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title: "Does slippage excuse a breach? - Get Funded Now"
description: "No. Traders are responsible for managing their position sizing with enough room for changing market conditions."
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Trading rules

# Does slippage excuse a breach?

No. Traders are responsible for managing their position sizing with enough room for changing market conditions.

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## The full answer

No. Traders are responsible for managing their position sizing with enough room for changing market conditions.

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## Explained in full

- [Slippage and Spread Rules](https://getfundednow.com/rules/slippage-and-spreads) - The rule, explained - Slippage, spread widening and weekend gaps are trading conditions, not exemptions. A breach caused by a fill you did not want still stands.
- [News Trading Rules](https://getfundednow.com/rules/news-trading) - The rule, explained - News trading is permitted during an evaluation. On a funded account, profits from trades in a three-minute window around high-impact news may be removed.

## Terms used in this answer

[Slippage](https://getfundednow.com/glossary/slippage) · [Breach](https://getfundednow.com/glossary/breach)

## Related questions

- [What happens if spreads widen during news?](https://getfundednow.com/faq/spreads-widening-during-news) - Trading rules - Spread widening, slippage and rapid price movements form part of market conditions.
- [Can I hedge?](https://getfundednow.com/faq/can-i-hedge) - Trading rules - Normal hedging within one account may be permitted as genuine trading. Using multiple or coordinated accounts to manipulate the Evaluation is prohibited.
- [Can I place opposite trades across multiple GFN accounts?](https://getfundednow.com/faq/opposite-trades-across-accounts) - Trading rules - Trading designed to guarantee that one account succeeds at the expense of another rather than demonstrating genuine independent trading ability may be treated as prohibited behaviour.
- [Can two traders intentionally trade opposite sides of the same market?](https://getfundednow.com/faq/two-traders-opposite-sides) - Trading rules - Coordinated activity intended to manipulate the Evaluation or payout process is prohibited.

## More answers on slippage and spread rules

- [Can GFN guarantee zero slippage?](https://getfundednow.com/faq/can-gfn-guarantee-zero-slippage) - No. Simulated trading environments can still model real trading conditions including changing spreads and execution differences.
- [The market gapped through my stop loss. Which price is used?](https://getfundednow.com/faq/market-gapped-through-my-stop-loss) - The execution conditions available in the trading environment. A stop loss does not guarantee execution at the exact requested price in fast or gapping markets.
- [My trade went negative because of spread immediately after opening. Does that count?](https://getfundednow.com/faq/trade-negative-from-spread) - Yes. Trading costs and floating P&L form part of the account's trading performance.

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