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 | 0.001368 | −0.0537 | pay 0.0268% / 4h | 3h 06m | $1.1M | $4.3M | 20x | Short OKX |
Price gap−0.316%
Funding gap−0.0182% /8h
Both sides work against this direction now: funding costs $5 a day on $10k and the gap is 0.181% 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−$48−0.0182% /8h now · paid −0.480% over the last 7D
Price−$18spread −0.316% now, avg −0.135% → −0.181% if it goes back
Costsdoesn’t fit$10k a leg is deeper than the books hold
Result, before costs−$66−0.66%+ 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
1h · historyEntry / Exit
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PRICE SPREAD · 7D
Now−0.316%
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FUNDING SPREAD · 7D
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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 / 29.1 bpAt $10k entering Aster costs 53.2 bp, fee and slippage, 1.8× OKX’s.
- Note: Margin at max leverage$2,000 + $500Aster 5x, OKX 20x. 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: −$5.47Long Aster: 3 payments, +$10.64; short OKX: 6 payments, −$16.11.
- Watch: Gap narrower than usual−0.316% vs −0.135%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 $1.1M 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 · OKX YesAdvanced verification before trading, deposits or withdrawals.
Profit calculator
both legs, in and outPosition, each legHold forOrdersPrice spreadFunding rate
Funding earned−0.0229%/8h × 21 periods−$47.99
Price spread−0.316% → −0.135% (7d avg)−$18.14
Slippage, 4 ordersdoesn’t fit the book at $10k—
Fee Aster bp × 2 orders−$8.00
Fee OKX 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; OKX: live order book, 5 min agoCost to enter
taker + slippage from mid, one sideBUY · LONGAster10.7753.2 bp−$53doesn’t fitdoesn’t fitdoesn’t fit
SELL · SHORTOKX7.3229.1 bp−$29493.9 bp−$4,939doesn’t fitdoesn’t fit
Closing costs about the same again.
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