Tagged "method"
15 articles on this topic.
Building a Repeatable Method for Comparing Swap Costs
The whole method in one page: what to record, when to record it, and which conclusions the data can support.
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| no. | date | entry | topic |
|---|---|---|---|
| 014 | Oct 20, 2026 | What a Zero-Fee Swap Charges InsteadNo venue converts for free. If the fee line says zero, the cost is in the rate, and it can be measured. | exchange |
| 013 | Oct 16, 2026 | Weekend Spreads Against Weekday Spreads, Pair by PairCaptures across four weekends on three pairs. The widening is consistent in direction and uneven in size. | exchange |
| 012 | Oct 9, 2026 | Hidden Conversion Steps Inside a Single SwapOne button can contain three conversions. Each crosses a spread, and the receipt shows one number. | swap |
| 011 | Oct 7, 2026 | Tracking One Pair for Thirty Days: What the Spread DidA month of daily captures on a single pair, and the three patterns that survived the noise. | exchange |
| 010 | Oct 4, 2026 | Minimum Sizes Where the Fixed Fee Stops MatteringBelow a certain amount, flat costs make a conversion pointless. The threshold is one division and worth knowing for your own… | exchange |
| 009 | Oct 1, 2026 | Stablecoin to Stablecoin: The Swap People Assume Is FreeBoth sides are worth a dollar, so the conversion should be costless. Measurements say otherwise, and the reason is instructive. | stablecoin payments |
| 008 | Sep 24, 2026 | How Long a Quote Holds, and What Happens When It ExpiresQuote windows run from a few seconds to a minute. What the venue does at the end of that window is the part worth knowing. | exchange |
| 007 | Sep 19, 2026 | Round-Trip Cost: Converting Back Is Not FreeEvery conversion has a return leg, and the return leg costs the same as the outbound one. What that does to short holding periods. | swap |
| 006 | Sep 15, 2026 | The Cost of Swapping During a Volatile HourSpreads widen exactly when people most want to transact. Measurements of how much, and what the delay would have cost instead. | swap |
| 005 | Sep 14, 2026 | Why Splitting a Large Swap Sometimes Costs MoreSplitting reduces slippage and multiplies flat costs. Where the two effects cross depends on depth, not on preference. | otc |
| 004 | Sep 9, 2026 | Same Swap, Five Venues: What the Difference Looks LikeOne pair, one size, five places, measured within the same ten minutes. The spread between best and worst was larger than any fee. | exchange |
| 003 | Sep 8, 2026 | Network Fee or Spread: Which Dominates at Which SizeOne is flat and one is proportional. The crossover point decides which one to optimise, and it is lower than most people assume. | swap |
| 002 | Aug 31, 2026 | Quoted Rate Versus Executed Rate: A Month of ObservationsThirty paired measurements of what was promised and what arrived, and what the gap depended on. | exchange |
| 001 | Aug 29, 2026 | Measuring the True Cost of a $1,000 SwapA method for finding what a conversion actually took, rather than what the confirmation screen reported. | swap |