COST

Leg	Exchange	Price	Fund. /8h	Each payment	Next in	OI	Vol 24h	Lev
LONG	QFEXCOST-USD	922.51	+0.0002	0.0000% / 1h	52m 47s	$1.1M	$1.9M	10x	Long QFEX
SHORT	MEXCCOSTSTOCK_USDT	922.16	0	0.0000% / 8h	52m 47s	$10.5M	$95K	100x	Short MEXC

Price gap−0.038%

Funding gap−0.0002% /8h

Funding is ≈ 0 and the gap is 0.064% under its 7d average: the price leg works against you, −$6 on $10k if it goes back.

If you open now and hold

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

Funding+$3−0.0002% /8h now · paid +0.027% over the last 7D

Price−$6spread −0.038% now, avg +0.026% → −0.064% if it goes back

Costs−$360.360% of $10k · taker + slippage, in and out

Result−$40−0.40%no pointsWhat the last 7D really paid, hour by hour → backtest

Price and funding

1h · history

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PRICE SPREAD · 7D

Now−0.038%

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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

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COST on 19 exchanges

lowest funding first

Before you open

1 ok · 4 to watch

OK: Fits both order books11.7 / 7.6 bp
Entry at $10k a leg, taker fee + slippage. Closing costs about the same.
Note: Margin at max leverage$1,000 + $100
QFEX 10x, MEXC 100x. 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: −$0.05Long QFEX: 24 payments, −$0.05; short MEXC: 3 payments, $0.00.
Watch: Gap narrower than usual−0.038% vs +0.026%
Less room for the price leg to pay you. If it goes back to average, the short loses.
Watch: Long leg is thinner$1.1M vs $10.5M OI
QFEX sets your exit cost. Check its book before closing.
Note: No points program—
Neither exchange runs points right now.
Watch: KYCQFEX No · MEXC Yes
KYC before trading since Feb 2026; unverified accounts see market data only.

Profit calculator

both legs, in and out

Position, each leg

Hold for

Orders

Price spread

Funding rate

Funding earned+0.0013%/8h × 21 periods+$2.71

Price spread−0.038% → +0.026% (7d avg)−$6.43

Slippage, 4 orderslive order books−$15.96

Fee QFEX bp × 2 orders−$20.00

Fee MEXC bp × 2 orders$0.00

Net · 7 days · $10k−$39.68

Costs to cover0.360%Break-even109.3 days

Slippage: QFEX: live order book, 5 min ago; MEXC: live order book, 1 min ago

Cost to enter

taker + slippage from mid, one side

BUY · LONGQFEX1.0311.7 bp−$1220.1 bp−$201doesn’t fitdoesn’t fit

SELL · SHORTMEXC3.417.6 bp−$8169.8 bp−$1,698218.1 bp−$21.8Kdoesn’t fit

Closing costs about the same again.

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