Funding arb · Price arb / Crypto
| Leg | Exchange | Price | Fund. /8h | Each payment | Next in | OI | Vol 24h | Lev | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LONG | 0.001388 | +0.0100 | pay 0.0100% / 8h | 3h 59m | $1.0M | $1.6M | 50x | Long Bitget | |
| SHORT | 0.001389 | −0.0414 | pay 0.0414% / 8h | 3h 59m | $26K | $66K | 5x | Short Aster≤10% back |
Price gap+0.072%
Funding gap−0.0514% /8h
Both sides work against this direction now: funding costs $15 a day on $10k and the gap is 0.031% 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+$5−0.0514% /8h now · paid +0.053% over the last 7D
Price−$3spread +0.072% now, avg +0.103% → −0.031% if it goes back
Costsdoesn’t fit$10k a leg is deeper than the books hold
Result, before costs+$2+0.02%+ 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 below what this pair has been paying: over the last 7 days it paid +0.053% in total, about +0.0025%/8h on average.
Price and funding
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PRICE SPREAD · 7D
Now+0.072%
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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
2 ok · 4 to watch- Problem: Doesn’t fit the books—$10k a leg is deeper than Aster’s order book right now.
- Note: Margin at max leverage$200 + $2,000Bitget 50x, Aster 5x. Keep about 2× this so a sharp move doesn’t liquidate one leg.
- OK: Same payment interval8h / 8hBoth legs pay at the same time.Next 24h at the current rates, on $10k a leg: −$15.43Long Bitget: 3 payments, −$3.00; short Aster: 3 payments, −$12.43.
- Watch: Gap narrower than usual+0.072% vs +0.103%Less room for the price leg to pay you. If it goes back to average, the short loses.
- Watch: Short leg is thinner$26K vs $1.0M OIAster sets your exit cost. Check its book before closing.
- OK: Points on a legAster Stage 5Volume here counts toward the points program.
- Watch: KYCBitget Yes · Aster NoKYC mandatory since Sep 2023; unverified accounts can only withdraw and close positions.
Profit calculator
both legs, in and outPosition, each legHold forOrdersPrice spreadFunding rate
Funding earned+0.0025%/8h × 21 periods+$5.32
Price spread+0.072% → +0.103% (7d avg)−$3.07
Slippage, 4 ordersdoesn’t fit the book at $10k—
Fee Bitget bp × 2 orders−$12.00
Fee Aster bp × 2 orders−$8.00
Net · 7 days · $10k—
doesn’t fit the books at $10kCosts to cover—Break-even—
Slippage: Bitget: live order book, 10 min ago; Aster: live order book, 32 min agoCost to enter
taker + slippage from mid, one sideBUY · LONGBitget7.2019.3 bp−$1960.4 bp−$604doesn’t fitdoesn’t fit
SELL · SHORTAster10.77doesn’t fitdoesn’t fitdoesn’t fitdoesn’t fit
Closing costs about the same again.
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