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Alert: spread

Funding you earn now, next payment 07:00 UTC+0.0060%/8h= +6.6% APRpaid last 24h +0.001%

Price spread now: MEXC against Popdex−0.202%7-day average +0.001% · you buy dearer than you sell

Net, funding: paid 7d − costs—under 7 days of funding history

Net, price: spread back to 7d avg − costs−$42as in the Price arb table

costs, in and out, $10k−$220.220% of the position

Long on Popdex Short on MEXC

What this pair did over the last

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Funding, last 4 days (all we have)+0.006%+$1 on $10k

Price spread, last 4 days (all we have)+0.198%+$20 · spread now −0.202%, 7d avg +0.001%

Together, before fees+0.203%+$20 on $10k · with fees, hour by hour

Funding pays, the price is against you. MEXC is 0.202% cheaper against Popdex than usual: you would sell low and buy high (spread −0.202% now, against its 7-day average of +0.001%). If the spread goes back, that is −$20 on $10k: about 11 days of funding at the current rate (+$2 a day). At the pace of the last 4 days (+0.006% in total) that is about 4 months.

Leg	Exchange	Price	Funding /8h	Each payment	Next in	OI	Vol 24h	Max lev
Long	Popdex TAOUSDT	322.28	0.0096	pay 0.0012% / 1h	55m 07s	$40K	$690K	20x
Short	MEXC TAO_USDT	321.63	0.0156	get 0.0078% / 4h	1h 55m	$105.2M	$148.9M	300x

Funding history

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Price spread between the two exchanges

MEXC against Popdex. Falling: the short leg gains. Rising: it loses.

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Profit calculator

Position, each leg$Hold fordaysFee PopdexbpFee MEXCbpOrdersPrice spread, now −0.202%Rate

Funding earned: $12.6
Price spread: −0.202% → +0.001%: −$20.23
Slippage, 4 orders: −$15.58
Fee Popdex: 3.2 bp × 2 orders: −$6.4
Fee MEXC: 0 bp × 2 orders: $0
Net: −$29.6
Costs to cover: 0.220%
Break-even: 23.4 days

Slippage from Popdex: live order book, 54 min ago; MEXC: live order book, 4 min ago.

Cost to enter

taker fee + slippage from the mid, one side; closing costs about the same again

Leg	Half-spread	$10k	$100k	$1M	$5M
Buy Popdex live order book, 54 min ago	0.96 bp	7.4 bp −$7	68.8 bp −$688	doesn't fit	doesn't fit
Sell MEXC live order book, 4 min ago	1.23 bp	2.9 bp −$3	10.8 bp −$108	25.4 bp −$2,539	108.3 bp −$54.1K

TAO on 43 venues

lowest funding first. Swap a leg: a good short leg pays more funding and is priced higher.

Exchange	Funding /8h	Every	Price	Price vs long leg	OI	Vol 24h	Max lev
Bulk TAO-USD	−0.1440%	1h	322.10	−0.057%	$171K	$333	10x	as long as short
dYdX TAO-USD	0.0000%	1h	322.84	+0.172%	$129K	$85K	5x	as long as short
gTrade (Gains Network) TAO/USD	L +0.0004% / S −0.0004%	1h	321.24	−0.324%	$21K	—	150x	as long as short
Popdex TAOUSDTlong	+0.0096%	1h	322.28	long leg	$40K	$690K	20x
OKX TAO-USDT-SWAP	+0.0100%	8h	321.30	−0.304%	$26.7M	$129.3M	50x	as long as short
Gate TAO_USDT	+0.0100%	4h	321.10	−0.366%	$14.2M	$51.2M	50x	as long as short
KuCoin TAOUSDTM	+0.0100%	4h	321.50	−0.242%	$17.6M	$31.9M	75x	as long as short
Bitget TAOUSDT	+0.0100%	4h	321.00	−0.397%	$36.2M	$57.9M	50x	as long as short
ApeX Omni TAOUSDT	+0.0100%	1h	324.34	+0.639%	$47K	$258K	50x	as long as short
Polymarket Perps TAO-USD	+0.0100%	1h	321.71	−0.177%	$87K	$1.0M	5x	as long as short

