0

I would like to know if my spread (arbitrage) calculation is correct or wrong. as an example i have bitcoins which i would like to use for the ethereum i am going to buy at market A and sell at market B.

Calculation:

1(BUY AMOUNT BTC * BID PRICE = BUY PRICE)

2(BUY AMOUNT BTC - WITHDRAW FEE = SELL AMOUNT BTC)

3(SELL AMOUNT BTC * BID PRICE = SELL PRICE)

4((BUY PRICE - BUY PRICE * TRADE FEE) + WITHDRAW FEE) = TOTAL BUY PRICE

5((SELL PRICE + SELL PRICE * TRADE FEE) - WITHDRAW FEE) = TOTAL SELL PRICE

6(TOTAL SELL PRICE - TOTAL BUY PRICE = TOTAL PROFIT)

What i don't understand from this calculation is why is it BUY PRICE - BUY PRICE ?? and SELL PRICE + SELL PRICE ??

Improve this question
2
  • 2
    I'm voting to close this question as off-topic because arbitrage profit is a financial question
    – renlord
    Commented May 7, 2018 at 22:35
  • 1
    A buy is a debit (- sign) and a sell is a credit (+ sign). Also, you buy at the ask price and sell at the bid price.
    – Bob Baerker
    Commented May 10, 2018 at 17:21

2 Answers 2

Reset to default
0

I deplore the notation used, and haven't checked the overall validity.

But I suggest you see 'BUY PRICE - BUY PRICE*TRADE FEE' as BUYPRICE * (1-TRADEFEE). Same for the sell side.

Maybe it makes more sense to you now?

Improve this answer
1
  • What if we use numbers for example: 0.5 btc and a tradefee of .25% does the following calculation makes sense: 0.5 *( 1 - 0.0025) = TOTAL BUY PRICE
    – paul
    Commented May 8, 2018 at 8:35
0

Where did you get this formula from? Look incorrect to me.

Here is what I would calculate like:

Assume: Trade fee is 1% so, 0.01, withdrawal fee is flatrate at 0.001 btc, or whatever it is at the moment converted to USD.

BUY PRICE = AMOUNT * ASK + AMOUNT * ASK * TRADE FEE + WITHDRAWAL FEE
SELL PRICE = AMOUNT * BID - AMOUNT * BID * TRADE FEE

PROFIT = SELL PRICE - BUY PRICE
Improve this answer

You must log in to answer this question.

Not the answer you're looking for? Browse other questions tagged .