Risk arbitrage as a strategy is basically the act of picking up nickels in front of a steamroller. When a deal successfully closes, you get a nickel. When a deal breaks, you lose a buck. This ...

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There’s a whole class of traders out there that trade merger & acquisition (M&A) rumors and news. When one company makes a buyout bid for another company, the bid is typically priced at a premium to ...

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Arbitrage is, by definition, a zero-risk strategy (provided that it’s executed correctly). In scenarios where margins are too tight to justify the trade, the funds will remain idle in a bank account, ...

The volatility index is intended to replicate a strategy that seeks to take advantage of the difference between implied volatility and realised volatility. Common volatility arbitrage strategies are ...

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Are you among those who feel stressed with the ups and downs of Capital markets? But, what if you could make returns without betting on whether the market goes up or down – this is the core idea of ...