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Both sides work against this trade now: funding costs −$9 a day on $10k at the current rate, and tradeXYZ is 0.058% cheaper against KuCoin than usual: you would sell low and buy high (−$6 if the spread goes back to its 7-day average of −0.011%). Swap the legs. Mind the row above: over the last 6 days funding on this pair paid +0.065%, so the current rate has only just turned against you.

The current funding rate is far above what this pair has been paying: over the last 6 days it paid 0.065% in total (about 4.3% a year). A funding rate is set anew for every payment. In the chart: green and red are payments made, yellow is the current rate, not paid yet.