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Requote

A requote is a broker rejecting your requested price and offering a new one instead - a cost of dealing-desk execution.

Quick answer

A requote is a broker refusing your price and offering a new one before filling. It is a cost of dealing-desk execution, especially in fast markets.

Definition

A requote happens when a broker declines to fill your order at the price you submitted and offers a new, usually worse, price instead. It is characteristic of dealing-desk brokers that take the other side of trades, especially during fast markets. Requotes are not the same as slippage: slippage fills at a worse price, a requote asks you to accept the new price before filling. Frequent requotes are a reason to consider ECN or STP execution.

How It Works

  • Order hits the dealing desk, which can reject the price
  • New price offered, usually worse than requested
  • More common in news and volatile sessions

Trading Tips

1

Frequent requotes cost more than any spread difference - check execution reviews

2

ECN and STP accounts generally fill without requotes

3

Rejecting a requote means no fill at all, which can leave a position unprotected

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