# Strategies

## Small Trade Sizes

Everyone should try small trade sizes first because they're the easiest to hit so it's a good baseline test for your connections. If you can't hit anything with small trade sizes and small minProfitBps values then something is wrong with your connections. You need a higher quality Jup API or RPC or need to be [closer to your connections.](https://rude-bot-org.gitbook.io/rude-solana-arbitrage-bot/optimal-setup)\\

## Stalker

Look at successful transactions associated with the bots program id to see what works for others. It might work for you too. Here are links to the bot program: [Solscan](https://solscan.io/account/3tZPEagumHvtgBhivFJCmhV9AyhBHGW9VgdsK52i4gwP) [SolanaFM](https://solana.fm/address/3tZPEagumHvtgBhivFJCmhV9AyhBHGW9VgdsK52i4gwP?cluster=mainnet-alpha)
