Source: https://mochatrade.com/learn/glossary/max-slippage

# Max slippage
URL: https://mochatrade.com/learn/glossary/max-slippage
Last modified: 2026-10-17

Max slippage is the setting that caps how far from the quoted price a market order may fill; beyond it the order is cut. It trades certainty of fill for price, the [market against limit trade-off](https://mochatrade.com/learn/us-market-structure/how-us-stock-prices-form), on [the Mochatrade order panel](https://mochatrade.com/support/order-types-available-on-mochatrade).

## Related terms

- Market order: https://mochatrade.com/learn/glossary/market-order
- Slippage: https://mochatrade.com/learn/glossary/slippage
- Reduce-only order: https://mochatrade.com/learn/glossary/reduce-only-order
- 24/7 trading: https://mochatrade.com/learn/glossary/24-7-trading
- Last traded price: https://mochatrade.com/learn/glossary/last-traded-price
- Limit order: https://mochatrade.com/learn/glossary/limit-order

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