Cash and carry arbitrage
Cash and carry arbitrage
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Ayahuasca

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27,584 posts

309 months

Wednesday 17th February 2021
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Or contract arbitrage when an asset is simultaneously sold and bought, with, hopefully, little risk.

If you had a massive fund to do that, and were pretty good at it, what kind of returns would you expect?


Ayahuasca

Original Poster:

27,584 posts

309 months

Friday 19th February 2021
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Ayahuasca said:
Or contract arbitrage when an asset is simultaneously sold and bought, with, hopefully, little risk.

If you had a massive fund to do that, and were pretty good at it, what kind of returns would you expect?
Nobody?

BlackTails

4,021 posts

85 months

Friday 19th February 2021
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Bit hard to answer the question without knowing the commodity.

Ayahuasca

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27,584 posts

309 months

Friday 19th February 2021
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BlackTails said:
Bit hard to answer the question without knowing the commodity.
Any commodity that takes your fancy.

trickywoo

14,247 posts

260 months

Friday 19th February 2021
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10% is a pretty decent margin for something like that.

Simpo Two

92,990 posts

295 months

Friday 19th February 2021
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Right, so I sell something and rebuy it and make 10%. What's the catch and where do I sign please?

foiled

182 posts

100 months

Friday 19th February 2021
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I'd want 1.6% if completely risk free and all digital