Trading Firms: Arbitrage & Market Making
Trading firms compete on execution quality. Arbitrage desks profit from price convergence. Market makers earn by providing liquidity efficiently. Both depend on how quickly markets incorporate new information. Bolt restructures that process by publishing one executable convergence price onchain, allowing firms to execute against synchronized pricing instead of fragmented venue-by-venue quotes.- Arbitrage
- Market Making
Execute against convergence, not divergence.
Cross-venue arbitrage depends on spotting divergences and executing before they close. The challenge is speed, fragmentation, and competition from other searchers.Bolt changes the structure of the opportunity. Instead of reacting to divergences after they appear, firms execute against Bolt’s executable convergence price, or the price that lagging venues are moving toward. Rather than racing other searchers to close the spread, firms trade against the market’s convergence itself.Forecasted convergence, not reactive capture
Forecasted convergence, not reactive capture
Traditional arb is reactive: spot a divergence, race to fill. Bolt’s convergence price reflects the engine’s convergence forecast. Executing against it means the firm is positioned where the market is going, not where it was.
Every divergence recorded
Every divergence recorded
The logs every divergence the engine prices. Firms operating inside the rail benefit from the engine growing sharper over time: tighter spreads, faster convergence identification, more consistent execution.
No gatekeeper dependency
No gatekeeper dependency
Bolt is onchain-native. No exclusive block-builder deals, no offchain signing queues, no priority access tiers. The convergence price is public and executable.
Get started
- Arb traders
- Market makers
Everything you need is onchain. No partnership required to start.
1
Read the convergence price
Query Bolt’s onchain executable quote for supported pairs. The price is public, verifiable, and updated continuously by the Convergence Engine.
2
Compare venue prices
Compare the convergence price against other venue prices. When a lagging venue has not yet converged, the spread is your opportunity.
3
Execute against Bolt
Swap onchain against the committed convergence price. Atomic settlement, single transaction, no RFQ latency.
5-Minute Integration
Install the SDK and execute your first swap.
How Bolt Works
The four-step pipeline from market data to settlement.