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Updated 5 Nov 2026 Why an order gets rejected instead of filled
How the four main rejection families work, what each one is protecting, and how to identify which one stopped your order.
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Updated 4 Nov 2026 Trailing stops: a stop that moves one way only
How a trailing stop derives its trigger from a high-water mark, why it only ever tightens, and why a narrow trail exits you in ordinary noise.
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Updated 3 Nov 2026 Time in force: GTC, IOC and FOK in plain English
How GTC, IOC and FOK control how long an order may wait, what each one does to your fill, and when a partial fill is allowed.
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Updated 2 Nov 2026 Price impact: how your own order moves the price against you
Why a large order fills at a worse average price than the one you saw, why impact grows faster than size, and why exits cost more.
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Updated 1 Nov 2026 Partial fills: when half your order is a position and half is still an order
How a partial fill works, what happens to the unfilled remainder, how it shifts your average entry price, and why partials hurt most on exits.
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Updated 31 Oct 2026 Market depth: the difference between a price and a price you can get size at
How the order book stacks liquidity above and below the quote, why a tight spread can hide a thin ladder, and how to estimate the cost of size.
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Updated 30 Oct 2026 How an order book works: the queue behind every price
Understand what bids, asks and price-time priority really are, and why the quoted price is only the top row of two competing queues.
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Updated 29 Oct 2026 Stop-limit orders: two prices, and the gap they can fall into
How a stop-limit order's trigger price and limit price work together, what happens when the market jumps past both, and when not filling is the point.
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Updated 28 Oct 2026 Market order or limit order: choosing certainty of fill or certainty of price
Why every order type trades fill certainty against price certainty, how each one behaves in a thin book, and which mistake costs the most.
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Updated 27 Oct 2026 Slippage: the gap between the price you clicked and the price you got
Why fill prices drift from quoted prices, when the drift helps you, and the three conditions that reliably make it wider.
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