The ongoing saga of 'slippage' in prop firm challenges
Alright, so I'm curious if anyone else is regularly seeing some pretty wild slippage, particularly on larger orders during the 'challenge' phase with certain prop firms? It's one thing to have a wider spread during volatile times, but I've been noticing instances where entry or exit slippage on $US30 or $DAX ends up being a significant chunk of my daily profit target, or worse, pushes me into a violation. It feels like the effective cost of a trade is sometimes vastly different from what's advertised, and it makes hitting those consistency rules a right pain. Are we talking about genuine market conditions, or some 'creative' execution by the LPs the prop firms are using? It's enough to make you wonder if the challenge is just as much about overcoming a hidden transaction cost as it is about trading skill.