A Java api using the Bellman-Ford algorithm to find arbitrage opportunities on the foreign exchange market (FOREX).
I was reading about graph algorithms in Thomas H. Cormen's Algorithms Unlocked and came by the Bellman-Ford Algorithm and some of its applications. I was self-learning Java at the time and decided to make my first personal project - arbitrage-api.
The goal of this project at the start was to learn Java syntax through application. Along the way I learned how to use IntelliJ IDEA, and create a Maven project.
The program receives real-time JSON data from api.exchangeratesapi.io, processes the data into a weighted directed graph and runs the algorithm.
Note: This project is not meant for real world use. It is extremely unlikely that this program would find an arbitrage opportunity when it is given real-world data, as I am sure there are people who get paid to make better, faster algorithms than a student who did this in his free time.
- Java 11 or higher.
- Maven is installed on your computer.
- IntelliJ is preferred.
Create an empty repository on your local machine, and enter the following commmand into your terminal:
git clone https://github.com/hl662/arbitrage-api.git Alternatively, you can donwload the zipped file of the repository and extract it into the empty repo.
If you have IntelliJ IDEA, simply go to src/main/java/BellmanFord.java and run or debug main()!