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by codesci 4041 days ago
Available volume? Forex is the most liquid market in the world.
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Yes. But if your arbitrage pattern is only 3 pips profitable, and you are exchanging millions at once, you might expect that the amount of available orders matching your path may actually matter.
1) There's still finite volume at a given price, and the arbitrages, when they do happen, typically involve small volumes.

2) There is more to arbitrage than Forex markets