LINK

Leg	Exchange	Price	Fund. /8h	Each payment	Next in	OI	Vol 24h	Lev
LONG	PopdexLINKUSDT	14.354	+0.0096	pay 0.0012% / 1h	1m 10s	$226K	$475K	50x	Long Popdex
SHORT	Polymarket PerpsLINK-USD	14.341	−0.0435	pay 0.0054% / 1h	1m 10s	$115K	$1.4M	10x	Short Polymarket Perps

Price gap−0.091%

Funding gap−0.0531% /8h

Both sides work against this direction now: funding costs $16 a day on $10k and the gap is 0.075% 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−$44−0.0531% /8h now · paid −0.443% over the last 7D

Price−$7spread −0.091% now, avg −0.016% → −0.075% if it goes back

Costs−$260.264% of $10k · taker + slippage, in and out

Result−$78−0.78%no pointsWhat the last 7D really paid, hour by hour → backtest

Price and funding

1h · history

Entry / ExitPopdex: thin, under $1M open interest · Polymarket Perps: thin, under $1M open interest

Price spread

Prices

Fundingper 8h

ENTRY / EXIT · 7D

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PRICE SPREAD · 7D

Now−0.091%

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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

LINK on 41 exchanges

lowest funding first

Before you open

3 ok · 2 to watch

OK: Fits both order books5.8 / 6.4 bp
Entry at $10k a leg, taker fee + slippage. Closing costs about the same.
Note: Margin at max leverage$200 + $1,000
Popdex 50x, Polymarket Perps 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: −$15.93Long Popdex: 24 payments, −$2.88; short Polymarket Perps: 24 payments, −$13.05.
Watch: Gap narrower than usual−0.091% vs −0.016%
Less room for the price leg to pay you. If it goes back to average, the short loses.
Watch: Short leg is thinner$115K vs $226K OI
Polymarket Perps 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 · Polymarket Perps 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−0.0231%/8h × 21 periods−$48.60

Price spread−0.091% → −0.016% (7d avg)−$7.48

Slippage, 4 orderslive order books−$12.02

Fee Popdex bp × 2 orders−$6.40

Fee Polymarket Perps bp × 2 orders−$8.00

Net · 7 days · $10k−$82.50

Costs to cover0.264%Break-evennever at this rate

Slippage: Popdex: live order book, 32 min ago; Polymarket Perps: live order book, 2 min ago

Cost to enter

taker + slippage from mid, one side

BUY · LONGPopdex1.045.8 bp−$634.4 bp−$344doesn’t fitdoesn’t fit

SELL · SHORTPolymarket Perps2.446.4 bp−$66.4 bp−$64doesn’t fitdoesn’t fit

Closing costs about the same again.

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