background: Bid, ask and slippage: why your order fills at a different price
Why buy trades open at one price and close at another, why a stop can trigger when the chart never touched it, and how slippage happens.
Why did my stop-loss trigger when the price on the chart didn't reach it?
Charts usually show the bid price, but a sell position's stop is triggered by the ask. If the spread widened, the ask could have touched your stop while the bid line stayed away from it.
What is slippage?
The difference between the price you expected and the price your order was filled at. It is most common in fast or thin markets, such as around news releases.
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