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by Chris_Jay 2952 days ago
the simplest is to monitor prices on multiple exchanges and buy/sell depending on fluctuations.
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You mean Exchange Arbitrage? There's already a 20 something kid doing this and claims to be making millions in profits.[1]. Asian exchanges typically have slightly higher prices than US and European exchanges. They also react a lot worse to bad news and go lower than in US, European exchanges.

[1] Source: Stefan Qin, Virgil Capital founder on CNBC - https://www.cnbc.com/video/2018/02/27/one-hedge-fund-manager...

Plenty of people are doing it - that's why having the fastest bot is helpful.