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LONGAster▾BingX −1.4960%Bybit −1.4783%Bitget −0.6680%Gate −0.6040%OKX −0.5786%Aster −0.5357%BloFin −0.5238%Binance −0.5095%MEXC −0.5032%HTX +0.0100%

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SHORTVariational Omni▾HTX +0.0100%Variational Omni −0.0195%MEXC −0.5032%Binance −0.5095%BloFin −0.5238%OKX −0.5786%Gate −0.6040%Bitget −0.6680%Bybit −1.4783%BingX −1.4960%

Backtest 30d☆

Leg	Exchange	Price	Fund. /8h	Each payment	Next in	OI	Vol 24h	Lev
LONG	AsterIOSTUSDT	0.0007614	−0.5357	get 0.0670% / 1h	8m 34s	$116K	$465K	10x	Long Aster≤10% back
SHORT	Variational OmniIOST	0.0007697	−0.0195	pay 0.0024% / 1h	8m 34s	$375K	$358K	50x	Short Variational Omni+15% pts

Price gap+1.091%

Funding gap+0.5161% /8h

Both sides work: funding pays +$155 a day on $10k, and the gap is 0.541% above its 7d average: +$54 more if it goes back.

The current funding rate is far above what this pair has been paying: over the last 3 days it paid +0.674% in total, about +0.0658%/8h on average.

Price and funding

Entry / ExitPrice spreadPricesFundingLeg ratesP&L

1m5m15m1h

1h · history

24H3D7D14D30D90D

Entry / Exit?

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Funding?per 8h

ENTRY / EXIT · 7D

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PRICE SPREAD · 7D

Now+1.091%

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Where the spread has been, last 7D▾

share of time at each level

Funding on every exchange

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24H3D7D14D30D90D

AsterVariational Omni

IOST on 11 exchanges

lowest funding first

Before you open

4 ok · 2 to watch

• !
  Watch: Thin at this size19.3 / 116.3 bp

  At $10k entering Variational Omni costs 116.3 bp, fee and slippage, 6.0× Aster’s.
• i
  Note: Margin at max leverage$1,000 + $200

  Aster 10x, Variational Omni 50x. Keep about 2× this so a sharp move doesn’t liquidate one leg.
• ✓
  OK: Same payment interval1h / 1h

  Both legs pay at the same time.

  Long Aster · 1h+$160.70

  Short Variational Omni · 1h−$5.86

  now+6h+12h+18h+24h

  Next 24h at the current rates, on $10k a leg: +$154.84Long Aster: 24 payments, +$160.70; short Variational Omni: 24 payments, −$5.86.
• ✓
  OK: Entry gap works for you+1.091% vs +0.550%

  You short the dearer leg. If the gap goes back to average, the short gains.
• !
  Watch: Long leg is thinner$116K vs $375K OI

  Aster sets your exit cost. Check its book before closing.
• ✓
  OK: Points on a legAster Stage 5 · Variational Omni points

  Volume here counts toward the points program.
• ✓
  OK: No KYC on either legAster No · Variational Omni No

  Both exchanges let you trade without ID.

Profit calculator

both legs, in and out

Position, each leg

$10k$100k$1M

Hold for

1 day7 days30 days

Orders

takermaker

Price spread

to 7d avgclosesnot counted

Funding rate

range avgcurrent

Funding earned+0.0658%/8h × 21 periods+$138.27

Price spread+1.091% → +0.550% (7d avg)+$54.13

Slippage, 4 orderslive order books−$310.24

Fee Aster bp × 2 orders−$8.00

Fee Variational Omni bp × 2 orders$0.00

Net · 7 days · $10k−$125.85

Costs to cover3.182%Break-even13.4 days

Slippage: Aster: live order book, 38 min ago; Variational Omni: RFQ quote, 40 min ago

Cost to enter

taker + slippage from mid, one side

Leg½ spr$10k$100k$1M$5M

BUY · LONGAster5.2419.3 bp−$19doesn’t fitdoesn’t fitdoesn’t fit

SELL · SHORTVariational Omni3.90116.3 bp−$116222.2 bp−$2,222doesn’t fitdoesn’t fit

Closing costs about the same again.

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