Your trade can move a price, while execution can also differ from a prior quote.
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Taking a large portion of stock can change the shop’s rate; a price changing before you arrive is another effect.
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This example begins with count zero and a request to call increment(). No real contract is deployed.
This example begins with count zero and a request to call increment(). No real contract is deployed.Execution follows the code’s input and permission rules. A website button is not the access-control mechanism.The function reads zero, calculates zero plus one, and writes one to persistent storage.The accepted state contains count one. Later reads can inspect it. Events are emitted only if the code implements them.
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Price impact comes from the action
In many pool models, trading against finite reserves changes the marginal exchange rate. A larger trade relative to available liquidity can have a larger average-price effect.
Slippage describes a difference
Users often discuss slippage as the difference between an expected or quoted result and actual execution. Market movement, ordering and the model’s own trade impact need to be distinguished when interpreting a quote.
A tolerance becomes a constraint
A minimum output or maximum input can bound what the contract accepts. It must use the correct raw units and context. A generous tolerance can permit execution that a user would not otherwise want.
A setting is not protection against every risk
A slippage bound does not certify token safety, oracle correctness or administrator behavior. Read the full requested function and conditions rather than relying on one percentage slider.
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Does a minimum-output setting certify that the token itself is trustworthy?
It constrains a particular execution quantity, not all application risks.