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Presented To: Dr. Daniel Terfassa FIN 535 Strayer University Nov. 06, 2011

1) Triangular arbitrage (also referred to as cross currency arbitrage or three-point arbitrage) is the act of exploiting an arbitrage opportunity resulting from a pricing discrepancy among three different currencies in the foreign exchange market. A triangular arbitrage strategy involves three trades, exchanging the initial currency for a second, the second currency for a third, and the third currency for the initial. During the second trade, the arbitrageur locks in a zero-risk profit from the discrepancy that exists when the market cross exchange rate is not aligned with the implicit cross exchange rate. According to the market efficiency theory, the minimum requirement that a market must satisfy is that no arbitrage opportunities exist. Consistent deviations from that rule, after accounting for market imperfections such as trading costs can be interpreted as evidence of market inefficiency in allowing such profit opportunities to go unexploited. Triangular arbitrage is in theory a type of risk less arbitrage that takes advantage of cross rate mispricing. Triangular arbitrage involves positions in three currencies. Let c1, c2, c3 be their names respectively.
It has recently been claimed that triangular arbitrage is not really feasible because of how fast you would need to convert your money through currencies. However, researchers found that although a limited number of triangular arbitrage opportunities appeared to exist for as