Funding arb · Price arb / Crypto
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| Leg | Exchange | Price | Fund. /8h | Each payment | Next in | OI | Vol 24h | Lev | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LONG | 0.01284 | +0.1578 | pay 0.0789% / 4h | 3h 58m | $164K | $107K | 20x | Long MEXC | |
| SHORT | 0.01285 | +0.0100 | get 0.0050% / 4h | 3h 58m | $154K | $12K | 20x | Short KuCoin |
Price gap+0.078%
Funding gap−0.1478% /8h
Both sides work against this direction now: funding costs $44 a day on $10k and the gap is 0.251% 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−$45−0.1478% /8h now · paid −0.453% over the last 7D
Price−$25spread +0.078% now, avg +0.329% → −0.251% if it goes back
Costsdoesn’t fit$10k a leg is deeper than the books hold
Result, before costs−$70−0.70%no pointscosts unknown: book too thin at $10k ·
The current funding rate is far below what this pair has been paying: over the last 7 days it paid −0.453% in total, about −0.0216%/8h on average.
Price and funding
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PRICE SPREAD · 7D
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Where the spread has been, last 7D▾
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Funding on every exchange
/8hSPORTFUN on 5 exchanges
lowest funding firstBefore you open
1 ok · 4 to watch- Problem: Doesn’t fit the books—$10k a leg is deeper than KuCoin’s order book right now.
- Note: Margin at max leverage$500 + $500MEXC 20x, KuCoin 20x. Keep about 2× this so a sharp move doesn’t liquidate one leg.
- OK: Same payment interval4h / 4hBoth legs pay at the same time.Next 24h at the current rates, on $10k a leg: −$44.34Long MEXC: 6 payments, −$47.34; short KuCoin: 6 payments, +$3.00.
- Watch: Gap narrower than usual+0.078% vs +0.329%Less room for the price leg to pay you. If it goes back to average, the short loses.
- Watch: Short leg is thinner$154K vs $164K OIKuCoin sets your exit cost. Check its book before closing.
- Note: No points program—Neither exchange runs points right now.
- Watch: KYCMEXC Yes · KuCoin YesKYC before trading since Feb 2026; unverified accounts see market data only.
Profit calculator
both legs, in and outPosition, each legHold forOrdersPrice spreadFunding rate
Funding earned−0.0216%/8h × 21 periods−$45.28
Price spread+0.078% → +0.329% (7d avg)−$25.11
Slippage, 4 ordersdoesn’t fit the book at $10k—
Fee MEXC bp × 2 orders−$4.00
Fee KuCoin bp × 2 orders−$12.00
Net · 7 days · $10k—
doesn’t fit the books at $10kCosts to cover—Break-even—
Slippage: MEXC: live order book, 22 min ago; KuCoin: live order book, 21 min agoCost to enter
taker + slippage from mid, one sideBUY · LONGMEXC3.9030.8 bp−$31117.9 bp−$1,179766.5 bp−$76.6Kdoesn’t fit
SELL · SHORTKuCoin172.82doesn’t fitdoesn’t fitdoesn’t fitdoesn’t fit
Closing costs about the same again.
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