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Leg	Exchange	Price	Fund. /8h	Each payment	Next in	OI	Vol 24h	Lev
LONG	MEXCTST_USDT	0.01268	−0.6986	get 0.3493% / 4h	7m 45s	$393K	$463K	20x	Long MEXC
SHORT	KuCoinTSTBSCUSDTM	0.01267	−0.4544	pay 0.2272% / 4h	7m 45s	$244K	$353K	20x	Short KuCoin

Price gap−0.079%

Funding gap+0.2442% /8h

Funding trade: +$73 a day on $10k at the current rate, before costs. The price gap is at its 7d average.

If you open now and hold

on $10k a leg · figures of the last 7D, not a forecast

Funding−$18+0.2442% /8h now · paid −0.183% over the last 7D

Price$0spread −0.079% now, avg −0.082% → +0.003% if it goes back

Costs−$4494.486% of $10k · taker + slippage, in and out

Result−$466−4.66%no points

The current funding rate is far above what this pair has been paying: over the last 7 days it paid −0.183% in total, about −0.0087%/8h on average.

Price and funding

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PRICE SPREAD · 7D

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TST on 7 exchanges

lowest funding first

Before you open

1 ok · 3 to watch

Watch: Thin at this size25.2 / 194.3 bp
At $10k entering KuCoin costs 194.3 bp, fee and slippage, 7.7× MEXC’s.
Note: Margin at max leverage$500 + $500
MEXC 20x, KuCoin 20x. Keep about 2× this so a sharp move doesn’t liquidate one leg.
OK: Same payment interval4h / 4h
Both legs pay at the same time.
Next 24h at the current rates, on $10k a leg: +$73.26Long MEXC: 6 payments, +$209.58; short KuCoin: 6 payments, −$136.32.
Note: Gap at its usual level−0.079% vs −0.082%
The price leg adds little either way.
Watch: Short leg is thinner$244K vs $393K OI
KuCoin sets your exit cost. Check its book before closing.
Note: No points program—
Neither exchange runs points right now.
Watch: KYCMEXC Yes · KuCoin Yes
KYC before trading since Feb 2026; unverified accounts see market data only.

Profit calculator

both legs, in and out

Position, each leg

Hold for

Orders

Price spread

Funding rate

Funding earned−0.0087%/8h × 21 periods−$18.28

Price spread−0.079% → −0.082% (7d avg)+$0.35

Slippage, 4 orderslive order books−$432.56

Fee MEXC bp × 2 orders−$4.00

Fee KuCoin bp × 2 orders−$12.00

Net · 7 days · $10k−$466.49

Costs to cover4.486%Break-evennever at this rate

Slippage: MEXC: live order book, 4 min ago; KuCoin: live order book, 12 min ago

Cost to enter

taker + slippage from mid, one side

BUY · LONGMEXC7.9125.2 bp−$2592.1 bp−$921352.8 bp−$35.3K640.6 bp−$320.3K

SELL · SHORTKuCoin7.84194.3 bp−$194doesn’t fitdoesn’t fitdoesn’t fit

Closing costs about the same again.

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