Settings8H · net · $10k
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MERL

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Alert: funding
Alert: spread
Funding you earn now, next payment 02:00 UTC−0.0372%/8h= −40.7% APRpaid last 24h −0.160%
Price spread now: Coinbase International against Bybit+0.175%7-day average −0.285% · you sell dearer than you buy
Net, funding: paid 7d − costs−$313as in the Funding arb table
Net, price: spread back to 7d avg − costs−$254as in the Price arb table
costs, in and out, $10k−$3002.997% of the position
What this pair did over the last
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Funding, last 7 days−0.134%−$13 on $10k
Price spread, last 4 days (all we have)+0.876%+$88 · spread now +0.175%, 7d avg −0.285%
Together, before fees+0.742%+$74 on $10k · with fees, hour by hour
The price spread pays, funding is against you. Coinbase International is 0.460% dearer against Bybit than usual: you sell high and buy low (spread +0.175% now, against its 7-day average of −0.285%): +$46 on $10k if it goes back. Holding the pair costs −$11 a day in funding at the current rate, which eats that in about 4.1 days. At the pace of the last 7 days (−0.134% in total) that is about 24 days.
The current funding rate is far above what this pair has been paying: over the last 7 days it paid -0.134% in total (about -7.0% 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.
LegExchangePriceFunding /8hEach paymentNext inOIVol 24hMax lev
LongBybit MERLUSDT0.027400.0100pay 0.0100% / 8h5h 14m$1.2M$424K25x
ShortCoinbase International MERL-PERP-INTX0.02745−0.0272pay 0.0034% / 1h14m 51s$26K$502K50x

Funding history

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Price spread between the two exchanges

Coinbase International against Bybit. Falling: the short leg gains. Rising: it loses.
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Profit calculator

Funding earned
−$78.12
Price spread: +0.175% → −0.285%
$45.99
Slippage, 4 orders
−$278.69
Fee Bybit: 5.5 bp × 2 orders
−$11
Fee Coinbase International: 5 bp × 2 orders
−$10
Net
−$331.82
Costs to cover
2.997%
Break-even
never at this rate
Slippage from Bybit: live order book, 1 min ago; Coinbase International: live order book, 48 min ago.

Cost to enter

taker fee + slippage from the mid, one side; closing costs about the same again
LegHalf-spread$10k$100k$1M$5M
Buy Bybit live order book, 1 min ago5.47 bp131.8 bp −$132doesn't fitdoesn't fitdoesn't fit
Sell Coinbase International live order book, 48 min ago15.33 bp23.4 bp −$23doesn't fitdoesn't fitdoesn't fit

MERL on 16 venues

lowest funding first. Swap a leg: a good short leg pays more funding and is priced higher.
ExchangeFunding /8hEveryPricePrice vs long legOIVol 24hMax lev
Coinbase International MERL-PERP-INTXshort−0.0272%1h0.02745+0.175%$26K$502K50x
BloFin MERL-USDT+0.0073%4h0.02747+0.255%$119K$3K50xas long as short
Orderly PERP_MERL_USDC+0.0100%4h0.02748+0.292%$14K$2K10xas long as short
Hyperliquid MERL+0.0100%1h0.02749+0.328%$434K$138K3xas long as short
Aster MERLUSDT+0.0100%4h0.02750+0.353%$3K$4275xas long as short
Binance MERLUSDT+0.0100%4h0.02749+0.332%$1.8M$2.0M50xas long as short
Bybit MERLUSDTlong+0.0100%8h0.02740long leg$1.2M$424K25x
OKX MERL-USDT-SWAP+0.0100%4h0.02747+0.255%$1.2M$2.4M20xas long as short
Gate MERL_USDT+0.0100%8h0.02748+0.292%$252K$61K25xas long as short
MEXC MERL_USDT+0.0100%4h0.02748+0.292%$14.4M$119K100xas long as short
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ExchangeFunding /8hEveryPricePrice vs long legOIVol 24hMax lev
KuCoin MERLUSDTM+0.0100%4h0.02753+0.474%$887K$42K30xas long as short
Bitget MERLUSDT+0.0100%4h0.02747+0.255%$1.6M$243K25xas long as short
BingX MERL-USDT+0.0100%4h0.02753+0.474%$6.6Mas long as short
Variational Omni MERL+0.0100%8h0.02745+0.199%$9K$188as long as short
SunX MERL-USDT+0.0100%4h0.02745+0.182%$1K$991K20xas long as short
Deribit MERL_USDC-PERPETUAL+0.0114%1h0.02749+0.325%$49K$59K10xas long as short