You set your entry order at 1.2850. The trade executes at 1.2854. You placed a stop-loss at 1.2800 to limit your downside. It fills at 1.2793. The price you intended and the price you got are different — and that difference has a name: slippage.Slippage is one of those trading realities that textbooks mention briefly...
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