LINK

Leg	Exchange	Price	Fund. /8h	Each payment	Next in	OI	Vol 24h	Lev
LONG	PopdexLINKUSDT	14.388	+0.0096	pay 0.0012% / 1h	44m 52s	$231K	$491K	50x	Long Popdex
SHORT	ArcusLINK-USD	14.410	+0.0524	get 0.0066% / 1h	44m 52s	$395K	$102K	10x	Short Arcus5% off

Price gap+0.153%

Funding gap+0.0428% /8h

Funding pays +$13 a day on $10k, but the gap is 0.066% under its 7d average: −$7 if it goes back, about 12 hours of funding. At the last 7 days' pace that is about 2.0 days.

If you open now and hold

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

Funding+$22+0.0428% /8h now · paid +0.215% over the last 7D

Price−$7spread +0.153% now, avg +0.219% → −0.066% if it goes back

Costs−$340.337% of $10k · taker + slippage, in and out

Result−$19−0.19%no pointsWhat the last 7D really paid, hour by hour → backtest

The current funding rate is far above what this pair has been paying: over the last 7 days it paid +0.215% in total, about +0.0109%/8h on average.

Price and funding

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PRICE SPREAD · 7D

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LINK on 41 exchanges

lowest funding first

Before you open

3 ok · 2 to watch

OK: Fits both order books5.5 / 8.1 bp
Entry at $10k a leg, taker fee + slippage. Closing costs about the same.
Note: Margin at max leverage$200 + $1,000
Popdex 50x, Arcus 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: +$12.85Long Popdex: 24 payments, −$2.88; short Arcus: 24 payments, +$15.73.
Watch: Gap narrower than usual+0.153% vs +0.219%
Less room for the price leg to pay you. If it goes back to average, the short loses.
Watch: Long leg is thinner$231K vs $395K OI
Popdex sets your exit cost. Check its book before closing.
Note: No points program—
Neither exchange runs points right now.
OK: No KYC on either legPopdex No · Arcus No
Both exchanges let you trade without ID.

Profit calculator

both legs, in and out

Position, each leg

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Orders

Price spread

Funding rate

Funding earned+0.0109%/8h × 21 periods+$22.86

Price spread+0.153% → +0.219% (7d avg)−$6.60

Slippage, 4 orderslive order books−$22.78

Fee Popdex bp × 2 orders−$6.40

Fee Arcus bp × 2 orders−$4.50

Net · 7 days · $10k−$17.42

Costs to cover0.337%Break-even12.3 days

Slippage: Popdex: live order book, 50 min ago; Arcus: live order book, 50 min ago

Cost to enter

taker + slippage from mid, one side

BUY · LONGPopdex0.705.5 bp−$525.5 bp−$255doesn’t fitdoesn’t fit

SELL · SHORTArcus5.228.1 bp−$818.8 bp−$188doesn’t fitdoesn’t fit

Closing costs about the same again.

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