Amur3001

Thank you for the explanation and quick reply 👍

So I'm down to the last few dollars of a 2500 account and so have had to tighten that belt buckle a lot. I've done more reading and research and decided to back test. The results were good so decided to try it live. But.....ig opened my order 5 points from where it should of and closed it within 0.5 points of the stop loss. Can anyone tell me why? Yes I'm annoyed at the money I've lost but it was spare money that I decided to try and day trade with. Yes I've made huge mistakes and hopefully learnt off them. But....it seems like one mistake has been putting in orders instead of watching every minute of stock data on the screen and purchasing at the desired price. Whats the point of orders that can't be executed correctly with all the technology available to brokers. I could understand if it was back in the 80s and 90s using telephones. Rant over but would still like an explanation please