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Strategy #0000000153 · Arbitrage and relative value

ADR and cross-listing parity scenario
Enter both share prices, ADR ratio, FX, direction, notional, borrow and trading costs.

An ADR and its home-market share can be compared after applying the depositary ratio and exchange rate. Gaps may persist because of time-zone overlap, capital controls, taxes, settlement and market segmentation, and the two lines may not trade simultaneously. This scenario computes parity from manual quotes; it does not establish executable or risk-free arbitrage.

Beginner-friendlyAbout 8 minutesEvidence and practical analysis

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The idea · in two minutes

What cross-listing gap remains after converting the ADR ratio and FX and accounting for borrow and trading costs?

An ADR and its home-market share can be compared after applying the depositary ratio and exchange rate. Gaps may persist because of time-zone overlap, capital controls, taxes, settlement and market segmentation, and the two lines may not trade simultaneously. This scenario computes parity from manual quotes; it does not establish executable or risk-free arbitrage.

Enter both share prices, ADR ratio, FX, direction, notional, borrow and trading costs.

No synchronised quotes, borrow availability, capital controls, taxes, settlement or session data are loaded.

  • Entered assumptionsEnter both share prices, ADR ratio, FX, direction, notional, borrow and trading costs.
  • Model outputNo synchronised quotes, borrow availability, capital controls, taxes, settlement or session data are loaded.

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Related strategyRelationshipWhat changesNew cost or risk
Base scenarioManual inputsAn ADR and its home-market share can be compared after applying the depositary ratio and exchange rate. Gaps may persist because of time-zone overlap, capital controls, taxes, settlement and market segmentation, and the two lines may not trade simultaneously. This scenario computes parity from manual quotes; it does not establish executable or risk-free arbitrage.No synchronised quotes, borrow availability, capital controls, taxes, settlement or session data are loaded.
Conservative versionStress assumptionsRaise costs and reduce eligible/executable amounts to stress the result.Scenario benefit may shrink.
Validation versionData reviewCheck inputs against consistent quotes, settlement rules and personal eligibility.Needs representative data and professional review.

No synchronised quotes, borrow availability, capital controls, taxes, settlement or session data are loaded.

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References

Primary sources and research used to describe the strategy and its limits.

  1. 01Suarez (2005), Arbitrage opportunities in the depositary receipts market: Myth or reality?research