DislikedWell my new broker seems to have two orders for sell/buy stops, one at the bid and one at the ask, also the stop loss order can also be at bid or ask.Ignored
According to what you are saying, if bid/ask is 1.5000/1.5005 and you can buy at 1.5000 and immediately sell at 1.5005, you can clear 5 pips without any movement in the market. This can't be the case unless your broker either likes giving away money, or they are a scam.
What I believe is confusing you is that some brokers may offer the ability to execute buy orders when the bid price hits a pre-determined level, regardless of what the ask price is. Rest assured though that the ask price is what you will get filled at, it's just that you don't have to specify it. So for example you can enter a "buy when bid price reaches 1.5000" order which will be 1.5005 if the spread at that point is 5 pips, but you will get filled at 1.5007 if the spread is 7 pips. The opposite would be true for sell orders of course.
I don't really see the benefit in this, but it certainly makes more sense than what you are saying.