A practical guide to funding rate arbitrage: how perpetual funding works, what a spot-perp hedge really earns after costs, and why a hedged position can still be liquidated. […]
Category: Arbitrage software for cryptocurrencies
Connecting to Crypto Exchange APIs for Arbitrage: WebSockets, Rate Limits and Order-Book Sync
A practical guide to wiring an arbitrage bot into crypto exchange APIs: REST vs WebSocket vs FIX, building a local order book that stays in sync, staying inside rate limits, locking down API keys, cutting latency and staying connected 24/7. […]
Types of Crypto Arbitrage Explained: Cross-Exchange, Triangular, Statistical and Beyond
The main types of crypto arbitrage – cross-exchange, triangular, statistical, cross-chain/DEX and funding-rate – explained with concrete numbers, plus where the spread really goes and whether it still pays in 2026. […]
Arbitrage Trading – A Quick Start Guide
Introduction So, you’ve decided to delve into arbitrage trading but are unsure where to begin. This article aims to concisely outline all the steps you need to take to kick off your arbitrage journey without hitting unforeseen obstacles. For clarity, all the steps will be presented in the order they should be undertaken. I’d also […]
Passing the Prop Firm contest and trading in a prop firm that allows and doesn’t allow HFT with latency arbitrage
Introduction A prop firm is a company that provides traders (i.e. people who trade in financial markets) with the necessary capital, tools and resources to trade at their own risk (i.e. with the company’s own money), as opposed to trading on behalf of clients. Profits from the trades are usually divided between the trader and […]
Which arbitrage strategy is more suitable for me?
The HFT Arbitrage Platform contains five built-in arbitrage strategies. Each strategy has a different algorithm and I would like to focus on that first. Built-in arbitrage strategies – description of the algorithms Latency arbitrage built-in strategy The latency arbitrage algorithm is based on the fact that different brokers receive quotes at different speeds and occurs […]
New methods and ideas for Forex and Cryptocurrencies Latency Arbitrage Software in 2022
Introduction – first latency arbitrage robots The idea of Latency Arbitrage for the Forex market appeared quite a long time ago and the first algorithms were rather simple. They were latency arbitrage robots – MetaTrader Expert Advisors that consisted of two parts. The first part is a latency arbitrage feeder – an Expert Advisor that […]
What is arbitrage trading?
Before answering the question of what is arbitrage trading on the forex or cryptocurrency market it is necessary to understand that arbitrage trading can be implemented by different arbitrage strategies (methods) that can differ from each other globally and can also differ only by improvements (enhancements) of the same arbitrage trading algorithm. I will discuss […]