Category

Order Flow Execution

These words explain how orders meet liquidity and how fills move in real markets.

How to recognize this theme

Terms for trading screens and fills.

In a daily board, this category groups terms by their shared role. Look for four cards that describe the same mechanism, risk area, or workflow rather than four words that merely sound similar.

Educational context

These entries are vocabulary notes for learning. They are not project endorsements, token recommendations, exchange rankings, or trading signals.

Order Flow

Order flow is the stream of buy and sell instructions moving through a market.

Market Maker

A market maker provides two-sided quotes to help other traders buy and sell.

Limit Order

A limit order only executes at a chosen price or better.

Slippage

Slippage is the gap between an expected fill price and the price a trade actually gets.