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Forum: Psychology and Money Management

September 29th, 2010, 11:55 AM

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Expected slippage vs order size

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Posted By Zoethecus

Thank you, Snoop. Any real (as opposed to sim,...

Thank you, Snoop. Any real (as opposed to sim, paper, or academic) trader knows this.

Forum: Psychology and Money Management

September 29th, 2010, 11:51 AM

Replies: 21

Expected slippage vs order size

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Posted By Zoethecus

If anyone whos native language is English and...

If anyone whos native language is English and doesn't understand what I was trying to convey feel free to PM me.

Forum: Psychology and Money Management

September 29th, 2010, 10:07 AM

Replies: 21

Expected slippage vs order size

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Posted By Zoethecus

Yes, it is. My point, however, was that...

Yes, it is.

My point, however, was that price has to trade through a limit order to get filled. Of course, if you have a limit order sitting on the book for a long time and away from the...

Forum: Psychology and Money Management

September 29th, 2010, 09:30 AM

Replies: 21

Expected slippage vs order size

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Posted By Zoethecus

Let me clarify since you are confused. I...

Let me clarify since you are confused.

I have a limit to BUY 1 ES @1135.00 My order is away from the market. As price moves down to the limit, the Bid is now 1135.00, the Ask 1135.25. ...

Forum: Psychology and Money Management

September 29th, 2010, 08:25 AM

Replies: 21

Expected slippage vs order size

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Posted By Zoethecus

Theoretically, (b) is an option, but not a...

Theoretically, (b) is an option, but not a reality, so one is faced with (a) and (c).

In addition, the lost opportunity from (c) will hurt overall profitability if one has a statistical edge...

Forum: Psychology and Money Management

September 28th, 2010, 09:30 PM

Replies: 21

Expected slippage vs order size

Views: 10,328

Posted By Zoethecus

This is simply false. Using a limit order,...

This is simply false.

Using a limit order, you will (a) get filled at your limit price, in which case there is no slippage; or (b) not get filled because price has passed traded through your...

Forum: Psychology and Money Management

September 28th, 2010, 08:01 PM

Replies: 21

Expected slippage vs order size

Views: 10,328

Posted By Zoethecus

Except for ES, those instruments will all slip at...

Except for ES, those instruments will all slip at least 1-2 ticks when trading over 20 contracts. They are very thin markets and traded by retail speculators.

ES will handle 100-200 during...

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