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Triangular Arbitrage

A forex trading strategy that exploits price discrepancies among three currency pairs by executing a series of rapid conversions to lock in a risk-free profit.

Example

A trader spotted a mispricing between EUR/USD, USD/JPY, and EUR/JPY, executing all three legs of a triangular arbitrage in milliseconds to capture a small risk-free profit.