How you place a trade changes how much you pay for it, and most traders unknowingly pick the most expensive option.

• Buying the instant a breakout happens (a market order) always gets the worst price — you pay the full spread, a premium, and can lose extra to slippage if the order is big.
• Setting a limit order to buy on a pullback after the breakout gets a better price, but only if the market actually comes back down to that level.
• The safer, cheaper method risks missing the trade entirely, while the instant-entry method guarantees you're in but at the highest cost.
• Same setup, same idea, three different results — the order type used is what decides the bill.

Outlook: Traders who default to market orders will keep overpaying versus those willing to wait for a pullback entry.