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by 001sky 4997 days ago
No, arbitrage is mechanical or intermediate step in the elimination of a pricing discrepancy between two markets or market participants. It is usually implied as one that is taking no net or residual risk in the underlying asset. It need not exist, per-se, as with dispersed time and information (and threshold efficiency) the market participants would adjust their bid/ask prices in its absence (eventually).