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Slippage
2 guides in Finabase Learn
- Liquidity and slippage: volume, depth, spread and market impact What makes a stock liquid, how volume, depth and spread set trading costs, how to estimate slippage and market impact, and a real liquid vs illiquid comparison.
- Market vs limit orders: price certainty vs getting filled When a market order or a limit order is the better tool, how marketable limits and partial fills work, and how to calculate slippage on a real order.
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