How a requote works
A requote happens when the price you tried to trade is no longer available, and the broker offers you a new price to accept or reject. It occurs in fast-moving markets where the quote changes between your click and the order reaching the server. Rather than fill you at a price that has expired, the system asks you to confirm the current one, costing you precious seconds.
Worked example
You click to buy at 1.1000 just as a news release moves the market. By the time your order arrives, the price is 1.1004. Instead of filling, the platform returns a requote: buy at 1.1004, yes or no? You hesitate, the price moves again, and you have missed the entry or chased a worse one. Requotes are most common around news and in thin liquidity.
Requotes and execution on Volity
Requotes belong to slower, dealer-style execution; modern aggregated liquidity reduces them by filling at the best available price, sometimes with slippage instead. On Volity, deep liquidity provider aggregation means liquid majors fill quickly rather than bouncing back as requotes. Trading in active hours further reduces the conditions that cause them.
Why it matters
A requote can cost you the entry or force a worse price at exactly the wrong moment, so understanding it helps you avoid trading into the thin, fast conditions that trigger it. Prefer liquid instruments and active hours. Related: slippage and fill.
Learn more in our forex trading guide.
