An arbitrage position can be established by taking an economically opposite position in a security futures contract on another exchange, in an options contract, or in the underlying security.
Warren Buffett wrote about RJR Nabisco as a major
arbitrage position in the Berkshire Hathaway's letter to shareholders for fiscal year 1988, as follows:
The S&P 500 was down 4 % today, but my merger
arbitrage position in Constellation Energy Group (CEG) was up nicely.
The foregoing position limits shall not apply to (1) bona fide hedge positions meeting the requirements of Regulation 1.3 (z)(1) of the CFTC and the rules of the Exchange, and shall not apply to
arbitrage positions an inter-commodity spread positions subject to Rule 559.
It is a flexible, deep, and liquid market, permitting traders to construct interest rate positions for specific time periods in the future, and to create
arbitrage positions against other credit instruments.
Not exact matches
Icahn bought
positions in both companies as an
arbitrage play.
The common element is that any long
position taken in a specific equity is offset by a short
position in either a merger partner (risk
arbitrage), an «overvalued» member of the same sector (long / short paired trading), a convertible bond (convertible
arbitrage), a futures contract (index
arbitrage) or an option contract (volatility
arbitrage).
Some invest in just bitcoin, taking both long and short
positions, some buy a basket of cryptocurrencies and others exploit the
arbitrage between different exchanges» prices.
Convertible
arbitrage holds long
positions in convertible bonds while shorting the stock of the underlying company.
Merger
arbitrage funds hold a long
position in target stocks while shorting the acquiring company profiting from the difference.
They also have the ability to invest beyond the equity market in «less liquid» investments, such as distressed debt, can hold short
positions in merger /
arbitrage situations or to hedge market risk, and are willing to hold a up to 15 % in cash.
• How to take
positions in the market with a $ 5 upside and a $ 1 downside • How to make money in spin - offs • How to make money in risk
arbitrage and merger securities • How call options work
If market makers can not
arbitrage differences between an ETF's price and underlying value and can not effectively hedge their intraday fund
positions, the ETF can not be expected to trade within a consistently narrow range of underlying value.
In ETF trading, consistently low investor trading costs can not be assured unless market makers have sufficient knowledge of portfolio holdings to enable them to effectively
arbitrage differences between an ETF's market price and its underlying portfolio value and to hedge the intraday market risk they assume as they take inventory
positions in connection with their market - making activities.
The common element is that any long
position taken in a specific equity is offset by a short
position in either a merger partner (risk
arbitrage), an «overvalued» member of the same sector (long / short paired trading), a convertible bond (convertible
arbitrage), a futures contract (index
arbitrage) or an option contract (volatility
arbitrage).
Speculators can also engage in
arbitrage, which is similar to a spread except that the long and short
positions occur on two different markets.
If this was an American option (SPY instead of SPX), then you could buy the option, exercise it, end up with long
position in SPY and sell it immediately for a risk free profit, a.k.a
arbitrage.
Advised and updated clients on
arbitrage opportunities and hedging strategies on long and short
positions in commodities futures.
I'll be sure to be
positioned to take advantage of that
arbitrage play when the cycle returns again.