™On a quote of $49.95 bid and $50.05 ask, slippage helps explain part of what can happen between submitting an order and receiving a fill.
Orders & Market Structure
Slippage
The difference between an expected transaction price and the actual execution price.
Plain-English context
Why it matters
Market-structure language affects how an instruction reaches the market and the price or execution a trader may actually receive.
Assuming Slippage has one universal interpretation without checking the source, rules, timeframe or methodology.
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