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Alert: funding

Alert: spread

Funding you earn now, next payment 04:00 UTC−0.0295%/8h= −32.3% APRpaid last 24h −0.020%

Price spread now: Bitget against Kraken Futures−0.078%7-day average −0.039% · you buy dearer than you sell

Net, funding: paid 7d − costs−$42as in the Funding arb table

Net, price: spread back to 7d avg − costs−$42as in the Price arb table

costs, in and out, $10k−$380.384% of the position

Long on Kraken Futures Short on Bitget

What this pair did over the last

the charts below follow

Funding, last 7 days−0.036%−$4 on $10k

Price spread, last 4 days (all we have)−0.157%−$16 · spread now −0.078%, 7d avg −0.039%

Together, before fees−0.193%−$19 on $10k · with fees, hour by hour

Both sides work against this trade now: funding costs −$9 a day on $10k at the current rate, and Bitget is 0.039% cheaper against Kraken Futures than usual: you would sell low and buy high (−$4 if the spread goes back to its 7-day average of −0.039%). Swap the legs.

The current funding rate is far above what this pair has been paying: over the last 7 days it paid -0.036% in total (about -1.9% a year). A funding rate is set anew for every payment. In the chart: green and red are payments made, yellow is the current rate, not paid yet.

Leg	Exchange	Price	Funding /8h	Each payment	Next in	OI	Vol 24h	Max lev
Long	Kraken Futures PF_LINKUSD	12.945	0.0395	pay 0.0049% / 1h	52m 51s	$6.7M	$8.1M	50x
Short	Bitget LINKUSDT	12.935	0.0100	get 0.0100% / 8h	4h 52m	$53.8M	$29.5M	75x

Funding history

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Price spread between the two exchanges

Bitget against Kraken Futures. Falling: the short leg gains. Rising: it loses.

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Profit calculator

Position, each leg$Hold fordaysFee Kraken FuturesbpFee BitgetbpOrdersPrice spread, now −0.078%Rate

Funding earned: −$61.86
Price spread: −0.078% → −0.039%: −$3.89
Slippage, 4 orders: −$16.37
Fee Kraken Futures: 5 bp × 2 orders: −$10
Fee Bitget: 6 bp × 2 orders: −$12
Net: −$104.12
Costs to cover: 0.384%
Break-even: never at this rate

Slippage from Kraken Futures: live order book, 1 min ago; Bitget: live order book, 1 min ago.

Cost to enter

taker fee + slippage from the mid, one side; closing costs about the same again

Leg	Half-spread	$10k	$100k	$1M	$5M
Buy Kraken Futures live order book, 1 min ago	4.25 bp	11.3 bp −$11	17.8 bp −$178	39.7 bp −$3,966	doesn't fit
Sell Bitget live order book, 1 min ago	0.39 bp	7.8 bp −$8	14.2 bp −$142	27.9 bp −$2,795	doesn't fit

LINK on 40 venues

lowest funding first. Swap a leg: a good short leg pays more funding and is priced higher.

Exchange	Funding /8h	Every	Price	Price vs long leg	OI	Vol 24h	Max lev
GMX LINK/USD [LINK-USDC]	L −0.0090% / S +0.0167%	1h	12.942	−0.021%	$1.8M	—	200x	as long as short
Kalshi KXLINKPERP	0.0000%	8h	12.950	+0.035%	$489K	$2.2M	3.7x	as long as short
gTrade (Gains Network) LINK/USD	L +0.0004% / S −0.0009%	1h	12.943	−0.019%	$159K	—	150x	as long as short
Injective LINK/USDC PERP	+0.0033%	1h	12.400	−4.211%	$4K	$48K	12x	as long as short
Deribit LINK_USDC-PERPETUAL	+0.0051%	1h	12.947	+0.019%	$773K	$189K	50x	as long as short
Orderly PERP_LINK_USDC	+0.0061%	8h	12.942	−0.024%	$117K	$1.4M	20x	as long as short
Lighter LINK	+0.0096%	1h	12.940	−0.038%	$1.9M	$2.8M	10x	as long as short
Coinbase International LINK-PERP-INTX	+0.0096%	1h	12.954	+0.069%	$943K	$2.7M	50x	as long as short
Phoenix LINK	+0.0099%	1h	12.920	−0.195%	$3K	$84K	10x	as long as short
Paradex LINK-USD-PERP	+0.0100%	8h	12.942	−0.025%	$31K	$2K	20x	as long as short

