Funding you earn now, next payment 09:00 UTC+0.1308%/8h= +143.2% APRpaid last 24h +0.104%
Price spread now: MEXC against Coinbase International+0.493%7-day average +0.530% · you sell dearer than you buy
Net, funding: paid 7d − costs−$326as in the Funding arb table
Net, price: spread back to 7d avg − costs−$328as in the Price arb table
costs, in and out, $10k−$3243.244% of the position
Funding, last 7 days−0.020%−$2 on $10k
+Price spread, last 4 days (all we have)−1.010%−$101 · spread now +0.493%, 7d avg +0.530%
=Funding pays, the price is against you. MEXC is 0.037% cheaper against Coinbase International than usual: you would sell low and buy high (spread +0.493% now, against its 7-day average of +0.530%). If the spread goes back, that is −$4 on $10k: about 2 hours of funding at the current rate (+$39 a day).
The current funding rate is far above what this pair has been paying: over the last 7 days it paid -0.020% in total (about -1.1% a year). A funding rate is set anew for every payment. In the chart: green and red are payments made; yellow are the hours one leg has not settled yet: what the other leg paid, plus the unsettled leg at its current rate.
| Leg | Exchange | Price | Funding /8h | Each payment | Next in | OI | Vol 24h | Max lev |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Long | Coinbase International MERL-PERP-INTX | 0.02903 | −0.1208 | get 0.0151% / 1h | 21m 07s | $17K | $406K | 50x |
| Short | MEXC MERL_USDT | 0.02917 | 0.0100 | get 0.0050% / 4h | 2h 21m | $3.6M | $139K | 100x |
Coinbase International MERL-PERP-INTX
MEXC MERL_USDTFunding history
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Price spread between the two exchanges
MEXC against Coinbase International. Falling: the short leg gains. Rising: it loses.latest
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Profit calculator
- Funding earned
- $274.68
- Price spread: +0.493% → +0.530%
- −$3.74
- Slippage, 4 orders
- −$310.45
- Fee Coinbase International: 5 bp × 2 orders
- −$10
- Fee MEXC: 2 bp × 2 orders
- −$4
- Net
- −$53.51
- Costs to cover
- 3.244%
- Break-even
- 8.4 days
Slippage from Coinbase International: live order book, 30 min ago; MEXC: live order book, 4 min ago.
Cost to enter
taker fee + slippage from the mid, one side; closing costs about the same again| Leg | Half-spread | $10k | $100k | $1M | $5M |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buy Coinbase International live order book, 30 min ago | 19.43 bp | 178.9 bp −$179 | doesn't fit | doesn't fit | doesn't fit |
| Sell MEXC live order book, 4 min ago | 5.16 bp | 7.2 bp −$7 | 80.6 bp −$806 | 168.3 bp −$16.8K | 495.9 bp −$248.0K |
MERL on 16 exchanges
lowest funding first. Swap a leg: a good short leg pays more funding and is priced higher.| Exchange | Funding /8h | Every | Price | Price vs long leg | OI | Vol 24h | Max lev | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coinbase International MERL-PERP-INTXlong | −0.1208% | 1h | 0.02903 | long leg | $17K | $406K | 50x | |
| Deribit MERL_USDC-PERPETUAL | 0.0000% | 1h | 0.02917 | +0.493% | $51K | $60K | 10x | as long as short |
| Orderly PERP_MERL_USDC | +0.0053% | 4h | 0.02917 | +0.493% | $14K | $2K | 10x | as long as short |
| Hyperliquid MERL | +0.0100% | 1h | 0.02916 | +0.448% | $485K | $151K | 3x | as long as short |
| Aster MERLUSDT | +0.0100% | 4h | 0.02917 | +0.495% | $4K | $5K | 5x | as long as short |
| Binance MERLUSDT | +0.0100% | 4h | 0.02917 | +0.495% | $1.9M | $2.5M | 50x | as long as short |
| Bybit MERLUSDT | +0.0100% | 8h | 0.02912 | +0.320% | $1.2M | $501K | 25x | as long as short |
| OKX MERL-USDT-SWAP | +0.0100% | 4h | 0.02914 | +0.389% | $1.4M | $2.5M | 20x | as long as short |
| Gate MERL_USDT | +0.0100% | 8h | 0.02919 | +0.562% | $262K | $68K | 25x | as long as short |
| MEXC MERL_USDTshort | +0.0100% | 4h | 0.02917 | +0.493% | $3.6M | $139K | 100x |
Deribit MERL_USDC-PERPETUAL
Orderly PERP_MERL_USDC
Hyperliquid MERL
Aster MERLUSDT
Binance MERLUSDT
Bybit MERLUSDT
OKX MERL-USDT-SWAP
Gate MERL_USDTShow all 16 exchanges
| Exchange | Funding /8h | Every | Price | Price vs long leg | OI | Vol 24h | Max lev | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KuCoin MERLUSDTM | +0.0100% | 4h | 0.02913 | +0.355% | $910K | $44K | 30x | as long as short |
| Bitget MERLUSDT | +0.0100% | 4h | 0.02919 | +0.562% | $1.7M | $284K | 25x | as long as short |
| BingX MERL-USDT | +0.0100% | 4h | 0.02915 | +0.424% | — | $6.6M | — | as long as short |
| Variational Omni MERL | +0.0100% | 8h | 0.02910 | +0.265% | $10K | $499 | — | as long as short |
| SunX MERL-USDT | +0.0100% | 4h | 0.02920 | +0.596% | $2K | $1.2M | 20x | as long as short |
| BloFin MERL-USDT | +0.0145% | 4h | 0.02921 | +0.630% | $126K | $5K | 50x | as long as short |
KuCoin MERLUSDTM
Bitget MERLUSDT
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SunX MERL-USDT
BloFin MERL-USDT