tried placing a slightly bigger f&o order than usual. hit place order and saw it getting broken into smaller chunks. first reaction was pure annoyance, “bro just execute what i asked”.
watched the fills come in and it clicked. if that whole thing had gone in one shot, slippage would’ve absolutely cooked me. smaller orders = better fills. less impact. less damage. realized the app wasn’t being slow or buggy. it was literally protecting me from my own impatience.
the broker i use auto-sliced the order. i thought it was a bug. it was a feature. i was the bug. anyone else had features save them *after* you got mad at them?