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

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

Slippage is the gap between the price you expected and the price you got. It comes from the spread, from a thin book your order walks through, and from the price moving between click and fill: [fill predicted, fill actual, and the gap between them has a name](https://mochatrade.com/learn/start-here/nvidia-trade-walkthrough). [Thin books slip more](https://mochatrade.com/learn/us-market-structure/how-us-stock-prices-form), and the [max slippage setting](https://mochatrade.com/support/order-types-available-on-mochatrade) caps it.

## Related terms

- Max slippage: https://mochatrade.com/learn/glossary/max-slippage
- Limit order: https://mochatrade.com/learn/glossary/limit-order
- Market order: https://mochatrade.com/learn/glossary/market-order
- Stop-limit order: https://mochatrade.com/learn/glossary/stop-limit-order
- Gap up and gap down: https://mochatrade.com/learn/glossary/gap-up-and-gap-down
- Last traded price: https://mochatrade.com/learn/glossary/last-traded-price

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