# Crypto Arbitrage Bot Without Code: Alerts for Price and Funding Gaps

> A no-code alternative to a crypto arbitrage bot: ArbTide watches 36 exchanges every 15 seconds and alerts you on Telegram, email, browser or webhook when a trade pays after fees.

Updated: 2026-09-28

**ArbTide is a no-code alternative to a crypto arbitrage bot: it watches 36 exchanges around the clock, prices every opportunity after fees, and alerts you when one matches your rule, so you get the monitoring a bot does without handing a bot your money or API keys.** You decide what to trade and place the orders yourself, or forward the alert to your own bot.

## Why an alert instead of a bot

Most people searching for an arbitrage bot want one thing: to stop watching screens and still catch the trades that pay. The monitoring is the hard part to do by hand. Execution is quick once you know what to do.

A full trading bot adds risks that an alert does not:

- **Keys and funds.** A bot needs API keys that can trade, and a hosted bot often asks for more. Scam bots and fake "arbitrage platforms" are one of the most common ways people lose money in crypto.
- **Costs it cannot see.** Many open-source bots compare prices and ignore fees, slippage, withdrawal status or funding changes, so they happily trade gaps that lose money.
- **Speed you will not win.** On major coins, price gaps between exchanges close in seconds. Professional firms with servers next to the exchanges take them first.

The opportunities that last long enough for a person are **funding rate spreads**, **cash and carry** and **price gaps on smaller coins**, and those are what the alerts are built for.

## How it works

1. **Choose what to watch.** Pick one of seven opportunity types: price arbitrage (spot or perpetual), funding rate spread, a single funding rate above or below a level, a funding rate flip, cash and carry, reverse carry or perp premium.
2. **Set your threshold after costs.** For example, "spot arbitrage with at least 0.5% net spread after taker fees and $500 of top-of-book size", or "funding spread above 20% a year with at least $10M daily volume".
3. **Limit it to the exchanges you use.** Choose which exchanges and coins to include or exclude. "Between these exchanges" runs the scanner on only those, so both legs are on accounts you have.
4. **Pick where alerts go.** Telegram, email, browser push notifications on your phone or desktop, or an HTTPS webhook. Every alert is also kept in your alert log.
5. **Act on the alert.** Each buy, sell, long and short leg links straight to the exchange market, and push notifications carry buttons that open both exchanges.

The builder previews what the rule would match right now before you save it, so you can tune the threshold instead of guessing.

## What an alert contains

Every alert is a snapshot of the opportunity at the moment it fired: the coin, the headline figure (for example "0.62% net"), each leg with its exchange, price or funding rate and a link to the market, and a link to the alert log entry. Nothing is summarized away, so you can check the numbers against the exchange before you trade.

## Connect it to your own bot

If you run a bot, ArbTide can be its eyes. A webhook channel posts each alert as JSON:

```json
{
  "type": "alert",
  "alert": { "id": "…", "name": "SOL spot gap", "kind": "price-arbitrage" },
  "headline": "SOL price arbitrage: 0.62% net",
  "matches": [
    {
      "coin": "SOL",
      "label": "0.62% net",
      "legs": [
        { "role": "buy", "exchange": "okx", "detail": "@ 142.10", "url": "https://www.okx.com/trade-spot/sol-usdt" },
        { "role": "sell", "exchange": "bybit", "detail": "@ 143.25", "url": "https://www.bybit.com/en/trade/spot/SOL/USDT" }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sentAt": "2026-09-28T12:00:00.000Z"
}
```

Every request is signed: `X-ArbTide-Signature` is `sha256=` followed by an HMAC of `<timestamp>.<body>` with your channel's secret, and `X-ArbTide-Timestamp` carries the timestamp, so your bot can reject anything that did not come from ArbTide. Discord and Slack formats work out of the box, and a custom format lets you set the method, content type, headers and a body template with variables such as `{{coin}}`, `{{value}}` and `{{legs}}`.

## Plans

- **Free**: 10 alert rules on all 36 exchanges, with Telegram, email and browser delivery and the in-app alert log.
- **Pro**: 25 alert rules and signed webhooks. New accounts get Pro free for 7 days, and every friend you invite adds a month.

See [pricing](/pricing) for the current plans, then [create an alert](/account/alerts).

## Where to start

Browse the live scanners to see what is on the table right now: [price arbitrage](/arbitrage), [funding rates](/funding-rates) and [cash and carry](/carry). When a type of trade keeps showing up, turn it into an alert. To understand the numbers first, read [is crypto arbitrage profitable?](/learn/is-crypto-arbitrage-profitable) and [is crypto arbitrage legal?](/learn/is-crypto-arbitrage-legal).

## Frequently asked questions

### Is there a free crypto arbitrage bot?

Yes. ArbTide's free plan includes 10 alert rules on all 36 exchanges, delivered to Telegram, email, browser notifications and the in-app alert log. It watches the market for you like a bot, but it does not place trades. Pro adds 25 rules and signed webhooks, with a 7-day free trial.

### Does ArbTide trade for me?

No. It finds and prices opportunities and tells you about them; you place the trades on your own exchange accounts. That keeps your funds and API keys with you, and it is why no withdrawal or trading permission is ever needed.

### Can I connect ArbTide alerts to my own trading bot?

Yes. A webhook channel posts every alert as signed JSON with each buy, sell, long or short leg and its exchange link. Your bot verifies the X-ArbTide-Signature header and decides whether to trade. Custom body templates, methods and headers are supported, so the payload can match any bot.

### Are free arbitrage bots from GitHub or Telegram safe?

Treat them with care. Some are honest open-source projects, but others steal API keys or seed phrases, and bots sold with guaranteed returns are usually scams. Never give a bot withdrawal permission, and never deposit money with a service that promises arbitrage profits.

### How fast are the alerts?

Alert rules are checked every 15 seconds against live data, and a rule fires again for the same opportunity only after its cooldown. That suits funding rate and carry trades held for hours or days. Price gaps that last only seconds on major coins are a race between high-frequency firms, which no alert tool will win.