Slippage vs Stop-Loss Order

Quick comparison to help you distinguish these two crypto terms.

Slippage
beginner
market_structure

Slippage is the difference between the price you expected to receive on a trade and the actual price at which it executed, caused by market movement or insufficient liquidity.

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Stop-Loss Order
beginner
risk

An instruction that automatically sells a cryptocurrency when its price falls to a specified level, designed to limit the maximum loss a trader is willing to accept on a position.

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