Funding arb · Price arb / Crypto
| Leg | Exchange | Price | Fund. /8h | Each payment | Next in | OI | Vol 24h | Lev | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LONG | 0.001372 | −0.0355 | get 0.0355% / 8h | 3h 06m | $25K | $64K | 5x | Long Aster≤10% back | |
| SHORT | 0.001370 | +0.1385 | get 0.0173% / 1h | 6m 11s | $69K | $170K | 10x | Short Kraken Futures |
Price gap−0.161%
Funding gap+0.1740% /8h
Funding pays +$52 a day on $10k, but the gap is 0.169% under its 7d average: −$17 if it goes back, about 8 hours of funding. At the last 7 days' pace that is about 16 hours.
If you open now and hold
on $10k a leg · figures of the last 7D, not a forecastFunding+$178+0.1740% /8h now · paid +1.780% over the last 7D
Price−$17spread −0.161% now, avg +0.008% → −0.169% if it goes back
Costsdoesn’t fit$10k a leg is deeper than the books hold
Result, before costs+$161+1.61%+ Points / potential airdropAster: Stage 5 · farm boardcosts unknown: book too thin at $10k · What the last 7D really paid, hour by hour → backtest
Price and funding
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PRICE SPREAD · 7D
Now−0.161%
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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 / 95.8 bpAt $10k entering Kraken Futures costs 95.8 bp, fee and slippage, 1.8× Aster’s.
- Note: Margin at max leverage$2,000 + $1,000Aster 5x, Kraken Futures 10x. Keep about 2× this so a sharp move doesn’t liquidate one leg.
- Watch: Payment intervals differ8h / 1hPayments land at different times. Close right after the slower leg pays.Next 24h at the current rates, on $10k a leg: +$52.19Long Aster: 3 payments, +$10.64; short Kraken Futures: 24 payments, +$41.55.
- Watch: Gap narrower than usual−0.161% vs +0.008%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 $69K 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 · Kraken Futures YesFull verification; not offered in the US (a separate US product), Canada, Australia (wholesale only) or to retail UK clients.
Profit calculator
both legs, in and outPosition, each legHold forOrdersPrice spreadFunding rate
Funding earned+0.0848%/8h × 21 periods+$178.01
Price spread−0.161% → +0.008% (7d avg)−$16.90
Slippage, 4 ordersdoesn’t fit the book at $10k—
Fee Aster bp × 2 orders−$8.00
Fee Kraken Futures bp × 2 orders−$10.00
Net · 7 days · $10k—
doesn’t fit the books at $10kCosts to cover—Break-even—
Slippage: Aster: live order book, 85 min ago; Kraken Futures: live order book, 51 min agoCost to enter
taker + slippage from mid, one sideBUY · LONGAster10.7753.2 bp−$53doesn’t fitdoesn’t fitdoesn’t fit
SELL · SHORTKraken Futures32.3395.8 bp−$96doesn’t fitdoesn’t fitdoesn’t fit
Closing costs about the same again.
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