Funding arb · Price arb / Crypto
| Leg | Exchange | Price | Fund. /8h | Each payment | Next in | OI | Vol 24h | Lev | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LONG | 2.7036 | +0.0400 | pay 0.0200% / 4h | 2h 11m | $2.8M | $1.7M | 75x | Long BloFin | |
| SHORT | 2.6960 | +0.0100 | get 0.0050% / 4h | 2h 11m | $4.7M | $4.9M | 50x | Short Variational Omni+15% pts |
Price gap−0.281%
Funding gap−0.0300% /8h
Both sides work against this direction now: funding costs $9 a day on $10k and the gap is 0.153% under its 7d average. Swap the legs.
If you open now and hold
on $10k a leg · figures of the last 7D, not a forecastFunding+$5−0.0300% /8h now · paid +0.054% over the last 7D
Price−$15spread −0.281% now, avg −0.129% → −0.153% if it goes back
Costs−$760.762% of $10k · taker + slippage, in and out
Result−$86−0.86%+ Points / potential airdropVariational Omni: points · 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 7 days it paid +0.054% in total, about +0.0026%/8h on average.
Price and funding
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PRICE SPREAD · 7D
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Where the spread has been, last 7D▾
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Funding on every exchange
/8hLIT on 46 exchanges
lowest funding firstBefore you open
2 ok · 3 to watch- Watch: Thin at this size14.3 / 24.6 bpAt $10k entering Variational Omni costs 24.6 bp, fee and slippage, 1.7× BloFin’s.
- Note: Margin at max leverage$133 + $200BloFin 75x, Variational Omni 50x. Keep about 2× this so a sharp move doesn’t liquidate one leg.
- OK: Same payment interval4h / 4hBoth legs pay at the same time.Next 24h at the current rates, on $10k a leg: −$9.00Long BloFin: 6 payments, −$12.00; short Variational Omni: 6 payments, +$3.00.
- Watch: Gap narrower than usual−0.281% vs −0.129%Less room for the price leg to pay you. If it goes back to average, the short loses.
- Note: Long leg is thinner$2.8M vs $4.7M OIBoth legs are deep; BloFin is the smaller one.
- OK: Points on a legVariational Omni pointsVolume here counts toward the points program.
- Watch: KYCBloFin Limited · Variational Omni NoNo ID to trade futures, with no leverage limit, but withdrawals are capped at 20,000 USDT a day until you verify.
Profit calculator
both legs, in and outPosition, each legHold forOrdersPrice spreadFunding rate
Funding earned+0.0026%/8h × 21 periods+$5.42
Price spread−0.281% → −0.129% (7d avg)−$15.28
Slippage, 4 orderslive order books−$64.19
Fee BloFin bp × 2 orders−$12.00
Fee Variational Omni bp × 2 orders$0.00
Net · 7 days · $10k−$86.05
Costs to cover0.762%Break-even118.1 days
Slippage: BloFin: live order book, 5 min ago; Variational Omni: RFQ quote, 1 min agoCost to enter
taker + slippage from mid, one sideBUY · LONGBloFin0.5514.3 bp−$14doesn’t fitdoesn’t fitdoesn’t fit
SELL · SHORTVariational Omni2.8924.6 bp−$2544.5 bp−$445doesn’t fitdoesn’t fit
Closing costs about the same again.
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