Funding arb · Price arb / Crypto
| Leg | Exchange | Price | Fund. /8h | Each payment | Next in | OI | Vol 24h | Lev | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LONG | 5.2449 | −0.1361 | get 0.0170% / 1h | 58m 26s | $150K | $448K | 25x | Long Kraken Futures | |
| SHORT | 5.2320 | +0.0100 | get 0.0013% / 1h | 58m 26s | $4K | $151K | 50x | Short TxFlow5% off |
Price gap−0.247%
Funding gap+0.1461% /8h
Funding pays +$44 a day on $10k, but the gap is 0.084% under its 7d average: −$8 if it goes back, about 5 hours of funding.
If you open now and hold
on $10k a leg · figures of the last 7D, not a forecastFunding−$81+0.1461% /8h now · paid −0.811% over the last 7D
Price−$8spread −0.247% now, avg −0.162% → −0.084% if it goes back
Costs−$2422.421% of $10k · taker + slippage, in and out
Result−$332−3.32%+ Points / potential airdropTxFlow: points · farm boardWhat the last 7D really paid, hour by hour → backtest
The current funding rate is far above what this pair has been paying: over the last 7 days it paid −0.811% in total, about −0.0386%/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
Funding on every exchange
/8hZEN on 17 exchanges
lowest funding firstBefore you open
2 ok · 4 to watch- Watch: Thin at this size115.6 / 17.5 bpAt $10k entering Kraken Futures costs 115.6 bp, fee and slippage, 6.6× TxFlow’s.
- Note: Margin at max leverage$400 + $200Kraken Futures 25x, TxFlow 50x. 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: +$43.82Long Kraken Futures: 24 payments, +$40.82; short TxFlow: 24 payments, +$3.00.
- Watch: Gap narrower than usual−0.247% vs −0.162%Less room for the price leg to pay you. If it goes back to average, the short loses.
- Watch: Short leg is thinner$4K vs $150K OITxFlow sets your exit cost. Check its book before closing.
- OK: Points on a legTxFlow pointsVolume here counts toward the points program.
- Watch: KYCKraken Futures Yes · TxFlow NoFull verification; not offered in the US (a separate US product), Canada, Australia (wholesale only) or to retail UK clients.
Profit calculator
both legs, in and outPosition, each legHold forOrdersPrice spreadFunding rate
Funding earned−0.0386%/8h × 21 periods−$81.07
Price spread−0.247% → −0.162% (7d avg)−$8.41
Slippage, 4 orderslive order books−$223.06
Fee Kraken Futures bp × 2 orders−$10.00
Fee TxFlow bp × 2 orders−$9.00
Net · 7 days · $10k−$331.54
Costs to cover2.421%Break-evennever at this rate
Slippage: Kraken Futures: live order book, 28 min ago; TxFlow: live order book, 53 min agoCost to enter
taker + slippage from mid, one sideBUY · LONGKraken Futures76.32115.6 bp−$116298.1 bp−$2,981doesn’t fitdoesn’t fit
SELL · SHORTTxFlow0.9417.5 bp−$1769.4 bp−$694doesn’t fitdoesn’t fit
Closing costs about the same again.