Acceptable Slippage - Spot FX

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Getting a lot of slippage today and just wanted to see what other people thought was acceptable slippage on 1 lot mkt orders. I usually average in and out of trades using 1 lot. And today I'm getting about .3 of a pip - fractional pip - on both buys and sells.

What's normal?
 
During liquid, non-news sessions, there should be very little slippage, unless market is particularly volatile.

You're probably trading through a retail shop, right?

For instance, on Interbank platforms - there's usually 200 - 500 Million per side, during major session on EURO.

1 lot won't even touch it.

Also try ping time (to broker), internet connection and RAM+CPU (system speed).

Also, if you're scalping those fast drops, yes, expect some slippage.

Forex often stair-steps and water-falls. consolidate consolidate DROP consolidate consolidate DROP....etc
 
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You're probably trading through a retail shop, right?
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yeah, retail. i just changed my settings to send limit orders to the current bid/offer. just put in a few test trades and hopefully this should fix the issue.
 
Good idea. Forgot of that.

Oanda has market order "bound limits"

A trader can set it so if the market slips x.x pips from execution, order will get rejected.

Sounds like u got it.
 
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