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Arbitrage

The simultaneous purchase and sale of an asset in different markets or forms to profit from a price difference. In crypto, common arbitrage strategies include spot-perp basis trades (exploiting the spread between spot and futures prices) and cross-exchange arbitrage.

Definition

The simultaneous purchase and sale of an asset in different markets or forms to profit from a price difference. In crypto, common arbitrage strategies include spot-perp basis trades (exploiting the spread between spot and futures prices) and cross-exchange arbitrage.

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# Arbitrage live data
$ curl command:
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://algotick.dev/v3/signals/arbitrage?coin=BTC
Endpoint: /v3/signals/arbitrage?coin=BTC
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Current Arbitrage data from the Algo Tick API:

{
  "opportunities": [
    {
      "coin": "BTC",
      "spot_price": 69873.0,
      "perp_price": 69873.0,
      "spread_bps": -175.2,
      "annualized_yield": -1.76,
      "direction": "short_spot_long_perp",
      "confidence": "high"
    }
  ],
  "best_opportunity": "BTC",
  "total_coins_scanned": 1,
  "methodology": "Spot (Base Uniswap v3) vs Perp (Hyperliquid) basis",
  "timestamp": "2026-03-12T18:54:16.112Z"
}
# Fetch this yourself:
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://algotick.dev/v3/signals/arbitrage?coin=BTC

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