North Carolina
Experience: Beginner
Platform: NinjaTrader, Tradestation
Trading: es
Posts: 644 since Nov 2011
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A lot of the answers here are incorrect. While you normally won't experience slippage it can fluctuate dramatically based on conditions, time of day, wrong order types, etc. Also, if you are a point-and-click trader then you can the market can move 4 to 6 ticks before you can even see it. So it might not technically be slippage but it can happen esp. when trading with the algos.
One big peril is of course the stop loss isn't perfect in the real world, not even close. If you don't have enough in your margin account and multiple orders working, your stop won't might not even be placed even if you always enter with the stop and target.
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