3.4 Interpreting an Opportunity Row

Every row in the feed is equivalent to one CLI line.

Key fields and how you should think about them:

• Pair

  • The asset combination (e.g. SOL/USDC).

  • Make sure you actually understand the tokens (no fake/illiquid variants).

• Buy venue / price

  • Where the engine thinks you should buy.

  • Quoted price per unit (or per base token).

• Sell venue / price

  • Where the engine thinks you should sell.

  • Quoted price per unit there.

• Gross spread %

  • Naive difference between buy and sell prices.

  • Useful for intuition, but not enough on its own.

• Net profit % / bps

  • After estimated fees/slippage.

  • This is the number that matters for ranking.

• Age / TTL (if displayed)

  • How “fresh” the opportunity is.

  • Old rows are usually dead; spreads close fast.

• Flags / warnings (if displayed)

  • Low-liquidity pool.

  • High volatility.

  • Known MEV-heavy pair/venue.

You don’t treat this as a guaranteed win. You treat it as:

“This is where the engine believes there’s X bps of edge right now. Do I agree, with my size and infra?”