POET

Leg	Exchange	Price	Fund. /8h	Each payment	Next in	OI	Vol 24h	Lev
LONG	MEXCPOETSTOCK_USDT	7.8280	0	0.0000% / 8h	52m 24s	$381K	$97K	20x	Long MEXC
SHORT	BingXNCSKPOET2USD-USDT	7.8580	+0.2073	get 0.2073% / 8h	52m 24s	$926K	$1.3M	—	Short BingX

Price gap+0.383%

Funding gap+0.2073% /8h

Both sides work: funding pays +$62 a day on $10k, and the gap is 0.248% above its 7d average: +$25 more if it goes back.

If you open now and hold

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

Funding+$52+0.2073% /8h now · paid +0.517% over the last 7D

Price+$25spread +0.383% now, avg +0.136% → +0.248% if it goes back

Costs−$2392.392% of $10k · taker + slippage, in and out

Result−$163−1.63%no pointsWhat 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 +0.517% in total, about +0.0246%/8h on average.

Price and funding

1h · history

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PRICE SPREAD · 7D

Now+0.383%

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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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POET on 6 exchanges

lowest funding first

Before you open

2 ok · 3 to watch

Watch: Thin at this size17.8 / 108.5 bp
At $10k entering BingX costs 108.5 bp, fee and slippage, 6.1× MEXC’s.
Note: Margin at max leverage$500 + —
MEXC 20x, BingX —. Keep about 2× this so a sharp move doesn’t liquidate one leg.
OK: Same payment interval8h / 8h
Both legs pay at the same time.
Next 24h at the current rates, on $10k a leg: +$62.19Long MEXC: 3 payments, $0.00; short BingX: 3 payments, +$62.19.
OK: Entry gap works for you+0.383% vs +0.136%
You short the dearer leg. If the gap goes back to average, the short gains.
Watch: Long leg is thinner$381K vs $926K OI
MEXC sets your exit cost. Check its book before closing.
Note: No points program—
Neither exchange runs points right now.
Watch: KYCMEXC Yes · BingX 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+0.0246%/8h × 21 periods+$51.69

Price spread+0.383% → +0.136% (7d avg)+$24.76

Slippage, 4 orderslive order books−$229.23

Fee MEXC bp × 2 orders$0.00

Fee BingX bp × 2 orders−$10.00

Net · 7 days · $10k−$162.78

Costs to cover2.392%Break-even29.0 days

Slippage: MEXC: live order book, 33 min ago; BingX: live order book, 12 min ago

Cost to enter

taker + slippage from mid, one side

BUY · LONGMEXC16.6217.8 bp−$1830.3 bp−$303188.6 bp−$18.9Kdoesn’t fit

SELL · SHORTBingX10.82108.5 bp−$108802.5 bp−$8,0251017.0 bp−$101.7K1179.8 bp−$589.9K

Closing costs about the same again.