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Exchange	Funding /8h	Every	Price	Price vs long leg	OI	Vol 24h	Max lev
SunX TAO-USDT	+0.0100%	4h	321.35	−0.289%	$1K	$2.0M	20x	as long as short
HTX TAO-USDT	+0.0100%	4h	321.52	−0.236%	$118K	$584K	20x	as long as short
Phemex TAOUSDT	+0.0100%	4h	321.45	−0.258%	$3.3M	$8.1M	50x	as long as short
Katana Perps TAO-USD	+0.0110%	8h	322.29	+0.003%	$731	$969K	5x	as long as short
Orderly PERP_TAO_USDC	+0.0119%	4h	321.56	−0.223%	$53K	$292K	10x	as long as short
Aevo TAO-PERP	+0.0120%	1h	321.79	−0.152%	$177K	$998	3x	as long as short
GMX TAO/USD [WBTC.b-USDC]	L +0.0124% / S +0.0144%	1h	321.08	−0.371%	$430K	—	100x	as long as short
Binance TAOUSDT	+0.0154%	4h	321.45	−0.258%	$93.8M	$523.3M	75x	as long as short
edgeX TAOUSDC	+0.0156%	4h	324.58	+0.715%	$43K	$315K	10x	as long as short
MEXC TAO_USDTshort	+0.0156%	4h	321.63	−0.202%	$105.2M	$148.9M	300x
Paradex TAO-USD-PERP	+0.0272%	8h	322.46	+0.057%	$15K	$1K	10x	as long as short
Deribit TAO_USDC-PERPETUAL	+0.0305%	1h	321.49	−0.246%	$15K	$1.9M	25x	as long as short
Aster TAOUSDT	+0.0313%	4h	321.50	−0.241%	$1.3M	$10.8M	50x	as long as short
Bybit TAOUSDT	+0.0366%	4h	321.43	−0.264%	$70.1M	$155.5M	50x	as long as short
BingX TAO-USDT	+0.0382%	4h	321.37	−0.282%	—	$34.3M	—	as long as short
BloFin TAO-USDT	+0.0394%	4h	321.90	−0.118%	$4.7M	$11.1M	100x	as long as short
Bullet TAO-USD	+0.0417%	1h	323.30	+0.317%	$12K	$17K	20x	as long as short
GRVT TAO_USDT_Perp	+0.0460%	4h	323.74	+0.452%	$552K	$937K	10x	as long as short
Extended TAO-USD	+0.0488%	1h	321.50	−0.243%	$918K	$2.4M	25x	as long as short
Variational Omni TAO	+0.0506%	4h	323.50	+0.378%	$5.7M	$10.1M	—	as long as short
Phoenix TAO	+0.0513%	1h	324.40	+0.658%	$323K	$709K	5x	as long as short
Pacifica TAO	+0.0525%	1h	322.95	+0.207%	$367K	$422K	10x	as long as short
Nado TAO-PERP	+0.0598%	1h	321.72	−0.174%	$804K	$2.2M	10x	as long as short
Backpack TAO_USDC_PERP	+0.0610%	1h	321.33	−0.295%	$319K	$899K	10x	as long as short
Arcus TAO-USD	+0.0641%	1h	322.74	+0.143%	$104K	$384K	5x	as long as short
Hyperliquid TAO	+0.0673%	1h	321.54	−0.230%	$95.1M	$110.1M	5x	as long as short
Reya TAORUSDPERP	+0.0698%	1h	321.51	−0.240%	$370	—	20x	as long as short
01 Exchange TAOUSD	+0.0704%	1h	322.59	+0.096%	$3K	$4K	5x	as long as short
Coinbase International TAO-PERP-INTX	+0.0944%	1h	322.47	+0.059%	$1.5M	$6.9M	50x	as long as short
Lighter TAO	+0.1008%	1h	321.89	−0.121%	$1.5M	$6.6M	5x	as long as short
RISEx TAO/USDC	+0.1077%	1h	322.38	+0.032%	$464K	$652K	5x	as long as short
Kraken Futures PF_TAOUSD	+0.1148%	1h	321.66	−0.192%	$6.1M	$21.7M	50x	as long as short
Injective TAO/USDC PERP	+0.4723%	1h	328.25	+1.852%	$24K	$2K	12x	as long as short