Scenario Analysis
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Market price of the asset increases In case the price of the asset increases after building the arbitrage position, the long leg which is the spot position will have unrealised profits and the short leg which is the futures position will have unrealized losses - both these positions will counteract each other and maintain the net P/L at 0.
Market price increases
0%
60000
0
0
0
Market price increases
10%
66000
6000
-6000
0
Market price increases
25%
75000
15000
-15000
0
Market price increases
50%
90000
30000
-30000
0
Market price increases
100%
120000
60000
-60000
0
Market price increases
200%
180000
120000
-120000
0
Market price of the asset decreases In case the price of the asset decreases after building the arbitrage position, the long leg which is the spot position will have unrealised losses and the short leg which is the futures position will have unrealised profits - both these positions will again counteract each other and maintain the net P/L at 0.
As observed, in both bullish and bearish scenarios, our arbitrage trade remains delta neutral and maintains a net P/L of zero. In the bullish scenario, the losses from the short futures position are offset by the profits from the long spot position. Conversely, in the bearish scenario, the losses from the long spot position are covered by the profits from the short futures position.