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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 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:

{}
# Fetch this yourself:
curl https://algotick.dev/v3/signals/arbitrage?coin=BTC

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