指从纠正
市场价格或
收益率的异常状况中获利的行动。异常状况通常是指同一产品在不同
市场的价格出现显着差异,套利即低买高卖,导致价格回归均衡水平的行为。套利通常涉及在某一
市场或金融工具上
建立头寸,然后在另一
市场或金融工具上建立与先前
头寸相抵消的
头寸。在价格回归均衡水平后,所有
头寸即可结清以了结获利。套利者(arbitrageur)指从事套利的个人或机构。
The action of profiting from the
correction of price or
yield anomalies in markets. Often this will involve
taking a position in one market or instrument and an offsetting position in another. As prices or yields move back into line, all positions may be profitably closed out. An arbitrageur is an individual or institution practising
arbitrage.