![Crypto Terms Glossary: What is Order Slicing? Crypto Terms Glossary: What is Order Slicing?](/img/74/1021/what-is-order-slicing-sm.webp)
Order slicing is a strategy used by institutional investors with large amounts of capital to make large purchases or trades (generally via an order book and online exchange interface) of a specific asset in smaller, more spaced-out increments. Order slicing is done to prevent huge price fluctuations in the market and to maintain privacy. Order slicing is also used to gain a better overall average entry price, and to protect investment capital.