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I trade DAX and would be interested to know what experience other traders have in getting fills better than their specified limit price is. I dont recall ever being filled at anything other than my limit. Any input much appreciated.

Amen. Slippage may be the wrong term but Im not aware of any alternate description of this situation. Limit orders are always touted as the safest/ most efficient entry method and of course u get your price or better, but u are also guaranteed that the market is moving against u at the time of...

yep ES prior to the floor opening can be good. there is less chop. Actually the ES should have a health warning for ES traders during pit hours. Pit traders will try and take your money by constanltly causing false chart signals, mainly breakouts. hard stops will be near the most adverse price...

Speculators can only drag prices away from fundamentals for a limited time and to a limited degree, mainly because other speculators will take the price the other way when things are too far out of fair value. Speculators are used as a scapegoat for other peoples (politicians) mismanagement...

Hi I thought I would just give my 2c on this while SPM8 makes its mind up. Hard stop losses are a con as far as i am concerned . they dont do what it says on the tin, they dont stop loss. Maybe they will contain it or conversely get u out at a worse price than u could manage yourself...