The unquoted costs
Slippage: Why the Fill Isn't the Price
The difference between the price you asked for and the price you got. What causes it, why it is not a broker trick, and what you can control.
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The unquoted costs
What the advertised rate leaves out: slippage, spreads that widen when it matters, thin books, and the fees that live on a different page from the one selling you the spread.
The unquoted costs
The Costs Nobody Quotes You
Inactivity fees, withdrawal charges, currency conversion and data subscriptions. All disclosed somewhere, almost never on the page selling you the spread.
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The unquoted costs
When Spreads Widen — and Why It's Predictable
The advertised spread is observed under good conditions. Here is when conditions are not good — releases, session edges, rollover — and why it is foreseeable.
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