Funding arb · Price arb / Crypto
| Leg | Exchange | Price | Fund. /8h | Each payment | Next in | OI | Vol 24h | Lev | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LONG | 3.0510 | −0.1088 | get 0.0136% / 1h | 12m 13s | $29.7M | $16.3M | 5x | Long Lighter7d free | |
| SHORT | 3.0411 | +0.0100 | get 0.0050% / 4h | 3h 12m | $4.6M | $2.9M | 50x | Short Variational Omni+15% pts |
Price gap−0.325%
Funding gap+0.1188% /8h
Funding pays +$36 a day on $10k, but the gap is 0.152% under its 7d average: −$15 if it goes back, about 10 hours of funding. At the last 7 days' pace that is about 7.8 days.
If you open now and hold
on $10k a leg · figures of the last 7D, not a forecastFunding+$14+0.1188% /8h now · paid +0.137% over the last 7D
Price−$15spread −0.325% now, avg −0.173% → −0.152% if it goes back
Costs−$570.569% of $10k · taker + slippage, in and out
Result−$58−0.58%+ Points / potential airdropLighter: Season 3 · Variational Omni: points · farm boardWhat 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 +0.137% in total, about +0.0065%/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 47 exchanges
lowest funding firstBefore you open
2 ok · 4 to watch- Watch: Thin at this size2.2 / 27.4 bpAt $10k entering Variational Omni costs 27.4 bp, fee and slippage, 12.3× Lighter’s.
- Note: Margin at max leverage$2,000 + $200Lighter 5x, Variational Omni 50x. Keep about 2× this so a sharp move doesn’t liquidate one leg.
- Watch: Payment intervals differ1h / 4hPayments land at different times. Close right after the slower leg pays.Next 24h at the current rates, on $10k a leg: +$35.64Long Lighter: 24 payments, +$32.64; short Variational Omni: 6 payments, +$3.00.
- Watch: Gap narrower than usual−0.325% vs −0.173%Less room for the price leg to pay you. If it goes back to average, the short loses.
- Watch: Short leg is thinner$4.6M vs $29.7M OIVariational Omni sets your exit cost. Check its book before closing.
- OK: Points on a legLighter Season 3 · Variational Omni pointsVolume here counts toward the points program.
- OK: No KYC on either legLighter No · Variational Omni NoBoth exchanges let you trade without ID.
Profit calculator
both legs, in and outPosition, each legHold forOrdersPrice spreadFunding rate
Funding earned+0.0065%/8h × 21 periods+$13.73
Price spread−0.325% → −0.173% (7d avg)−$15.22
Slippage, 4 orderslive order books−$56.92
Fee Lighter bp × 2 orders$0.00
Fee Variational Omni bp × 2 orders$0.00
Net · 7 days · $10k−$58.41
Costs to cover0.569%Break-even36.8 days
Slippage: Lighter: live order book, 6 min ago; Variational Omni: RFQ quote, 1 min agoCost to enter
taker + slippage from mid, one sideBUY · LONGLighter0.172.2 bp−$211.2 bp−$112doesn’t fitdoesn’t fit
SELL · SHORTVariational Omni2.8827.4 bp−$2750.8 bp−$508doesn’t fitdoesn’t fit
Closing costs about the same again.
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