Arbitrage
Arbitrage is the practice of buying an asset in one market at a lower price and simultaneously selling it in another market at a higher price, thereby locking in a risk-free profit from price discrepancies. This strategy exploits temporary market inefficiencies and is a cornerstone of modern finance, though it's become lightning-fast with algorithms, making it accessible to high-tech traders but fleeting for manual operators.
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In 2010, high-frequency trading firms executing arbitrage trades contributed to over $21 billion in daily global forex market volume, but a single misstep in these nanosecond-speed operations can trigger massive market swings, as seen in the 2010 Flash Crash that erased $1 trillion in stock value in minutes.
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