Funding arb · Price arb / Crypto
| Leg | Exchange | Price | Fund. /8h | Each payment | Next in | OI | Vol 24h | Lev | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LONG | 0.09950 | +0.0096 | pay 0.0012% / 1h | 42m 30s | $276K | $1.3M | 5x | Long Lighter7d free | |
| SHORT | 0.09909 | −0.0966 | pay 0.0121% / 1h | 42m 30s | $63K | $110K | 20x | Short TxFlow5% off |
Price gap−0.412%
Funding gap−0.1062% /8h
Both sides work against this direction now: funding costs $32 a day on $10k and the gap is 0.163% under its 7d average. Swap the legs.
If you open now and hold
on $10k a leg · figures of the last 7D, not a forecastFunding−$74−0.1062% /8h now · paid −0.744% over the last 7D
Price−$16spread −0.412% now, avg −0.249% → −0.163% if it goes back
Costs−$550.548% of $10k · taker + slippage, in and out
Result−$145−1.45%+ Points / potential airdropLighter: Season 3 · TxFlow: points · farm boardWhat the last 7D really paid, hour by hour → backtest
Price and funding
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PRICE SPREAD · 7D
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Where the spread has been, last 7D▾
share of time at each level
Funding on every exchange
/8hCC on 19 exchanges
lowest funding firstBefore you open
3 ok · 3 to watch- Watch: Thin at this size10.3 / 16.8 bpAt $10k entering TxFlow costs 16.8 bp, fee and slippage, 1.6× Lighter’s.
- Note: Margin at max leverage$2,000 + $500Lighter 5x, TxFlow 20x. 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: −$31.87Long Lighter: 24 payments, −$2.88; short TxFlow: 24 payments, −$28.99.
- Watch: Gap narrower than usual−0.412% vs −0.249%Less room for the price leg to pay you. If it goes back to average, the short loses.
- Watch: Short leg is thinner$63K vs $276K OITxFlow sets your exit cost. Check its book before closing.
- OK: Points on a legLighter Season 3 · TxFlow pointsVolume here counts toward the points program.
- OK: No KYC on either legLighter No · TxFlow NoBoth exchanges let you trade without ID.
Profit calculator
both legs, in and outPosition, each legHold forOrdersPrice spreadFunding rate
Funding earned−0.0354%/8h × 21 periods−$74.36
Price spread−0.412% → −0.249% (7d avg)−$16.28
Slippage, 4 orderslive order books−$45.75
Fee Lighter bp × 2 orders$0.00
Fee TxFlow bp × 2 orders−$9.00
Net · 7 days · $10k−$145.39
Costs to cover0.548%Break-evennever at this rate
Slippage: Lighter: live order book, 4 min ago; TxFlow: live order book, 46 min agoCost to enter
taker + slippage from mid, one sideBUY · LONGLighter2.5110.3 bp−$1021.9 bp−$219doesn’t fitdoesn’t fit
SELL · SHORTTxFlow2.0116.8 bp−$1758.6 bp−$586doesn’t fitdoesn’t fit
Closing costs about the same again.
