Drawdown
How far an account or equity curve has fallen from its highest point, usually shown as a percentage.
Glossary
Slippage explained
Slippage is not a fee on the ticket. It is the gap between the quote you clicked and the fill you received when the market was already moving.
DefinedTerm · Slippage
The difference between the price you expected and the price at which the order actually filled.
What
The difference between the price you expected and the price at which the order actually filled.
Not
A recommendation to buy, sell, or hold any instrument.
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Definition
The working meaning
A market order says “fill me at the next available price.” In a quiet tape that is usually the bid or offer you saw. Around a data print, a gap, or a thin book, the next available price can be several pips worse — or, rarely, better.
Limit orders avoid negative slippage by refusing a worse price, but they may not fill at all. Guaranteed stops, where a provider offers them, cap the damage for a premium. A normal stop-loss is still a market order once triggered, so it can slip too.
At high leverage a few pips of slippage is not a rounding error. It is part of the cost of trading into news and session opens. Size the position as if the fill will be worse than the screenshot.
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Other terms in this set
Order Block
A chart zone some traders treat as leftover institutional buying or selling, used as a possible future reaction area.
Swap Rates
The overnight interest credited or charged when a leveraged position is held past the provider’s rollover time.