when you buy a long position, you are buying at the ask, and selling at the bid, so one of the things you are seeing is simply the higher price of the trade going through at the ask ---- which is NOT to say that the broker is not RAISING the price by a pip or so just to give you a more disadvantageous price, but UNDERSTAND THAT IS THEIR JOB !
YOUR JOB is to beat them at the game, knowing how they play it, and therefore turn it to your advantage.
if youre short term position trading or “swinging”, a pip here and there is of no matter — it only comes into play on the shorter timeframes or when scalping the 30 second or one minute charts.
if the “disadvantage” is too great, quick look to the 5 minute or higher charts to see if there is resistance up there at a higher point, and set your tp for that — you should come out just smelling like roses !
otherwise, learn to set limit buys which have to be hit as the price moves up, while youre still mindful (as Phoenix states) of the width of the spread and that you will have to “make the spread” before you see profit !
its all part of the game, and once youre used to it, becomes just another facet — except in tight moves with large spreads (as stated by Phoenix) you should be ok !
enjoy and trade well
mp
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