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# Slippage

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In markets with good liquidity, such as BTC and ETH, traders can trade with no slippage.
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But for ARB, UNI, DOGE, and other altcoins markets, there is slippage, which increases with the transaction volume.
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Slippage is affected by two variables: 1. The maximum single transaction amount of the trading pair 2. The maximum slippage allowed for the trading pair. The slippage of each transaction is calculated below:

Slippage of a transaction = The maximum slippage allowed for the trading pair x (Transaction amount / The maximum single transaction amount of the trading pair)

## For Example:

Let's say ARB is currently priced at 1 USDC. Assuming the maximum single transaction amount of ARB/USDC is 1,000,000 USDC, the maximum slippage allowed for ARB/USDC is 1%.

At this time, Alice placed an order of 100,000 USDC. The slippage for this order is 0.01 x 100,000 / 1,000,000 = 0.001. That is, the average price for Alice to long ARB is 1 USDC x (1 + 0.001) = 1.001 USDC and the average price for Alice to short ARB is 1 USDC x (1-0.001) = 0.999 USDC.