What Price Does a Market Order Fill At?
A market order fills at whatever the book gives: usually the far side of the NBBO, sometimes better, sometimes three levels worse. Here is the tape.
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Why Stop Orders Fill Below Your Stop
Why stop orders fill below your stop price: the trigger becomes a market order, and overnight gaps, fast markets, halts and thin sessions set the fill.