Specifically, it is because the buying price (ASK) and the selling price (BID) are different (the ASK price and the BID price are different, the spread = ASK-BID). That is, when you go long, the transaction is based on the ASK price, and when you close a long position, the transaction is based on the BID price. Short orders are executed according to BID when opening a position, and ASK price is used when closing a position. Therefore, if there is no slippage, after your long order is completed, a floating loss of 5 points will be displayed immediately, which is $0.5 in gold price. You can press F8 on the chart - Common - to check the display selling price line, and the ASK price and BID price will be displayed on the chart at the same time.

(Upstairs, for general currency pairs, a low spread of 2-3 points is normal, but for gold, the spread is generally more than 4 points (40 points for a 5-digit platform), and gold is generally All are expressed in US dollars, and the spread is a few tenths of a dollar.

LZ’s gold spread is US$0.5, which is basically cost-effective)