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Alert: funding

Alert: spread

Funding you earn now, next payment 08:00 UTC0.0000%/8h= 0.0% APRnext payment +$0.00 per $10,000 · paid last 24h 0.000%

Price spread now: KuCoin against SunX+0.072%7-day average +0.109% · you sell dearer than you buy

to open and closeno order booka leg has no order-book sample

Long on SunX Short on KuCoin

What this pair did over the last

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Funding, last 7 days+0.011%+$1 on $10k

Price spread, last 4 days (all we have)−0.167%−$17 · spread now +0.072%, 7d avg +0.109%

Together, before fees−0.157%−$16 on $10k · with fees, hour by hour

Funding between these two exchanges is close to zero, so right now this pair is about the price spread alone: KuCoin is 0.037% cheaper against SunX than usual: you would sell low and buy high, −$4 on $10k if it goes back to its 7-day average of +0.109%.

Leg	Exchange	Price	Funding /8h	Each payment	Next in	OI	Vol 24h	Max lev
Long	SunX MERL-USDT	0.02793	0.0100	pay 0.0050% / 4h	3h 30m	$2K	$1.0M	20x
Short	KuCoin MERLUSDTM	0.02795	0.0100	get 0.0050% / 4h	3h 30m	$898K	$40K	30x

Funding history

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Price spread between the two exchanges

KuCoin against SunX. Falling: the short leg gains. Rising: it loses.

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Profit calculator

Position, each leg$Hold fordaysFee SunXbpFee KuCoinbpOrdersPrice spread, now +0.072%Rate

Funding earned: $0
Price spread: +0.072% → +0.109%: −$3.72
Slippage, 4 orders: no order book: not counted
Fee SunX: 4 bp × 2 orders: −$8
Fee KuCoin: 6 bp × 2 orders: −$12
Net: −$23.72
Costs to cover: 0.200%
Break-even: never at this rate

Slippage unknown: SunX: live order book, 2 min ago; KuCoin: live order book, 4 min ago. Net counts fees only.

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 SunX live order book, 2 min ago	498.20 bp	doesn't fit	doesn't fit	doesn't fit	doesn't fit
Sell KuCoin live order book, 4 min ago	16.27 bp	176.8 bp −$177	doesn't fit	doesn't fit	doesn't fit

MERL on 16 venues

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-INTX	−0.0360%	1h	0.02790	−0.097%	$27K	$568K	50x	as long as short
BloFin MERL-USDT	+0.0054%	4h	0.02796	+0.107%	$122K	$3K	50x	as long as short
Orderly PERP_MERL_USDC	+0.0098%	4h	0.02793	0.000%	$14K	$2K	10x	as long as short
Hyperliquid MERL	+0.0100%	1h	0.02795	+0.079%	$438K	$138K	3x	as long as short
Aster MERLUSDT	+0.0100%	4h	0.02793	+0.012%	$3K	$263	5x	as long as short
Binance MERLUSDT	+0.0100%	4h	0.02795	+0.072%	$1.9M	$2.0M	50x	as long as short
Bybit MERLUSDT	+0.0100%	8h	0.02783	−0.358%	$1.2M	$419K	25x	as long as short
OKX MERL-USDT-SWAP	+0.0100%	4h	0.02789	−0.143%	$1.3M	$2.4M	20x	as long as short
Gate MERL_USDT	+0.0100%	8h	0.02791	−0.072%	$254K	$55K	25x	as long as short
MEXC MERL_USDT	+0.0100%	4h	0.02796	+0.107%	$14.6M	$121K	100x	as long as short

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Exchange	Funding /8h	Every	Price	Price vs long leg	OI	Vol 24h	Max lev
KuCoin MERLUSDTMshort	+0.0100%	4h	0.02795	+0.072%	$898K	$40K	30x
Bitget MERLUSDT	+0.0100%	4h	0.02797	+0.143%	$1.7M	$234K	25x	as long as short
BingX MERL-USDT	+0.0100%	4h	0.02794	+0.036%	—	$6.6M	—	as long as short
Variational Omni MERL	+0.0100%	8h	0.02788	−0.179%	$9K	$168	—	as long as short
SunX MERL-USDTlong	+0.0100%	4h	0.02793	long leg	$2K	$1.0M	20x
Deribit MERL_USDC-PERPETUAL	+0.1611%	1h	0.02799	+0.204%	$52K	$56K	10x	as long as short