Funding arb · Price arb / Crypto
PHAROS
All PHAROS markets →| Leg | Exchange | Price | Fund. /8h | Each payment | Next in | OI | Vol 24h | Lev | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LONG | 0.5175 | +0.0507 | pay 0.0254% / 4h | 1h 01m | $906K | $72K | 20x | Long Bybit | |
| SHORT | 0.5160 | −0.0322 | pay 0.0161% / 4h | 1h 01m | $746K | $1.7M | 20x | Short KuCoin |
Price gap−0.290%
Funding gap−0.0829% /8h
Both sides work against this direction now: funding costs $25 a day on $10k and the gap is 0.147% 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−$15−0.0829% /8h now · paid −0.148% over the last 7D
Price−$15spread −0.290% now, avg −0.142% → −0.147% if it goes back
Costs−$5535.534% of $10k · taker + slippage, in and out
Result−$583−5.83%no points
The current funding rate is far below what this pair has been paying: over the last 7 days it paid −0.148% in total, about −0.0071%/8h on average.
Price and funding
1h · historyEntry / Exit
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PRICE SPREAD · 7D
Now−0.290%
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Where the spread has been, last 7D▾
share of time at each level
Funding on every exchange
/8hPHAROS on 10 exchanges
lowest funding firstBefore you open
1 ok · 4 to watch- Watch: Thin at this size101.1 / 162.1 bpAt $10k entering KuCoin costs 162.1 bp, fee and slippage, 1.6× Bybit’s.
- Note: Margin at max leverage$500 + $500Bybit 20x, KuCoin 20x. 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: −$24.87Long Bybit: 6 payments, −$15.21; short KuCoin: 6 payments, −$9.66.
- Watch: Gap narrower than usual−0.290% vs −0.142%Less room for the price leg to pay you. If it goes back to average, the short loses.
- Watch: Short leg is thinner$746K vs $906K OIKuCoin sets your exit cost. Check its book before closing.
- Note: No points program—Neither exchange runs points right now.
- Watch: KYCBybit Yes · KuCoin YesStandard verification is mandatory for every product.
Profit calculator
both legs, in and outPosition, each legHold forOrdersPrice spreadFunding rate
Funding earned−0.0071%/8h × 21 periods−$14.84
Price spread−0.290% → −0.142% (7d avg)−$14.74
Slippage, 4 orderslive order books−$530.36
Fee Bybit bp × 2 orders−$11.00
Fee KuCoin bp × 2 orders−$12.00
Net · 7 days · $10k−$582.93
Costs to cover5.534%Break-evennever at this rate
Slippage: Bybit: live order book, 46 min ago; KuCoin: live order book, 6 min agoCost to enter
taker + slippage from mid, one sideBUY · LONGBybit11.53101.1 bp−$101doesn’t fitdoesn’t fitdoesn’t fit
SELL · SHORTKuCoin9.69162.1 bp−$162doesn’t fitdoesn’t fitdoesn’t fit
Closing costs about the same again.

