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Settings8H · net · $10k
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LegExchangePriceFund. /8hEach paymentNext inOIVol 24hLev
LONG39.200−0.0019get 0.0002% / 1h53m 55s$1.6M$1.2M10xLong QFEX10% back
SHORT38.984+0.0195get 0.0195% / 8h1h 53m$44K$75K20xShort Variational Omni+15% pts
Price gap−0.552%45s
Funding gap+0.0214% /8h

Funding pays +$6 a day on $10k, but the gap is 0.552% under zero (no 7-day history yet): −$55 if it goes back, about 8.6 days of funding. At the last 7 days' pace that is about years.

If you open now and hold

on $10k a leg · figures of the last 7D, not a forecast
Funding$0+0.0214% /8h now · paid 0.000% over the last 7D
Price—spread −0.552%45s now · prices read too far apart to compare
Costs−$1111.107% of $10k · taker + slippage, in and out
Result—+ Points / potential airdropVariational Omni: points · farm boardneeds both prices read together

The current funding rate is far above what this pair has been paying: over the last 7 days it paid 0.000% in total, about 0.0000%/8h on average.

Price and funding

1h · history
ENTRY / EXIT · 7D
Entry now—
Entry average—
Best entry—
Exit now—
Exit average—
Best exit—
Exit free—
PRICE SPREAD · 7D
Now−0.552%
Average—
Range—
Wider than now—
FUNDING SPREAD · 7D
Average /8h—
Highest—
Lowest—
Paid you—

Where the spread has been, last 7D

share of time at each level

Funding on every exchange

/8h

ASTS on 20 exchanges

lowest funding first

Before you open

2 ok · 4 to watch
  • Watch: Thin at this size22.3 / 36.3 bp
    At $10k entering Variational Omni costs 36.3 bp, fee and slippage, 1.6× QFEX’s.
  • Note: Margin at max leverage$1,000 + $500
    QFEX 10x, Variational Omni 20x. Keep about 2× this so a sharp move doesn’t liquidate one leg.
  • Watch: Payment intervals differ1h / 8h
    Payments land at different times. Close right after the slower leg pays.
    Next 24h at the current rates, on $10k a leg: +$6.41Long QFEX: 24 payments, +$0.56; short Variational Omni: 3 payments, +$5.85.
  • Watch: Prices read 45 s apart−0.552% vs —
    Part of this gap may be the market moving.
  • Watch: Short leg is thinner$44K vs $1.6M OI
    Variational Omni sets your exit cost. Check its book before closing.
  • OK: Points on a legVariational Omni points
    Volume here counts toward the points program.
  • OK: No KYC on either legQFEX No · Variational Omni No
    Both exchanges let you trade without ID.

Profit calculator

both legs, in and out
Position, each leg
Hold for
Orders
Price spread
Funding rate
Funding earned0.0000%/8h × 21 periods+$0.03
Price spreadprices read too far apart to compare—
Slippage, 4 orderslive order books−$90.66
Fee QFEX bp × 2 orders−$20.00
Fee Variational Omni bp × 2 orders$0.00
Net · 7 days · $10k−$110.63
price spread not counted: prices read too far apart
Costs to cover1.107%Break-even25160.1 days
Slippage: QFEX: live order book, 2 min ago; Variational Omni: RFQ quote, 54 min ago

Cost to enter

taker + slippage from mid, one side
BUY · LONGQFEX3.8622.3 bp−$2234.0 bp−$340doesn’t fitdoesn’t fit
SELL · SHORTVariational Omni4.9136.3 bp−$3664.7 bp−$647doesn’t fitdoesn’t fit

Closing costs about the same again.

Alert

ASTS news

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10-12 13:30Vest MarketsOther$ASTS is up around 4.6% at the open, rebounding from a decline of around 10% on Friday. BlueBirds 14, 15 and 16 have reached Cape Canaveral, with satellite builds in Texas underway through BlueBird 50. No launch date has been set. The FCC also granted the company a 30-day authorization to test its 900-MHz radiolocation capabilities, running through Nov. 8. @VestExchange on X ↗