Funding arb · Price arb / Crypto
USELESS
All USELESS markets →| Leg | Exchange | Price | Fund. /8h | Each payment | Next in | OI | Vol 24h | Lev | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LONG | 0.1309 | +0.0312 | pay 0.0039% / 1h | 12m 06s | $625K | $181K | 3x | Long Lighter7d free | |
| SHORT | 0.1306 | +0.0100 | get 0.0013% / 1h | 12m 06s | $29K | $237K | 12x | Short TxFlow5% off |
Price gap−0.267%
Funding gap−0.0212% /8h
Both sides work against this direction now: funding costs $6 a day on $10k and the gap is 0.130% 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−$9−0.0212% /8h now · paid −0.088% over the last 7D
Price−$13spread −0.267% now, avg −0.137% → −0.130% if it goes back
Costs−$980.980% of $10k · taker + slippage, in and out
Result−$120−1.20%+ Points / potential airdropLighter: Season 3 · TxFlow: points · farm boardWhat the last 7D really paid, hour by hour → backtest
The current funding rate is far below what this pair has been paying: over the last 7 days it paid −0.088% in total, about −0.0042%/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
/8hUSELESS on 29 exchanges
lowest funding firstBefore you open
3 ok · 3 to watch- Watch: Thin at this size17.6 / 32.2 bpAt $10k entering TxFlow costs 32.2 bp, fee and slippage, 1.8× Lighter’s.
- Note: Margin at max leverage$3,333 + $833Lighter 3x, TxFlow 12x. Keep about 2× this so a sharp move doesn’t liquidate one leg.
- OK: Same payment interval1h / 1hBoth legs pay at the same time.Next 24h at the current rates, on $10k a leg: −$6.36Long Lighter: 24 payments, −$9.36; short TxFlow: 24 payments, +$3.00.
- Watch: Gap narrower than usual−0.267% vs −0.137%Less room for the price leg to pay you. If it goes back to average, the short loses.
- Watch: Short leg is thinner$29K vs $625K OITxFlow sets your exit cost. Check its book before closing.
- OK: Points on a legLighter Season 3 · TxFlow pointsVolume here counts toward the points program.
- OK: No KYC on either legLighter No · TxFlow NoBoth exchanges let you trade without ID.
Profit calculator
both legs, in and outPosition, each legHold forOrdersPrice spreadFunding rate
Funding earned−0.0042%/8h × 21 periods−$8.81
Price spread−0.267% → −0.137% (7d avg)−$13.05
Slippage, 4 orderslive order books−$88.96
Fee Lighter bp × 2 orders$0.00
Fee TxFlow bp × 2 orders−$9.00
Net · 7 days · $10k−$119.83
Costs to cover0.980%Break-evennever at this rate
Slippage: Lighter: live order book, 42 min ago; TxFlow: live order book, 43 min agoCost to enter
taker + slippage from mid, one sideBUY · LONGLighter6.4717.6 bp−$18125.7 bp−$1,257doesn’t fitdoesn’t fit
SELL · SHORTTxFlow3.0632.2 bp−$32doesn’t fitdoesn’t fitdoesn’t fit
Closing costs about the same again.
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