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Re:Some tiny personal programs I've written by audiometry on Friday March 11, 2022 @10:03AM (#30640752)
What is a ‘flip ratio’?
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Re:Some tiny personal programs I've written by TrapLord_Rhodo on Friday March 11, 2022 @12:01PM (#30642516)
Difference between the immediate sell price and immediate buy price.

You can sell an item instantly for X and can buy an item instantly for Y. You determine which items have the highest difference between X and Y. You buy for X and sell for Y.

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Re:Some tiny personal programs I've written by audiometry on Sunday March 13, 2022 @05:24AM (#30659523)
That's an arbitrage, then, if both sides are immediately available. Then it's just a question of how much profit can you lock-in.
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Re:Some tiny personal programs I've written by TrapLord_Rhodo on Sunday March 13, 2022 @03:30PM (#30664867)
yup but arbitrage is usually through other exchanges, or exploiting a triangle between assets. In runeescape there was downright no liquidity so it's more like day trading and using the liqudity gap as your margin.
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