IOST

Leg	Exchange	Price	Fund. /8h	Each payment	Next in	OI	Vol 24h	Lev
LONG	Variational OmniIOST	0.0007648	+0.0100	pay 0.0013% / 1h	5m 32s	$372K	$354K	50x	Long Variational Omni+15% pts
SHORT	AsterIOSTUSDT	0.0007547	−0.6166	pay 0.0771% / 1h	5m 32s	$111K	$466K	10x	Short Aster≤10% back

Price gap−1.318%

Funding gap−0.6266% /8h

Both sides work against this direction now: funding costs $188 a day on $10k and the gap is 0.757% under its 7d average. Swap the legs.

If you open now and hold

on $10k a leg · figures of the last 7D, not a forecast

Funding−$74−0.6266% /8h now · paid −0.744% over the last 3 days (all we have)

Price−$76spread −1.318% now, avg −0.561% → −0.757% if it goes back

Costs−$3203.203% of $10k · taker + slippage, in and out

Result−$470−4.70%+ Points / potential airdropVariational Omni: points · Aster: Stage 5 · farm boardWhat the last 7D really paid, hour by hour → backtest

The current funding rate is far below what this pair has been paying: over the last 3 days it paid −0.744% in total, about −0.0718%/8h on average.

Price and funding

1h · history

Entry / Exit

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ENTRY / EXIT · 7D

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PRICE SPREAD · 7D

Now−1.318%

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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

/8h

IOST on 11 exchanges

lowest funding first

Before you open

3 ok · 3 to watch

Watch: Thin at this size161.2 / 21.6 bp
At $10k entering Variational Omni costs 161.2 bp, fee and slippage, 7.4× Aster’s.
Note: Margin at max leverage$200 + $1,000
Variational Omni 50x, Aster 10x. 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.
Next 24h at the current rates, on $10k a leg: −$187.98Long Variational Omni: 24 payments, −$3.00; short Aster: 24 payments, −$184.98.
Watch: Gap narrower than usual−1.318% vs −0.561%
Less room for the price leg to pay you. If it goes back to average, the short loses.
Watch: Short leg is thinner$111K vs $372K OI
Aster sets your exit cost. Check its book before closing.
OK: Points on a legVariational Omni points · Aster Stage 5
Volume here counts toward the points program.
OK: No KYC on either legVariational Omni No · Aster No
Both exchanges let you trade without ID.

Profit calculator

both legs, in and out

Position, each leg

Hold for

Orders

Price spread

Funding rate

Funding earned−0.0718%/8h × 21 periods−$150.82

Price spread−1.318% → −0.561% (7d avg)−$75.70

Slippage, 4 orderslive order books−$312.31

Fee Variational Omni bp × 2 orders$0.00

Fee Aster bp × 2 orders−$8.00

Net · 7 days · $10k−$546.84

Costs to cover3.203%Break-evennever at this rate

Slippage: Variational Omni: RFQ quote, 1 min ago; Aster: live order book, 36 min ago

Cost to enter

taker + slippage from mid, one side

BUY · LONGVariational Omni3.93161.2 bp−$161315.8 bp−$3,158doesn’t fitdoesn’t fit

SELL · SHORTAster4.6021.6 bp−$22doesn’t fitdoesn’t fitdoesn’t fit

Closing costs about the same again.

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