Slippage

The difference between the price you expect and the price you get.

What it means

Slippage is the gap between the price you saw when you submitted a trade and the price it actually executed at. It comes from price moving while your transaction is pending, and from the trade itself moving the pool. You set a slippage tolerance to cap how much worse a fill you will accept.

Why it matters for scams

If a token forces you to set very high slippage just to trade, that is usually a hidden transfer tax in disguise - you are not losing money to the market, you are paying the contract. High required slippage is also what sandwich bots exploit: they front-run your buy, let you fill at the worse price, and sell into you.

How RektRadar helps

Because RektRadar simulates real trades, a token that only clears with abnormal slippage is detected as a tax or honeypot risk, separating a genuine thin-pool fill from a contract that is quietly skimming every trade.

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