Share price jumps immediately before order placed

[Orbitalinvestor]

As others say, it could be the bid/ask spread.

Vote for better pricing information on the feature request below. I’m surprised it has not got more votes, but maybe the title could be changed to include bid/ask spread so it is easier to find?

[Feature Request ] Better pricing information

There’s been a dramatic increase in questions on the forum from new users who are surprised by the fact that the price they see in the app is not the price they actually get when trading stocks. There are lots of good reasons for this, such as delayed pricing, volatility, liquidity, bid/ask spreads, and foreign exchange. But newbies don’t know about any of this, and they get surprised when they get charged something different from what they think of as a fixed ‘sticker price’ (not ‘ticker pric…