8. Arbitrage strategies
Catch price gaps between Cardano DEXes, and trade only the spreads that pay after fees.
The same token rarely costs the same on every Cardano DEX. When SNEK is cheaper on SundaeSwap than on Splash, you can buy on one and sell on the other. Surge watches every pool around the clock and trades only when the gap beats all fees.
What you'll learn
How cross-DEX arbitrage works
Choosing between single-wallet and dual-wallet mode
Setting profit, size and risk limits
Backtesting your settings
Reading the live engine and the Activity feed
New to arbitrage? Click How it works in the app for the beginner's guide. It covers liquidity pools, the sweet-spot trade size and the fee maths, with real numbers.
Single wallet vs dual wallet
How it trades
Buys first, then sells exactly the tokens received
Fires both legs at the same time
What you hold
ADA only
ADA and the token, in advance
Speed
Legs run one after another
Faster
Price risk mid-trade
Exposed between the two legs
Hedged
Create an arbitrage strategy
Click New Strategy and choose Single Wallet or Dual Wallet arbitrage.
Pick the asset.
Select at least two DEXes to monitor.
Set the minimum net profit per trade. This is profit after batcher, network and Surge fees.
Set the trade size range.
Set a max loss per day.
Set a reserve floor. The strategy never spends below it.
Assign a hot wallet, then deploy.
Backtest your settings
Click Run Backtest. Against real price history, it shows how many opportunities your settings would have caught and what they would have made.
While it runs
Live prices: the token's price on each DEX you picked, with the spread highlighted
Live status: the current spread, the break-even line, and which DEX to buy on and which to sell on
Safety guards: max slippage, max drawdown, a limit on consecutive losses, and an allocation cap
Activity tab: every decision the engine makes, including why a spread was skipped (for example, unprofitable after fees, or below your minimum). Expand any line for the full fee breakdown.
Trade log: every opportunity with its estimated and actual net profit, its status (completed, skipped or refunded), and a transaction link for each leg
Good to know
Most spreads get skipped, by design. Surge trades only the gaps that are profitable after every fee. The Activity tab shows it's working even when nothing fills.
Keep the Surge tab open. Trades are signed in your browser. Turn on Keep display awake in Settings.
Your staking tier matters. Your SURGE staking tier sets how many arbitrage strategies you can run at once.
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