Funding arb · Price arb / Crypto
| Leg | Exchange | Price | Fund. /8h | Each payment | Next in | OI | Vol 24h | Lev | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LONG | 0.01274 | −0.4194 | get 0.2097% / 4h | 3h 58m | $242K | $357K | 20x | Long KuCoin | |
| SHORT | 0.01276 | +0.0100 | get 0.0050% / 4h | 3h 58m | $121K | $612K | 25x | Short Gate |
Price gap+0.126%
Funding gap+0.4294% /8h
Funding pays +$129 a day on $10k, but the gap is 0.034% under its 7d average: −$3 if it goes back, about under an hour of funding.
If you open now and hold
on $10k a leg · figures of the last 7D, not a forecastFunding−$44+0.4294% /8h now · paid −0.441% over the last 7D
Price−$3spread +0.126% now, avg +0.159% → −0.034% if it goes back
Costs−$3,65236.516% of $10k · taker + slippage, in and out
Result−$3,699−36.99%no points
The current funding rate is far above what this pair has been paying: over the last 7 days it paid −0.441% in total, about −0.0210%/8h on average.
Price and funding
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PRICE SPREAD · 7D
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Where the spread has been, last 7D▾
share of time at each level
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/8hTST on 7 exchanges
lowest funding firstBefore you open
1 ok · 4 to watch- Watch: Thin at this size212.1 / 803.0 bpAt $10k entering Gate costs 803.0 bp, fee and slippage, 3.8× KuCoin’s.
- Note: Margin at max leverage$500 + $400KuCoin 20x, Gate 25x. 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: +$128.82Long KuCoin: 6 payments, +$125.82; short Gate: 6 payments, +$3.00.
- Watch: Gap narrower than usual+0.126% vs +0.159%Less room for the price leg to pay you. If it goes back to average, the short loses.
- Watch: Short leg is thinner$121K vs $242K OIGate sets your exit cost. Check its book before closing.
- Note: No points program—Neither exchange runs points right now.
- Watch: KYCKuCoin Yes · Gate YesStandard KYC (ID and face check) for any product since Aug 2023.
Profit calculator
both legs, in and outPosition, each legHold forOrdersPrice spreadFunding rate
Funding earned−0.0210%/8h × 21 periods−$44.09
Price spread+0.126% → +0.159% (7d avg)−$3.37
Slippage, 4 orderslive order books−$3,624.64
Fee KuCoin bp × 2 orders−$12.00
Fee Gate bp × 2 orders−$15.00
Net · 7 days · $10k−$3,699.11
Costs to cover36.516%Break-evennever at this rate
Slippage: KuCoin: live order book, 22 min ago; Gate: live order book, 54 min agoCost to enter
taker + slippage from mid, one sideBUY · LONGKuCoin7.84212.1 bp−$212doesn’t fitdoesn’t fitdoesn’t fit
SELL · SHORTGate11.52803.0 bp−$803doesn’t fitdoesn’t fitdoesn’t fit
Closing costs about the same again.

