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# Risk of Fast Execution Settings

**Speed costs money — and sometimes the trade itself.**

<div align="center"><figure><img src="/files/PvwZariSc5lrxmA3uidW" alt="Trading Settings — fast-execution levers"><figcaption><p>Turbo, Quick Buy, Priority, Bribe, and aggressive Slippage all live in the same settings panel.</p></figcaption></figure></div>

Fast-execution settings — **Turbo**, **Quick Buy**, high **Slippage**, raised **Priority**, raised **Bribe** — are designed for situations where seconds matter. Used well, they help you catch launches and react to news. Used carelessly, they inflate cost, surface worse fills, and surprise you with failed transactions.

This page is a checklist for the moments before you click Buy on a hot launch.

{% hint style="warning" %}
**Speed is opt-in**

Default settings are tuned for liquid pairs and routine trades. Aggressive presets are tools, not defaults — reach for them deliberately.
{% endhint %}

## What Goes Wrong, in Order

When fast-execution stacks fail, they tend to fail in predictable ways:

* **Higher cost** from raised Priority or Bribe — paid whether the trade succeeds or not.
* **Worse fill** from wide Slippage — the engine accepts what the pool offers.
* **Less review time** when Quick Buy submits before you've checked liquidity, audit signals, or address.
* **Failed transactions** when congestion or volatility outruns even the aggressive settings.
* **Stale-config blunders** when an old Turbo preset from a previous trade carries into an unrelated one.

## Before Using Quick Buy

Quick Buy is one-click submission with no second confirmation. The pre-flight checklist:

* Confirm the token pair — Ticker AND contract address.
* Check live liquidity and volume on the [token page](/graphdex-docs/trading/token-page.md).
* Review audit signals (Security, Top 10 Holders, Snipers, Bundled, Insiders).
* Confirm the buy amount and currency.
* Review Slippage, Priority Fee, Validator Bribe — the [Trade Strategy](/graphdex-docs/trading/trading-settings-overview.md) row.
* Verify the connected wallet — wrong wallet = wrong source of funds.

If even one of these isn't confirmed, **don't use Quick Buy** — use the standard Buy flow.

## After Using Aggressive Settings

A common failure mode: raising Turbo for a launch, then forgetting to clear it. The next, unrelated trade inherits aggressive settings it was never tuned for.

* Open Trading Settings after the high-pressure trade.
* Click **Clear** or restore a more conservative profile (Slow / Fast).
* Save the conservative profile so it's the default next time.

## No Execution Guarantee

GraphDex gives you the controls; the network decides the outcome.

* Cost is paid regardless of fill.
* Speed is probabilistic, not deterministic.
* Final price depends on pool liquidity and competing bidders.

For the broader picture of what can fail, see [Execution Risks](/graphdex-docs/trading/execution-risks.md).

## More to Explore

<table data-view="cards"><thead><tr><th></th><th></th><th data-hidden data-card-cover data-type="image">Cover image</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><a href="/pages/5Xes96FGqPBItzknZigD"><strong>Execution Risks</strong></a></td><td>The full list of what can fail and why.</td><td><a href="/files/PvwZariSc5lrxmA3uidW">/files/PvwZariSc5lrxmA3uidW</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/pages/cvGJYoD9UstDDnIsicyY"><strong>Priority Fee</strong></a></td><td>The cost lever you raise for speed.</td><td><a href="/files/aVYqE79eKRLE9y13C7Y5">/files/aVYqE79eKRLE9y13C7Y5</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/pages/uJCvy09y2FG1Kk27Bpz7"><strong>Slippage</strong></a></td><td>The price tolerance that grows alongside speed.</td><td><a href="/files/aVYqE79eKRLE9y13C7Y5">/files/aVYqE79eKRLE9y13C7Y5</a></td></tr></tbody></table>

{% hint style="info" %}
Aggressive execution belongs in [Presets](/graphdex-docs/trading/presets-and-quick-suggestions.md) you switch to deliberately — not in the default profile you use for every trade.
{% endhint %}

## FAQs

<details>

<summary>Is Turbo always more expensive than Fast?</summary>

Turbo raises Priority and Bribe to their aggressive defaults. The actual cost depends on network congestion — sometimes the gap is small, sometimes large. Always check the visible values after switching.

</details>

<details>

<summary>What's the safest way to use Quick Buy?</summary>

Run the pre-flight checklist above every time. Quick Buy's appeal is speed, but the checklist costs only a few seconds and prevents most surprise outcomes.

</details>

<details>

<summary>Can a failed fast trade still cost money?</summary>

Yes. Priority Fee and Bribe are consumed by the network attempt regardless of whether the trade fills. Failed Turbo trades cost the most.

</details>

<details>

<summary>How do I prevent stale Turbo settings from carrying over?</summary>

After a high-pressure trade, open Trading Settings → \*\*Clear\*\*, or switch back to Slow / Fast. Treat Turbo as a single-trade tool.

</details>

<details>

<summary>Where can I see what each setting did to a specific trade?</summary>

Open the trade in \[Orders and History]\(orders-and-history.md) and inspect the Actions / details. Errored trades show the cause; completed trades show the effective price and cost.

</details>


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