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Leg	Exchange	Price	Fund. /8h	Each payment	Next in	OI	Vol 24h	Lev
LONG	AsterWUSDT	0.01270	+0.0100	pay 0.0050% / 4h	2h 26m	$74K	$19K	10x	Long Aster≤10% back
SHORT	KuCoinWUSDTM	0.01267	−0.0008	pay 0.0004% / 4h	2h 26m	$921K	$230K	50x	Short KuCoin

Price gap−0.250%

Funding gap−0.0108% /8h

Both sides work against this direction now: funding costs $3 a day on $10k and the gap is 0.250% under zero (no 7-day history yet). Swap the legs.

If you open now and hold

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

Funding+$3−0.0108% /8h now · paid +0.031% over the last 7D

Price—spread −0.250% now · no price history on both exchanges yet

Costs−$6,35663.559% of $10k · taker + slippage, in and out

Result—+ Points / potential airdropAster: Stage 5 · farm boardneeds both price histories

Price and funding

1h · history

Entry / Exit

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Fundingper 8h

ENTRY / EXIT · 7D

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Exit free—

PRICE SPREAD · 7D

Now−0.250%

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FUNDING SPREAD · 7D

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Highest—

Lowest—

Paid you—

Where the spread has been, last 7D

share of time at each level

Funding on every exchange

/8h

W on 18 exchanges

lowest funding first

Before you open

2 ok · 3 to watch

Watch: Thin at this size6084.6 / 50.3 bp
At $10k entering Aster costs 6084.6 bp, fee and slippage, 121.0× KuCoin’s.
Note: Margin at max leverage$1,000 + $200
Aster 10x, KuCoin 50x. 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: −$3.24Long Aster: 6 payments, −$3.00; short KuCoin: 6 payments, −$0.24.
Note: No 7-day spread history−0.250%
The gap cannot be compared with its average yet.
Watch: Long leg is thinner$74K vs $921K OI
Aster sets your exit cost. Check its book before closing.
OK: Points on a legAster Stage 5
Volume here counts toward the points program.
Watch: KYCAster No · KuCoin Yes
Standard KYC (ID and face check) for any product since Aug 2023.

Profit calculator

both legs, in and out

Position, each leg

Hold for

Orders

Price spread

Funding rate

Funding earned+0.0015%/8h × 21 periods+$3.07

Price spread−0.250% → 0−$24.96

Slippage, 4 orderslive order books−$6,335.86

Fee Aster bp × 2 orders−$8.00

Fee KuCoin bp × 2 orders−$12.00

Net · 7 days · $10k−$6,377.75

Costs to cover63.559%Break-even14559.1 days

Slippage: Aster: live order book, 55 min ago; KuCoin: live order book, 47 min ago

Cost to enter

taker + slippage from mid, one side

BUY · LONGAster152.456084.6 bp−$6,085doesn’t fitdoesn’t fitdoesn’t fit

SELL · SHORTKuCoin7.9050.3 bp−$50205.5 bp−$2,055doesn’t fitdoesn’t fit

Closing costs about the same again.

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