This means that the prices you see on the screen can be old and stale. This bottleneck creates a tiny delay in your pricing data. What most traders don’t realize is that the sheer volume of real-time data coming into your computer can overwhelm the processor and create a bottleneck. Why does this occur? Slippage usually occurs when a trader’s computer is underpowered. It costs traders thousands in lost profits. This is what I mean when I use the word slippage. Let’s say you put in a market order to buy Apple when it’s being offered at $95.05, but when you get your order confirmation back, it says you paid $95.51. Slippage is when you enter an order to buy or sell and the price you get filled at is completely different than what you expected. The biggest risk you have as a trader is something called slippage. ![]() ![]() Is your computer fast enough to trade with? Have you ever really thought about that? Maybe a better question is, what happens if you try to trade with an underpowered old or slow computer? SLIPPAGE
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