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+## arbitrage patterns
+
+<br>
+
+### tl; dr
+
+<br>
+
+
+* spatial arbitrage involving one uniswap v3 pool and other venue seems to be the most common in 2022, followed by triangle arbitrage with one or two uniswap v3 pools.
+
+
+
+<br>
+
+----
+
+### in this dir
+
+<br>
+
+* [spatial arb](spatial.md)
+* [triangle arb](triangle.md)
+* [taxed tokens](taxed.md)
+
+<br>
+
+---
+
+### resources