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MT5 Trailing Stops Can Freeze Offline
On MetaTrader 5, a trailing stop is managed by the trading platform, so it stops
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Stop-Market or Stop-Limit Before the BOJ?
Ahead of the Bank of Japan meeting, a stop-market order prioritizes getting out,
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Fed Day Turns Stop Prices Into Trigger Prices
A stop order can define when to leave a trade, but it cannot promise the exit pr
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Your Chart May Not Show the Stop Trigger
A candle touching a stop level is not enough to prove how a forex stop should ha
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EUR/USD Now Trades Two Inflation Stories
EUR/USD is no longer a simple “Fed versus a quiet ECB” trade: the ECB raised rat
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Weekend Gaps Break Set-and-Forget Orders
A pending order left through the weekend is a new trade decision, not a continua
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Mobile and Desktop Order Lists Must Reconcile
A pending order visible on one device should be matched to the broker's server r
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Partial Limit Fills Change the Risk Plan
A partially filled limit order is a smaller position, not a failed version of th
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Backtests Need a Slippage Ledger, Not One Guess
A fixed one-pip slippage assumption can make a forex backtest look precise while
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Server-Side Stops Survive What Trailing Stops May Not
A standard stop-loss stored with the broker can remain active when a terminal is
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Fed Week Turns Slippage Into a Position-Size Input
Slippage belongs in the pre-trade loss budget during Fed week. Treating it as an
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A Faster VPS Cannot Remove Market Slippage
Lower latency can reduce delay-related slippage, but it cannot create liquidity
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Limit Price Protection Comes With No-Fill Risk
A forex limit order protects the worst acceptable price, but it does not promise
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News Limit Orders Can Select the Worst Trades
A limit order near a major announcement can fill precisely when new information
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Slippage Can Improve a Fill as Well as Hurt It
Slippage is not automatically a loss. It is the difference between the expected
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A Viral Gold Slippage Claim Needs Trade Logs
A social-media claim of extreme XAU/USD slippage should be treated as an allegat
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London Liquidity Does Not Make Every Limit Equal
London's enormous FX turnover improves the backdrop for many orders, but it does
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OCO Logic Must Be Tested Before Both Sides Fill
Two opposite pending orders are not automatically one controlled strategy. Unles
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Spot and Futures Limits Follow Different Rulebooks
A limit order in retail spot FX and a limit order in exchange-traded currency fu
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Bid and Ask Decide When Pending Orders Trigger
A chart touching a level does not always prove that a pending forex order should