crypto-arbitrage

What This Skill Does

The crypto-arbitrage skill is a powerful, real-time automated system designed to monitor, identify, and execute cryptocurrency arbitrage opportunities across more than 20 global exchanges. It eliminates the latency associated with manual trading by utilizing WebSocket-based price feeds to track price discrepancies, triangular arbitrage opportunities, and funding rate differentials. Beyond simple detection, it performs high-precision calculations that factor in exchange-specific maker/taker fees, network gas costs, slippage, and withdrawal delays. Users can set custom thresholds for minimum profitability and risk-adjusted scores, allowing the agent to automatically execute trades when criteria are met.

Installation

To integrate this skill into your OpenClaw environment, execute the following command in your terminal: clawhub install openclaw/skills/skills/chenghaifeng08-creator/crypto-arbitrage-automaton Ensure you have configured your exchange API keys in the agent settings before initializing the scanner.

Use Cases

• Spatial Arbitrage: Purchasing an asset on an exchange where it is undervalued and selling it simultaneously on an exchange where it is overvalued.
• Triangular Arbitrage: Capitalizing on discrepancies between three different asset pairs on a single exchange to lock in a profit.
• Basis/Funding Rate Arbitrage: Exploiting the price difference between spot and futures markets or capturing periodic funding rate payments.
• Automated Rebalancing: Maintaining portfolio balance by exploiting price differences to minimize the cost of trades.

Example Prompts

1. "Analyze current arbitrage opportunities for BTC across Binance, Kraken, and OKX. Only show trades with a minimum net profit margin of 1.2% after fees."
2. "Execute a triangular arbitrage trade for ETH/USDT/BTC on Binance using 5000 USDT capital, provided the projected risk score is above 80."
3. "Summarize my arbitrage performance for the last 7 days, including a breakdown of profit by exchange and total fees paid."

Tips & Limitations

• Risk Warning: Cryptocurrency markets are volatile; ensure your API keys have restricted permissions (disable withdrawals) for security.
• Latency Matters: Arbitrage relies on speed. Ensure your deployment environment has low latency to the exchanges you are trading on.
• Slippage: Always configure realistic slippage settings to avoid failed trades in low-liquidity order books.
• Fee Awareness: The calculation engine accounts for fees, but always verify current exchange fee schedules as they can change based on trading volume.