PHAROS

Leg	Exchange	Price	Fund. /8h	Each payment	Next in	OI	Vol 24h	Lev
LONG	KuCoinPROSUSDTM	0.5164	−0.0308	get 0.0154% / 4h	1h 05m	$747K	$1.7M	20x	Long KuCoin
SHORT	BybitPHAROSUSDT	0.5174	+0.0483	get 0.0241% / 4h	1h 05m	$906K	$71K	20x	Short Bybit

Price gap+0.194%

Funding gap+0.0791% /8h

Both sides work: funding pays +$24 a day on $10k, and the gap is 0.051% above its 7d average: +$5 more if it goes back.

If you open now and hold

on $10k a leg · figures of the last 7D, not a forecast

Funding+$15+0.0791% /8h now · paid +0.148% over the last 7D

Price+$5spread +0.194% now, avg +0.143% → +0.051% if it goes back

Costs−$5535.534% of $10k · taker + slippage, in and out

Result−$533−5.33%no points

The current funding rate is far above 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

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PRICE SPREAD · 7D

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PHAROS on 10 exchanges

lowest funding first

Before you open

2 ok · 3 to watch

Watch: Thin at this size196.4 / 93.7 bp
At $10k entering KuCoin costs 196.4 bp, fee and slippage, 2.1× Bybit’s.
Note: Margin at max leverage$500 + $500
KuCoin 20x, Bybit 20x. Keep about 2× this so a sharp move doesn’t liquidate one leg.
OK: Same payment interval4h / 4h
Both legs pay at the same time.
Next 24h at the current rates, on $10k a leg: +$23.72Long KuCoin: 6 payments, +$9.24; short Bybit: 6 payments, +$14.48.
OK: Entry gap works for you+0.194% vs +0.143%
You short the dearer leg. If the gap goes back to average, the short gains.
Watch: Long leg is thinner$747K vs $906K OI
KuCoin sets your exit cost. Check its book before closing.
Note: No points program—
Neither exchange runs points right now.
Watch: KYCKuCoin Yes · Bybit Yes
Standard KYC (ID and face check) for any product since Aug 2023.

Profit calculator

both legs, in and out

Position, each leg

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Orders

Price spread

Funding rate

Funding earned+0.0071%/8h × 21 periods+$14.84

Price spread+0.194% → +0.143% (7d avg)+$5.10

Slippage, 4 orderslive order books−$530.36

Fee KuCoin bp × 2 orders−$12.00

Fee Bybit bp × 2 orders−$11.00

Net · 7 days · $10k−$533.42

Costs to cover5.534%Break-even258.6 days

Slippage: KuCoin: live order book, 3 min ago; Bybit: live order book, 43 min ago

Cost to enter

taker + slippage from mid, one side

BUY · LONGKuCoin9.69196.4 bp−$196doesn’t fitdoesn’t fitdoesn’t fit

SELL · SHORTBybit11.5393.7 bp−$94doesn’t fitdoesn’t fitdoesn’t fit

Closing costs about the same again.