a financial transaction involving the risk-free simultaneous purchase of:
(a) currency/securities/goods in one market; and
(b) their sale in a different market
with a profitable price (or yield) differential.
True arbitrage positions are completely HEDGED – that is, the performance of both sides of the transaction is guaranteed at the time the position is assumed – and are thus without risk of loss.
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