Massive Spread and stopped out greater than SL price

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On GBP/USD It started the week with 40 pip spread and took out my SL greater than it was set.

Can it really be so big and do this?

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SL.

stop loss or stop limit? big difference.

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It was the Stop Loss

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@Criousx I double-checked & can confirm that the spreads were really that large around 22:00 GMT+1.

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As part of my learning journey I’d love to know know what drives the earnings spread please if you can give me a two liner, don’t want to hog your time.

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@Wolfy In simplest terms, supply & demand. The more trading interest & liquidity on both sides, the tighter the spreads.

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Ahhhhh right then, thanks for that.