What is Slippage?
Slippage: The difference between the price you asked for and the price your trade actually filled at, usually during news or thin liquidity.
More terms
- Pip
- The smallest usual price change of a currency pair: 0.0001 for most pairs and 0.01 for pairs quoted in Japanese yen.
- Risk/reward ratio
- A comparison of a trade's expected profit with its possible loss; 1:2 means risking one dollar to make two.
- Segregated client funds
- Keeping client money in bank accounts separate from the broker's own funds so it cannot be used for its business or debts; required by stron...
- Spread
- The difference between the buy (ask) and sell (bid) price of an instrument; the main cost of a trade on most trading accounts.
- Stop out
- The automatic closing of your losing positions when your margin level reaches the minimum, set at 50% for retail clients in Europe, the UK a...
- Stop-loss
- An order that closes your position automatically at a price you set in advance, limiting your loss if the market moves against you.