Funding arb · Price arb / Crypto
| Leg | Exchange | Price | Fund. /8h | Each payment | Next in | OI | Vol 24h | Lev | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LONG | 0.001373 | −0.0357 | get 0.0357% / 8h | 3h 07m | $25K | $64K | 5x | Long Aster≤10% back | |
| SHORT | 0.001370 | +0.0100 | get 0.0050% / 4h | 3h 07m | $285K | $883K | 50x | Short Gate |
Price gap−0.195%
Funding gap+0.0457% /8h
Funding pays +$14 a day on $10k, but the gap is 0.144% under its 7d average: −$14 if it goes back, about 25 hours of funding. At the last 7 days' pace that is about 7.1 days.
If you open now and hold
on $10k a leg · figures of the last 7D, not a forecastFunding+$14+0.0457% /8h now · paid +0.141% over the last 7D
Price−$14spread −0.195% now, avg −0.052% → −0.144% if it goes back
Costsdoesn’t fit$10k a leg is deeper than the books hold
Result, before costs$00.00%+ Points / potential airdropAster: Stage 5 · farm boardcosts unknown: book too thin at $10k · What the last 7D really paid, hour by hour → backtest
The current funding rate is far above what this pair has been paying: over the last 7 days it paid +0.141% in total, about +0.0067%/8h on average.
Price and funding
1h · historyEntry / Exit
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PRICE SPREAD · 7D
Now−0.195%
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Where the spread has been, last 7D▾
share of time at each level
Funding on every exchange
/8hRSR on 13 exchanges
lowest funding firstBefore you open
1 ok · 5 to watch- Watch: Thin at this size53.2 / 21.8 bpAt $10k entering Aster costs 53.2 bp, fee and slippage, 2.4× Gate’s.
- Note: Margin at max leverage$2,000 + $200Aster 5x, Gate 50x. Keep about 2× this so a sharp move doesn’t liquidate one leg.
- Watch: Payment intervals differ8h / 4hPayments land at different times. Close right after the slower leg pays.Next 24h at the current rates, on $10k a leg: +$13.72Long Aster: 3 payments, +$10.72; short Gate: 6 payments, +$3.00.
- Watch: Gap narrower than usual−0.195% vs −0.052%Less room for the price leg to pay you. If it goes back to average, the short loses.
- Watch: Long leg is thinner$25K vs $285K OIAster sets your exit cost. Check its book before closing.
- OK: Points on a legAster Stage 5Volume here counts toward the points program.
- Watch: KYCAster No · Gate YesKYC before the futures account opens; unverified accounts can only withdraw and close positions.
Profit calculator
both legs, in and outPosition, each legHold forOrdersPrice spreadFunding rate
Funding earned+0.0067%/8h × 21 periods+$14.06
Price spread−0.195% → −0.052% (7d avg)−$14.36
Slippage, 4 ordersdoesn’t fit the book at $10k—
Fee Aster bp × 2 orders−$8.00
Fee Gate bp × 2 orders−$15.00
Net · 7 days · $10k—
doesn’t fit the books at $10kCosts to cover—Break-even—
Slippage: Aster: live order book, 84 min ago; Gate: live order book, 34 min agoCost to enter
taker + slippage from mid, one sideBUY · LONGAster10.7753.2 bp−$53doesn’t fitdoesn’t fitdoesn’t fit
SELL · SHORTGate7.2421.8 bp−$22doesn’t fitdoesn’t fitdoesn’t fit
Closing costs about the same again.
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