Worst Slippage on Emini S&P

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ForexPro

Hi,

I am just about to start trading ESU8 (emini S&P). I wanted to know what the worse slippage was you'd experiened by using a mkt order?

The mkt is very volatile at the moment, but i want to know what my downside is in terms of slippage etc.

Many thanks

ForexPro
 
I use actual stop orders on the ES. Usually I'll get filled at the same price as my stop. Occasionally, I'll get filled 0.25 points worse, but I haven't had any worse slippage than that. Of course, it depends on the size and time of day that you are trading. I trade very small size so I can get good fills with almost always no slippage in both RTH and the overnight session.
 
ES has very little slippage. Using stop orders, maybe 1 in 20 of my orders will slip 1 tick ($12.50 USD); all others fill at exact price.

Liquidity is only getting better and better.

I trade between 3 and 15 contracts.
 
You're typically looking at 0.25 but every once in a while it will be as much as 1 point. I was camping out on a trigger today with my finger on the button, wanting the market to drop a little more so I could buy it and it jumped a full point. It finally settled back down and I got my fill but every once in a while you're gonna get a horse shit fill but that is the exception and not the rule with this contract. It is very liquid.
 
I was short 1 contract after the close today and I had a buy stop in place. It shot up 2 points past my stop, as I watched it pass I gave it like 10 sec. Then I just used a market order to get out. Anyone know why it skipped me?
 
What about in fast mkts like we've had over the last few weeks? Is a limit order better than mkt?

Can you recommend a broker too?
 
Quote from jem:

stop orders frequently follow different rules after market hours.
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what like you have to be good looking to get filled... lol. I learned the hardway, won't do that again.
 
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