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.
Share:
- 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.
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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