Funding arb · Price arb / RWA
| Leg | Exchange | Price | Fund. /8h | Each payment | Next in | OI | Vol 24h | Lev | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LONG | 119.01 | +0.0034 | pay 0.0004% / 1h | 15m 15s | $1.1M | $6.5M | 10x | Long QFEX10% off | |
| SHORT | 118.98 | −0.0133 | pay 0.0133% / 8h | 4h 15m | $621K | $127K | 20x | Short MEXC |
Price gap−0.025%
Funding gap−0.0167% /8h
The gap pays +$9 on $10k if it goes back to its 7d average, but funding costs $5 a day and eats that in about 44 hours. At the last 7 days' pace that is about 51 days.
If you open now and hold
on $10k a leg · figures of the last 7D, not a forecastFunding−$1−0.0167% /8h now · paid −0.013% over the last 7D
Price+$9spread −0.025% now, avg −0.118% → +0.093% if it goes back
Costsdoesn’t fit$10k a leg is deeper than the books hold
Result, before costs+$8+0.08%no pointscosts unknown: book too thin at $10k · What the last 7D really paid, hour by hour → backtest
Price and funding
1h · historyEntry / Exit
Price spread
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PRICE SPREAD · 7D
Now−0.025%
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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
/8hFLEX on 8 exchanges
lowest funding firstBefore you open
1 ok · 4 to watch- Watch: Thin at this size32.7 / 59.2 bpAt $10k entering MEXC costs 59.2 bp, fee and slippage, 1.8× QFEX’s.
- Note: Margin at max leverage$1,000 + $500QFEX 10x, MEXC 20x. Keep about 2× this so a sharp move doesn’t liquidate one leg.
- Watch: Payment intervals differ1h / 8hPayments land at different times. Close right after the slower leg pays.Next 24h at the current rates, on $10k a leg: −$5.02Long QFEX: 24 payments, −$1.03; short MEXC: 3 payments, −$3.99.
- OK: Entry gap works for you−0.025% vs −0.118%You short the dearer leg. If the gap goes back to average, the short gains.
- Watch: Short leg is thinner$621K vs $1.1M OIMEXC sets your exit cost. Check its book before closing.
- Note: No points program—Neither exchange runs points right now.
- Watch: KYCQFEX No · MEXC YesKYC before trading since Feb 2026; unverified accounts see market data only.
Profit calculator
both legs, in and outPosition, each legHold forOrdersPrice spreadFunding rate
Funding earned−0.0006%/8h × 21 periods−$1.26
Price spread−0.025% → −0.118% (7d avg)+$9.26
Slippage, 4 ordersdoesn’t fit the book at $10k—
Fee QFEX bp × 2 orders−$20.00
Fee MEXC bp × 2 orders−$8.00
Net · 7 days · $10k—
doesn’t fit the books at $10kCosts to cover—Break-even—
Slippage: QFEX: live order book, 7 min ago; MEXC: live order book, 23 min agoCost to enter
taker + slippage from mid, one sideBUY · LONGQFEX15.9432.7 bp−$33doesn’t fitdoesn’t fitdoesn’t fit
SELL · SHORTMEXC36.5259.2 bp−$59196.6 bp−$1,966253.8 bp−$25.4Kdoesn’t fit
Closing costs about the same again.
