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13- SlippageThe gap between the price you were quoted and the price you get. Your slippage setting is the biggest gap you will accept before the trade fails.
- 100x…that is a 100x, so $20 would have become about $2,000 before fees and slippage. People post their 100x wins and almost never their losses, which makes these wins look far more…
- Failed transactionTrades fail when the price moves past your slippage, when the network is busy and your fee is too low, or when the pool changes before your trade…
- Front-run…after you. Front-running is the first half of a sandwich attack. Keeping your slippage tight limits how much anyone can make by front-running you.
- Initials…initials are out, a later crash only takes profit, never your stake. Fees and slippage mean you need to sell a little more than half to really get the full 1 SOL back.
- Market order…current price plus your own price impact, as long as it stays within your slippage. It is fast, but in a quick move the price you get can be far from the price you saw.
- MEV protection…risk without removing it, and trades can sometimes land a little slower. Tight slippage is still your main defence.
- Paper money…not. Expect real results to be somewhat worse, because real trades meet fees, slippage and failed transactions that a paper balance may not fully copy.
- Paper trading…results usually look better than real ones, because real trades pay fees, slippage and the cost of failed transactions.
- PnL (profit and loss)…your open bags are worth right now compared with what you paid. Count fees, slippage and failed transactions, or your PnL will look better than your wallet. People post PnL cards of…
- Price impact…moves the price far more than the same buy into a pool holding 2,000 SOL. Your slippage setting caps how much of this you will accept.
- Sandwich attack…into the higher price your buy created. Your loss is the bot's profit. High slippage settings invite it, so keep slippage tight and prefer apps that offer MEV protection.
- Swap…Behind the scenes the swap goes through a pool or an aggregator. Check the slippage setting and the coin's contract address before you confirm.