Pure market making is described in Strategies, with a further discussion in the Hummingbot white paper.
!!! note The pure market making strategy is currently under development and not yet available on Hummingbot.
The diagram below illustrates how market making works. Hummingbot makes a market by placing buy and sell orders on a single exchange, specifying prices and sizes.
Figure 1: Hummingbot makes a market on an exchange
- You will need to hold inventory of quote and base currencies on the exchange.
- You will also need some Ethereum to pay gas for transactions on a DEX (if applicable).
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