Introduction to Futures Arbitrage

What is a Futures Scanner?

Futures Scanner – is a tool designed for arbitrage trading that helps find price differences (spreads) on spot and futures markets, allowing you to profit from price differences between exchanges.

The key element in futures arbitrage is the price spread, which is the main component of earning income in arbitrage.

The spread is the price difference for the same asset traded on different markets: spot and futures.

In turn, spot trading (spot market) — is a type of trading where assets are bought and sold immediately at the current rate.

Transactions on the spot market occur instantly, and assets immediately transfer to your ownership. In this type of trading, you hold the token itself for speculation.

Futures trading (futures market) – is a type of trading based on the idea of predicting the price movement of an asset in one direction or another (rise or fall).

Futures market transactions are essentially contracts on future price movements. For example, by opening a short position, you are trading on the forecast of a further decrease in the asset's price. In this type of trading, you do not receive the token but earn solely from changes in its price.