Slippage: the first time your fill differed from your order price

You click buy at 1.1050 and the platform fills you at 1.1053. That's slippage, and it happens most often during fast markets and around news — in both directions, though brokers' customers mainly remember the bad direction.

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• when it first happened to you, and on which pair
• whether you've ever received positive slippage
• what you do now to reduce it

The bid, ask and slippage guide explains why fills differ from quoted prices.