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Exchange	Funding /8h	Every	Price	Price vs long leg	OI	Vol 24h	Max lev
Nado LINK-PERP	+0.0100%	1h	12.943	−0.020%	$391K	$310K	10x	as long as short
Aster LINKUSDT	+0.0100%	8h	12.945	0.000%	$1.3M	$2.3M	50x	as long as short
Pacifica LINK	+0.0100%	1h	12.946	+0.006%	$273K	$173K	10x	as long as short
Binance LINKUSDT	+0.0100%	8h	12.935	−0.078%	$119.7M	$297.0M	75x	as long as short
Bybit LINKUSDT	+0.0100%	8h	12.931	−0.109%	$83.5M	$71.6M	75x	as long as short
OKX LINK-USDT-SWAP	+0.0100%	8h	12.935	−0.078%	$27.3M	$81.6M	50x	as long as short
Arcus LINK-USD	+0.0100%	1h	12.959	+0.108%	$181K	$165K	10x	as long as short
Gate LINK_USDT	+0.0100%	8h	12.938	−0.054%	$127.8M	$12.7M	75x	as long as short
MEXC LINK_USDT	+0.0100%	8h	12.936	−0.070%	$32.3M	$55.8M	300x	as long as short
KuCoin LINKUSDTM	+0.0100%	8h	12.944	−0.008%	$22.8M	$13.4M	75x	as long as short
Bitget LINKUSDTshort	+0.0100%	8h	12.935	−0.078%	$53.8M	$29.5M	75x
BingX LINK-USDT	+0.0100%	8h	12.936	−0.070%	—	$22.4M	—	as long as short
Variational Omni LINK	+0.0100%	8h	12.956	+0.087%	$3.4M	$1.6M	—	as long as short
edgeX LINKUSDC	+0.0100%	4h	12.951	+0.045%	$43K	$305K	20x	as long as short
GRVT LINK_USDT_Perp	+0.0100%	8h	12.944	−0.008%	$583K	$2.7M	10x	as long as short
ApeX Omni LINKUSDT	+0.0100%	1h	12.911	−0.263%	$132K	$673K	50x	as long as short
Polymarket Perps LINK-USD	+0.0100%	1h	12.949	+0.030%	$81K	$70K	10x	as long as short
Derive LINK-PERP	+0.0100%	1h	12.944	−0.007%	$16K	$22K	10x	as long as short
SunX LINK-USDT	+0.0100%	8h	12.957	+0.089%	$33K	$1.5M	30x	as long as short
SoDEX LINK-USD	+0.0100%	1h	12.943	−0.016%	$11K	$63K	10x	as long as short
HTX LINK-USDT	+0.0100%	8h	12.933	−0.093%	$633K	$703K	75x	as long as short
Extended LINK-USD	+0.0104%	1h	12.936	−0.074%	$637K	$2.0M	25x	as long as short
Aevo LINK-PERP	+0.0104%	1h	12.944	−0.009%	$543K	$2K	3x	as long as short
Backpack LINK_USDC_PERP	+0.0137%	1h	12.947	+0.015%	$339K	$388K	15x	as long as short
BloFin LINK-USDT	+0.0220%	8h	12.937	−0.062%	$5.3M	$15.7M	75x	as long as short
Reya LINKRUSDPERP	+0.0388%	1h	12.941	−0.032%	$4K	—	20x	as long as short
Kraken Futures PF_LINKUSDlong	+0.0395%	1h	12.945	long leg	$6.7M	$8.1M	50x
Hyperliquid LINK	+0.0445%	1h	12.957	+0.092%	$81.5M	$27.2M	10x	as long as short
dYdX LINK-USD	+0.0483%	1h	12.949	+0.028%	$343K	$30K	10x	as long as short
Phemex LINKUSDT	+0.0611%	8h	12.956	+0.085%	$20.0M	$11.4M	50x	as long as short