ETF Arbitrage: How It Works

ETF Arbitrage is a strategy through which traders earn a profit by exploiting the price discrepancy between an ETF and its underlying assets or related securities. This process eventually results in an equilibrium price as the ETF shares’ value converges …

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Volatility Arbitrage: Overview & Concerns

Volatility Arbitrage is a form of statistical arbitrage used in options trading. This trading technique exploits the difference between an option’s implied volatility and the underlying asset’s actual volatility. Vol Arb is usually implemented in a delta-neutral portfolio that includes …

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Information Arbitrage: An Ultimate Resource

Information arbitrage identifies market-moving information and trades on it before the financial markets recognize its impact. The disparity in knowledge across markets and its timing creates information arbitrage opportunities. Information arbitrageurs discover market-moving information from offbeat sources of alternative data. …

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Arbitrage: A Complete Guide

Arbitrage is a trading strategy that exploits an assets’ price or information discrepancies for profit. These differences arise due to market inefficiencies. Market neutral strategies such as buying and selling the same investment on two different exchanges and exploiting the …

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Stochastic Momentum Index (SMI)

The stochastic momentum index (SMI) is a technical analysis indicator that shows price momentum by calculating its closing price distance relative to its median high-low price range. The SMI attempts to improve upon the traditional stochastic oscillator. What Is the …

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