Funding arb · Price arb / Crypto
| Leg | Exchange | Price | Fund. /8h | Each payment | Next in | OI | Vol 24h | Lev | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LONG | 119.64 | +0.0064 | pay 0.0008% / 1h | 54m 43s | $104K | $395K | 10x | Long Lighter RH+10% pts | |
| SHORT | 119.49 | +0.0766 | get 0.0096% / 1h | 54m 43s | $2.6M | $3.2M | 50x | Short Kraken Futures |
Price gap−0.124%
Funding gap+0.0702% /8h
Funding pays +$21 a day on $10k, but the gap is 0.089% under its 7d average: −$9 if it goes back, about 10 hours of funding.
If you open now and hold
on $10k a leg · figures of the last 7D, not a forecastFunding−$2+0.0702% /8h now · paid −0.023% over the last 7D
Price−$9spread −0.124% now, avg −0.035% → −0.089% if it goes back
Costs−$520.515% of $10k · taker + slippage, in and out
Result−$63−0.63%+ Points / potential airdropLighter RH: Points live · farm boardWhat the last 7D really paid, hour by hour → backtest
The current funding rate is far above what this pair has been paying: over the last 7 days it paid −0.023% in total, about −0.0012%/8h on average.
Price and funding
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/8hAAVE on 45 exchanges
lowest funding firstBefore you open
2 ok · 4 to watch- Watch: Thin at this size4.2 / 19.4 bpAt $10k entering Kraken Futures costs 19.4 bp, fee and slippage, 4.7× Lighter RH’s.
- Note: Margin at max leverage$1,000 + $200Lighter RH 10x, Kraken Futures 50x. Keep about 2× this so a sharp move doesn’t liquidate one leg.
- OK: Same payment interval1h / 1hBoth legs pay at the same time.Next 24h at the current rates, on $10k a leg: +$21.07Long Lighter RH: 24 payments, −$1.92; short Kraken Futures: 24 payments, +$22.99.
- Watch: Gap narrower than usual−0.124% vs −0.035%Less room for the price leg to pay you. If it goes back to average, the short loses.
- Watch: Long leg is thinner$104K vs $2.6M OILighter RH sets your exit cost. Check its book before closing.
- OK: Points on a legLighter RH Points liveVolume here counts toward the points program.
- Watch: KYCLighter RH No · Kraken Futures YesFull verification; not offered in the US (a separate US product), Canada, Australia (wholesale only) or to retail UK clients.
Profit calculator
both legs, in and outPosition, each legHold forOrdersPrice spreadFunding rate
Funding earned−0.0012%/8h × 21 periods−$2.52
Price spread−0.124% → −0.035% (7d avg)−$8.93
Slippage, 4 orderslive order books−$41.50
Fee Lighter RH bp × 2 orders$0.00
Fee Kraken Futures bp × 2 orders−$10.00
Net · 7 days · $10k−$62.94
Costs to cover0.515%Break-evennever at this rate
Slippage: Lighter RH: live order book, 26 min ago; Kraken Futures: live order book, 3 min agoCost to enter
taker + slippage from mid, one sideBUY · LONGLighter RH3.694.2 bp−$416.3 bp−$163doesn’t fitdoesn’t fit
SELL · SHORTKraken Futures11.6919.4 bp−$1933.8 bp−$338111.8 bp−$11.2Kdoesn’t fit
Closing costs about the same again.
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