"Risk free" method

This is not risk free, but least risky form of trading.
 
yes the buysell orders are right , that is my concern as well , some of the exchanges are not familiar to me , mostly their transfer time is yet not known . Anyway some of the arbitrage opportunities took place in well known exchanges like bitstamp and cex.io
Yes, normally you can work out the transfer time by looking at the block time of the coin and the number of confirmations the exchange requires.
 
As it's already been said in many other arbitrage threads.
  • Don't be fooled. This is as risky as any trade in crypto.
  • If it were that easy, everyone would be doing it.
  • Must be done with algo trading.
  • Speed of network is a problem.
  • Liquidity is a huge problem.
  • Spread is a problem.
  • Fees are a major problem.
Good luck with that.
 
The network fees and exchange fees will eat up any profit you might be eyeballing.
 
In the past when transactions was very fast/instant, to make money from crypto arbitrage was not so hard, but now when transactions takes a lot of time, it's not worth as the price could easily increase in the exchanger where the price was lower and visa versa. So nowadays I think it's not a good idea to start such method to make money fom cryptos.
 
I'm sure that even if there's no volatility your profit will still be eaten up by the fees of buying/selling/transferring/withdrawing.

And if you get a big drop between buying and selling it, kiss your profit goodbye.

I'm sure it's possible, but not easy and not without risk.
 
So you pay ATLEAST:
-0.15% Maker fee
-0.15% Taker fee
-Sometimes sending fee
Diferences not big enught for profit

I did that between Kraken and Lykke and the problem is the smallar exchanges is a bit dead, individuals rarely creating purchases and if they do, not more often than 3 day and not more than 10$ of crypto.
I wish im wrong, someone please write 2 trustable exchange where i can profit.
 
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