You see that my SPREADSHEETSZORXEN! sez to close the short at $1,639-per (PT).
You also see that @osmosiszone quotes $wETH at $1,632-per.
Yeup. Time to close this short.
But here's the thing ...
"What is 'the thing'?" you ask.
Well, besides being John Carpenter's Magnum Opus, the thing is this:
Some ... 'very generous soul' is willing to buy $wETH at 1,557.89-$USK-per on wETH/USK FIN board.
Translating to $axlUSDC, that $1653-per, or: $20-more-per than @osmosiszone 😎
Hey, if YOU want to buy $wETH at $20 above market price, then I will HAPPILY SELL you ALLES teh $wETH that you want to buy!
No. problem. what. so. ever.
Upshot: ALWAYS! always-always, as an arbiteur, look for these inefficiencies in the marketplaceSSSz, even across blockchains.
SO!
*I withdraw funds necessary to buy $wETH both to close the short AND to sell on the wETH/USK board.
*I bridge that liquidity to @osmosiszone
*then swap $axlUSDC for $wETH
*then bridge the $wETH back using IBC transfers.
I close my $wETH short by returning the borrowed $wETH to @TeamKujira Ghost
2023-06-15 exit: 0.05 $wETH, $1,632-per
ROI: 10.53%, annualized to 630% APR 🎉🎉🎉
Holy... wow. 😱
Consequently, this frees up the 278 $USK that I supplied as collateral.
This short: filled with WIN!
The $wETH short-win-goodness gets even better, as I have 0.1 $wETH I bought at $1,632-per on @osmosiszone that I sell on @TeamKujira wETH/USK FIN at 1,557.89-$USK-per, or $1,653-per.
Borrowing an asset falling in price is good, so if you know your token and you see it's going down, you can borrow then sell it now to make profit in the short sale when you buy it back at a lower price.
Another takeaway:
* inspiration
If you see a token-price-trend, know this: not everyone does.
LEVERAGE your insight: look for inefficiencies in the marketplace, buying tokens underpriced and selling tokens overpriced.
That's what we arbiteurs do: bring balance to the galaxy.
After plugging in the quotes of $ETH and $BTC from @osmosiszone into my SPREADSHEETSZORXEN! it sez:
*swap 0.0128 $BTC
Ooh! 0.0001 more $BTC than yesterday! SPICY! 🌶️
Let's do this!
I do the ETHBTC-THANG!: withdrawing $BTC, bridging it to @osmosiszone to swap to $ETH (although I should have checked the @TeamKujira FIN boards, first), then bridging the $ETH back.
Am I done?
Yes, if I were just doing a swap, but there are other ETHBTC activities to check.
What other activities?
Liquidations, for one.
I check @TeamKujira ORCA. Nupe, no liquidations for either $ETH nor $BTC.
But I want to hammer home its importance to you, my dear fren, as a trader.
Why? I just made 7% ROI, annualized to 1.4k% APR, on a $KUJI-arb on that board
FIRST! Let's go over the particulars of this arb.
1. I borrowed 500 $KUJI 2. I sold it for $ATOM on KUJI/ATOM (limit order) 3. I bought the $KUJI back from that $ATOM on KUJI/ATOM (limit order) 4. I repaid the borrow. 5. I profited.
It's.
That.
Simple.
Specifically,
2023-06-12 entry: 500 $KUJI -> 49.4 $ATOM, SELL at 0.0988
2023-06-14 exit: 49.4 $KUJI -> 538 $KUJI, BUY at 0.0917