The difference between the expected price of a trade and the price at which it actually executes, typically occurring during high volatility or low liquidity.
Position sizing, drawdown control, and survival in trading all hinge on concepts like Slippage. Most blown accounts trace back to ignoring exactly this kind of risk discipline.
During NFP, the stop loss was placed at 1.0700 but executed at 1.0690 due to 1-pip slippage in volatile conditions.
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