Funding arb · Price arb / Crypto
| Leg | Exchange | Price | Fund. /8h | Each payment | Next in | OI | Vol 24h | Lev | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LONG | 0.001386 | −0.0629 | get 0.0315% / 4h | 3h 59m | $1.2M | $4.6M | 20x | Long OKX | |
| SHORT | 0.001389 | −0.0414 | pay 0.0414% / 8h | 3h 59m | $26K | $66K | 5x | Short Aster≤10% back |
Price gap+0.216%
Funding gap+0.0215% /8h
Both sides work: funding pays +$6 a day on $10k, and the gap is 0.081% above its 7d average: +$8 more if it goes back.
If you open now and hold
on $10k a leg · figures of the last 7D, not a forecastFunding+$46+0.0215% /8h now · paid +0.455% over the last 7D
Price+$8spread +0.216% now, avg +0.135% → +0.081% if it goes back
Costsdoesn’t fit$10k a leg is deeper than the books hold
Result, before costs+$54+0.54%+ 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
Price spread
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ENTRY / EXIT · 7D
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PRICE SPREAD · 7D
Now+0.216%
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Wider than now—
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$500 + $2,000OKX 20x, Aster 5x. Keep about 2× this so a sharp move doesn’t liquidate one leg.
- Watch: Payment intervals differ4h / 8hPayments land at different times. Close right after the slower leg pays.Next 24h at the current rates, on $10k a leg: +$6.45Long OKX: 6 payments, +$18.88; short Aster: 3 payments, −$12.43.
- OK: Entry gap works for you+0.216% vs +0.135%You short the dearer leg. If the gap goes back to average, the short gains.
- Watch: Short leg is thinner$26K vs $1.2M OIAster sets your exit cost. Check its book before closing.
- OK: Points on a legAster Stage 5Volume here counts toward the points program.
- Watch: KYCOKX Yes · Aster NoAdvanced verification before trading, deposits or withdrawals.
Profit calculator
both legs, in and outPosition, each legHold forOrdersPrice spreadFunding rate
Funding earned+0.0217%/8h × 21 periods+$45.52
Price spread+0.216% → +0.135% (7d avg)+$8.14
Slippage, 4 ordersdoesn’t fit the book at $10k—
Fee OKX bp × 2 orders−$10.00
Fee Aster bp × 2 orders−$8.00
Net · 7 days · $10k—
doesn’t fit the books at $10kCosts to cover—Break-even—
Slippage: OKX: live order book, 3 min ago; Aster: live order book, 32 min agoCost to enter
taker + slippage from mid, one sideBUY · LONGOKX3.6023.4 bp−$23350.1 bp−$3,501doesn’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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