Trading and risk
Slippage
The difference between the price you planned to trade at, such as a stop-loss, and the price you actually got. It tends to be larger in fast or thinly traded markets.
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Stop-loss: intraday basis, closing basis, slippage and gaps explains this term in more detail.
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