Funding arb · Price arb / RWA
| Leg | Exchange | Price | Fund. /8h | Each payment | Next in | OI | Vol 24h | Lev | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LONG | 90.715 | +0.0048 | pay 0.0006% / 1h | 58m 33s | $539K | $774K | 20x | Long Popdex | |
| SHORT | 90.631 | −0.0016 | pay 0.0002% / 1h | 58m 33s | $6.6M | $13.0M | 20x | Short Lighter7d free |
Price gap−0.093%
Funding gap−0.0064% /8h
Both sides work against this direction now: funding costs $2 a day on $10k and the gap is 0.063% 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−$11−0.0064% /8h now · paid −0.114% over the last 7D
Price−$6spread −0.093% now, avg −0.029% → −0.063% if it goes back
Costs−$100.104% of $10k · taker + slippage, in and out
Result−$28−0.28%+ Points / potential airdropLighter: Season 3 · farm boardWhat the last 7D really paid, hour by hour → backtest
Price and funding
1h · historyEntry / ExitPopdex: thin, under $1M open interest
Price spread
Prices
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ENTRY / EXIT · 7D
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PRICE SPREAD · 7D
Now−0.093%
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FUNDING SPREAD · 7D
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Where the spread has been, last 7D▾
share of time at each level
Funding on every exchange
/8hCL on 38 exchanges
lowest funding firstBefore you open
4 ok · 2 to watch- OK: Fits both order books4.5 / 1.4 bpEntry at $10k a leg, taker fee + slippage. Closing costs about the same.
- Note: Margin at max leverage$500 + $500Popdex 20x, Lighter 20x. 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: −$1.92Long Popdex: 24 payments, −$1.44; short Lighter: 24 payments, −$0.48.
- Watch: Gap narrower than usual−0.093% vs −0.029%Less room for the price leg to pay you. If it goes back to average, the short loses.
- Watch: Long leg is thinner$539K vs $6.6M OIPopdex sets your exit cost. Check its book before closing.
- OK: Points on a legLighter Season 3Volume here counts toward the points program.
- OK: No KYC on either legPopdex No · Lighter NoBoth exchanges let you trade without ID.
Profit calculator
both legs, in and outPosition, each legHold forOrdersPrice spreadFunding rate
Funding earned−0.0059%/8h × 21 periods−$12.49
Price spread−0.093% → −0.029% (7d avg)−$6.32
Slippage, 4 orderslive order books−$4.04
Fee Popdex bp × 2 orders−$6.40
Fee Lighter bp × 2 orders$0.00
Net · 7 days · $10k−$29.25
Costs to cover0.104%Break-evennever at this rate
Slippage: Popdex: live order book, 35 min ago; Lighter: live order book, 5 min agoCost to enter
taker + slippage from mid, one sideBUY · LONGPopdex1.264.5 bp−$45.9 bp−$5915.9 bp−$1,589doesn’t fit
SELL · SHORTLighter0.051.4 bp−$11.8 bp−$188.1 bp−$80859.5 bp−$29.7K
Closing costs about the same again.
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