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Slippage is the difference between the price you expected and the average price you actually got.
Slippage: Slippage is the difference between the price you expected and the average price you actually got.
Slippage is the difference between the price you expected and the average price you actually got.
You see YES at 30¢ and buy with a market order, but the book is thin and your average fill is 32¢. That 2¢ is slippage.
Reduce slippage with limit orders, smaller trade sizes and by trading in more liquid markets.
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The bid is the highest price someone is willing to pay right now; the ask is the lowest price someone is willing to sell at. The gap between them is the spread.
Expected value is what a trade is worth on average if you could repeat it many times. It combines your estimate of the probability with the price and the payout.
