Funding arb · Price arb / Crypto
| Leg | Exchange | Price | Fund. /8h | Each payment | Next in | OI | Vol 24h | Lev | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LONG | 0.0007614 | −0.5357 | get 0.0670% / 1h | 8m 11s | $116K | $465K | 10x | Long Aster≤10% back | |
| SHORT | 0.0007674 | −0.5790 | pay 0.2895% / 4h | 8m 11s | $1.4M | $11.5M | 10x | Short OKX |
Price gap+0.788%
Funding gap−0.0433% /8h
Both sides work against this direction now: funding costs $13 a day on $10k and the gap is 0.027% 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−$265−0.0433% /8h now · paid −2.651% over the last 3 days (all we have)
Price−$3spread +0.788% now, avg +0.815% → −0.027% if it goes back
Costs−$1011.007% of $10k · taker + slippage, in and out
Result−$368−3.68%+ Points / potential airdropAster: Stage 5 · farm boardWhat the last 7D really paid, hour by hour → backtest
Price and funding
1h · historyEntry / Exit
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PRICE SPREAD · 7D
Now+0.788%
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FUNDING SPREAD · 7D
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Where the spread has been, last 7D▾
share of time at each level
Funding on every exchange
/8hIOST on 11 exchanges
lowest funding firstBefore you open
1 ok · 5 to watch- Watch: Thin at this size19.3 / 32.7 bpAt $10k entering OKX costs 32.7 bp, fee and slippage, 1.7× Aster’s.
- Note: Margin at max leverage$1,000 + $1,000Aster 10x, OKX 10x. Keep about 2× this so a sharp move doesn’t liquidate one leg.
- Watch: Payment intervals differ1h / 4hPayments land at different times. Close right after the slower leg pays.Next 24h at the current rates, on $10k a leg: −$13.00Long Aster: 24 payments, +$160.70; short OKX: 6 payments, −$173.70.
- Watch: Gap narrower than usual+0.788% vs +0.815%Less room for the price leg to pay you. If it goes back to average, the short loses.
- Watch: Long leg is thinner$116K vs $1.4M OIAster sets your exit cost. Check its book before closing.
- OK: Points on a legAster Stage 5Volume here counts toward the points program.
- Watch: KYCAster No · OKX YesAdvanced verification before trading, deposits or withdrawals.
Profit calculator
both legs, in and outPosition, each legHold forOrdersPrice spreadFunding rate
Funding earned−0.2590%/8h × 21 periods−$543.97
Price spread+0.788% → +0.815% (7d avg)−$2.66
Slippage, 4 orderslive order books−$82.68
Fee Aster bp × 2 orders−$8.00
Fee OKX bp × 2 orders−$10.00
Net · 7 days · $10k−$647.31
Costs to cover1.007%Break-evennever at this rate
Slippage: Aster: live order book, 39 min ago; OKX: live order book, 5 min agoCost to enter
taker + slippage from mid, one sideBUY · LONGAster5.2419.3 bp−$19doesn’t fitdoesn’t fitdoesn’t fit
SELL · SHORTOKX1.3032.7 bp−$33doesn’t fitdoesn’t fitdoesn’t fit
Closing costs about the same again.
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