Configuration

The bot’s configuration is key to its performance. The config reference details all the options available to you, but here are a few things you should look out for:

Simulation

Simulating transactions increases the time-to-chain of each transaction by basically requiring the RPC server to process it twice. Unless you’re paranoid, or you have an extremely good reason to keep it on, we recommend turning it off. The ARB Protocol onchain program catches any non-profitable arbs on-chain and reverts them for you, enabling a brute-force approach to find profitable trades while keeping peace of mind.

Price ranges

Setting a large price range, or high trade size decimals, can slow down the bot by forcing it to check a very similar route twice or more. Keep tight, high ranges to cycle through different routes as fast as possible.

Profit BPS

Setting a high BPS will ultimately make the bot send a lower amount of profitable txs, as it becomes very picky about what it considers for profit. This can be good if you’re looking for high-profit trades, but it also lowers the total trade volume. A good range to start testing would be 5-10bps, with a high trade price.